• nfreak@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    This is the core of the argument. You can’t expected the average casual user to use CLI at all if you want mainstream adoption. The vast majority of people can barely operate Windows as-is, telling them to use a Linux CLI would be asinine.

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      There was a time before Windows where a lot of people used MS-DOS and it was all terminal. Maybe computers where less popular back in those days because of the learning curve, but still many people used a PC with just the terminal.

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        Oh absolutely. We’re in a very different age today though. Like hell I can’t imagine either of my own parents understanding the basics.