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[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 99 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I really don't like how "consumer-friendly" means "GUI that resembles Windows" in the minds of so many people.

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta meet the customer where they are, not where you would like them to be. Most people don't want to learn a new thing.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You gotta meet the customer halfway until you get enough of them hooked, then slowly start introducing new ideas into their mental ecosystems that align with your vision.

[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Well, it definitely works when shifting people politically.

Coming soon: Mockrosoft Overton Windows™

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

Then add adverts into that ecosystem and center their program menu. Ooh! Then change their right menus! They'd love that! Or, maybe they won't, but whatever.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Windows wasn't first, Xerox was

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Xerox did so much for modern computing. If only people knew.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The company was run by morons so "Xerox" deserves being synonymous with "company run by morons". But the actual Xerox employees who invented the basic GUI deserve credit for being the great inventors they were. Unfortunately I have no fucking idea who those actual people were.

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take a look at this post. It covers some names and stories about contributions that make modern interfaces what they are today.

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[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

But no person on the planet, except the nerdiest of pedants, are thinking of Xerox when they see Windows interface. They think of Windows, even if it's KDE

[–] monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I like the terminal but don't remember all the arguments. I find that clunky. That's my main issue with it. (I'm open to suggestions if anyone has any)

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[–] cetvrti_magi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me Windows GUI is definition of not user friendly GUI.

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[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 73 points 1 year ago

The only GUI library you need is ncurses.

There’s no escape from ANSII escape characters!

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The purpose of Unix was to be user friendly. And it is. You haven't seen what it replaced.

Also friendliness doesn't require a Fisher Price interface.

[–] TiredInsomniac@feddit.it 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let me say that I really like "Fisher Price interface"

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its called xp

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[–] Ooops@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That's defintiely the wrong title.

No, it's not the user catching Linux in trying to pretend user friendliness witht the terminal.

It's Linux catching the user in still hating it when he gets the wanted user friendliness, for the sole reason of being conditioned to hate the terminal.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are able to use those buttons in the terminal, it wouldn't be a terminal.

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[–] Mark132012@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I want to point and click.

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

I don't even see the symbols anymore

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 21 points 1 year ago

btop be like

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Is this actually a thing?

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Prepare for your mind to be blown: https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

You have no idea how many scripts I'm going to build with that...

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ranger

[–] CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ranger is also incidentally the name of my dog.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

A pupper so swell they named an OS after him!

[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

An icon

[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Tell Ranger I said hi, and that he needs a treat.

[–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

https://github.com/gokcehan/lf

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's TUIFI Manager

twin, directfb2, and gum, pytermgui too.

edit: huh, gum and bubbles are from the same guy. But bubbles is for Go, gum for shell.

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[–] foyrkopp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Midnight Commander has been around for ages. It's a straight ripoff/homage to the original Norton Commander, a full-fledged file manager and a godsend on week-kneed machines (like old netbooks).

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes. k9s comes to my mind.

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[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

500GB? Teeny drive

[–] yum@lemmy.eco.br 21 points 1 year ago

Man I'm just poor

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I run 128gb on my laptop lol

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Wait, how? I have zero games installed on my 1TB laptop and still only have like 300GB free.

[–] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not everyone has a 500 GB yiff collection. Some people keep their yiff in the cloud.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

HAHAHA.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 29 points 1 year ago

Did you try removing the French language pack?

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to get 2-4 TB because of torrents

[–] guskikalola@social.vivaldi.net 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

@olafurp @AlecSadler What kind of data hoader are you?!
I mean, if you can afford that sure, but I find it unnecesary.
Also, how do you plan to backup that much storage? just curious about the last one, I always find it hard to backup more than 100 GB of media

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[–] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I find ASCII incredibly readable honestly. I use pixel fonts too, but I love the sharp blocky characters it's so much easier on the eyes than whatever windows or iOS has going on by default