Just out of curiosity, are you on Windows? If yes, I get why you'd think the CLI is archaic and a hindrance, it's a terrible experience there. Whole other story on Linux and Mac though. As one example I personally think "sudo apt install name-of-program" is just a more straightforward and easier experience than browsing an app store or downloading an installer. I don't mean to be an evangelist, it's fine to stick to what works for you, but just because you're used to one way of doing things doesn't mean it's the only good way.
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Kind of, but why? I understand why the CLI is intimidating to a newbie but it's not some arcane magic for leet haxxorz, but a poweful tool that everyone can learn to use. We Linux users weren't born knowing how to use it just like a Windows user wasn't born knowing how to use Control Panel. It's a different way of working with a computer, but with patience and learning it will become a useful asset, I can't imagine using a computer without it now.
Unfortunately it's not quite there in terms of numbers. Many niche communities that exist on reddit simply don't here or have very low activity. The ones that do are typically better than on reddit though.
Am I the only one who's fine with typing a password?
I don't really get what people mean when describing Gnome or any DE as "out of the way". I've never felt like KDE was "in my way".
Average Balkan couple
Try running a stable distro without them
Arch mentioned btw
Probably because it's not as flashy as Discord
I see no "hostility" and "talking down" here. You shouldn't be running GUI programs with sudo, and the fact that you've been using Linux for X amount of years doesn't change that.
"A chance for Faramir, captain of Gondor, to show his quality"
(he slays orks using Arch btw)
Users think the way they do because of what they've gotten used to in decades of Windows or Mac usage. Commands don't HAVE to be foreign, I genuinely think people starting out with computers would be perfectly capable of learning the basics just like they learn what a file explorer or a web browser is. Someone advanced enough to install a different OS in the first place would especially benefit from this. We're fighting over nothing anyway, you can use many modern Linux distros without ever touching the CLI.
Also, massive cringe discarding someone with a different opinion as a "tech cultist".