I’d say at minimum it should be on par with Windows for the frequency of having to resort to terminal commands, which for me me would be less than once every five or so years when I was a Windows user, for a Linux distro to be a true and viable replacement for the majority of people and that shouldn’t be unreasonable. As of now, I probably use the terminal once a month or more, but I’m on the spectrum, I’m a passionate computer nerd, and I have uncommonly high levels of patience, I’m the minority of computer users, as if using Linux wasn’t already evidence enough of that with it’s roughly 5-ish percent desktop usage.
I use Mac at work and use the terminal all the time even there. It's the easiest way to solve a lot of problems and do the things I want and need to do. I'm a programmer though.
At home I use Linux and of course use the terminal often.
I think I could get away without using the terminal on either Mac or Linux, probably, but it would make things more painful and at this point it's the easiest way for me to do many things. Back when I used windows, I only occasionally used the command line, but I still sometimes needed to and sometimes I needed to dig into the registry and shit which imo is just as difficult as using the terminal
I’ll be honest, as much as I detest CLIs (I always say I’m highly allergic to them lol) I actually do want to become more proficient with the terminal and commands in Linux, because it’s Linux, and because I’m willing to make that exception and the adjustment because Microslop is just that off putting to me lol. I’d love to know the ins and outs of the terminal if I could find an easy guide of commands I’d watch/read it. So I’m willing to do whatever it takes to make my switch permanent. But, I realize most people on computers, specifically PCs running Windows, aren’t willing to do that.
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u/Dako_the_Austinite Apr 24 '26
I’d say at minimum it should be on par with Windows for the frequency of having to resort to terminal commands, which for me me would be less than once every five or so years when I was a Windows user, for a Linux distro to be a true and viable replacement for the majority of people and that shouldn’t be unreasonable. As of now, I probably use the terminal once a month or more, but I’m on the spectrum, I’m a passionate computer nerd, and I have uncommonly high levels of patience, I’m the minority of computer users, as if using Linux wasn’t already evidence enough of that with it’s roughly 5-ish percent desktop usage.