Linux is stuck because it's made and maintained by people who love linux.

Look at popular unix based OS's - Android, MacOS, iOS..

Whats the first thing they do? Take the command line out back and shoot it. Whereas for linux users, their is this l33t h4cker festishization of only using a keyboard to do everything. All these distros have an extremely robust CLI under the hood, and an afterthought quasi GUI on the surface. Just good enough for grandma to check her email and watch youtube.

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hparadiz 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why do folks act like windows isn't full of cli commands? First thing on any windows box is running debloat in powershell. Installing apps from a gui in Linux has been solved for a long time.

	▲	WarmWash 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Having an excellent CLI doesn't preclude having an excellent GUI. No reason we can't have both. Also I hate linux repos with a passion, because they are optimized for CLI usuage, and (like the whole OS) the GUI parts are a total unoptimized afterthought. Never mind that they are a dumping ground for whatever code anyone shits out, with virtually zero management or curation. With a CLI you don't see this, with a GUI it's a total mess. I'm fine with app stores, but they need to be actively managed and curated. If not, I far far prefer just downloading .exe's from the source.

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PokestarFan 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

MacOS has a good CLI if you need to use it. There are CLI equivalents for a lot of the system setting/administration stuff.

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kbelder 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>Just good enough for grandma to check her email and watch youtube.

Which is 90% of the use of a computer. And Steam is taking care of the other 10%.

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newsoftheday 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Whereas for linux users

My wife has used Linux for many years successfully and has never used the CLI once.

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goolz 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have had Bazzite on my gaming PC for a while now, never have to mess with the terminal much. It has come a long, long way. Even gentoo has become more accessible than ever. While some of this holds true, you most certainly do not need to live in the command line with some of these distros. Especially if you are just trying to play some games and browse the web, etc.