Comments by "" (@dingokidneys) on "\"Hey, DT! Don't Show The Terminal To New Users.\" (And Other Comments)" video.

  1. Windows consumer editions are almost entirely an advertisement delivery system with the legacy functions of running some software that the user wanted to install. Windows 11 delivers nothing that Win10 doesn't for the moment while trying to force people to buy new hardware - this at a time when chip shortages are making all kinds of tech more expensive and more difficult to obtain. If ever there was a time to show average users how to run something like Linux Mint, now is that time. Hey, you can either buy new hardware with the new OS, or try something different on your old system. No loss because if you don't like the different OS you can just buy that new hardware and OS that you were being forced into anyway. Why not try something different because Microsoft is forcing you to relearn the whole UI layer once again, and if you can move to Win11 from Win10 with no change to your workflows, you are a user who could just as easily switch to Linux Mint with hardly a hiccup. What's to lose and maybe you save some money - and pain.
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  2. Terminal is more environmentally friendly - takes less power to drive a CLI than a GUI, hence less greenhouse gas emission. Viva la CLI. Oh yeah, you can actually do more in a shorter time with the CLI. Maybe that evens things out on a kwh basis. Ethical tech is hard.
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