Comments by "" (@dingokidneys) on "5 Things Every New Linux User Should Try!!" video.

I came to the GUI thing kicking and screaming. "You'll have to take my command line access from my cold dead hands." All my first computing experiences up through punch cards, teletypewriters, CRT TTYs and DOS were command line and I resented work imposing Win3.1 on us. I'd fire the machine up then drop immediately to the DOS prompt. All through the Win9x, WinXP, Win7 and Win10 years at work, I'd always have a command line open somewhere because am I going to do file management with a GUI, like an animal? With Linux as my daily driver since the kids got their own machines in the early 2000's and didn't need mine for school, I've always had a terminal open somewhere. It's my happy place.
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Counterpoint: Skipping the snapshots saves disk space and improves performance, and borking and either fixing or reinstalling is rite of passage for Linux users. Fixing a truly borked install gives you wizard cred, but lots of practice installing Linux systems, with different partitioning schemes, filesystems and MBR vs UEFI is good stuff too. Still use a VM, but work without the net sometimes.
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As a boomer myself I say Hey! Boomers built a lot of that technology to begin with. Just kidding. I'm pretty sure that when Win10 goes down for the count, I'll move my 67 year old brother's machine over to something like Mint Cinnamon, maybe with a Win10 type ricing so he doesn't blow the seat out of his diaper. He'd barely notice as long as Chrome, Facebook, his banking and Thunderbird for e-mail all show up where they were.
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Using a Windows style interface on Linux is like visiting France and only eating at McDonalds. You can do it but why wouldn't you try something different? Broaden your horizons. You can always go back to what you know and is familiar if you don't like it.
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@agatemosu Pick a place at random; Why not?
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