I’ve lived in Windows land my whole life, and every so often, I catch myself wondering if I should finally try Linux. But then, without fail, I remember why I haven’t taken the plunge.

6 The Terminal Worship Problem

I do not think Linux is bad. My bane is, well, the Linux scene —the culture and the way it’s presented to people like me who are considering jumping over to it. If you really want people to move to Linux, maybe stop leading with “you can do everything in the terminal!” That sounds fine enough, but also... why would I want to?

Buttons have spoiled me. I click; stuff happens. That’s my relationship with computers. Meanwhile, a lot of Linux talk online essentially says, “Just paste this command into your terminal, and you’re good to go.” From the sidelines, it feels that if you

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