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    [–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    They will come across something that needs some command line input

    I would genuinely be surprised if you could give me an example of a command that can't be replicated with a GUI in some way

    [–] needanke@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Lots of install instructions are based on commands. If you know what they are doing, you might be able to replace them, but then you already understand them, so...

    [–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    If you're installing something without understanding the command behind it then you're doing something wrong. You wouldn't download and install a random .exe, so stop running random wget | sudo bash commands.

    I actually think a lot of people put the same or more effort into Windows, they just don't realize it because it's what they're used to. You would verify the install instructions on Windows. If you wouldn't, then you probably should be on something atomic rather than windows or a normal Linux distro.

    [–] needanke@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

    You wouldn't download and install a random .exe

    I think you overestimate most people wrt computer knowledge.

    Plus sometimes you don't have a choice in what you install. I recently had to install Kind for a class I was taking and their only install options on linux are just that: downloading binaries and moving them to /bin.

    [–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    First of all, that's not their only install option as far as I can tell. I can see an incantation which automatically pulls and installs it, and I see a step-by-step make build instruction set.

    Both of which can be relatively easily googled because they're both only 3 commands. And, if you're on a Linux machine that means you probably have access to the man pages for make, mv and cd.