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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by Jaruzel on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:55AM (#17266012)
"Oh there's a folder icon" (click)

"Oh there's an entry called My PC" (click)

"Aha, there's my disk and little bar showing the free space"

It's two clicks if you have your wits about you, maybe a few more if its not that obvious.

I don't know why you singled out Windows. It's just as easy in Gnome or KDE etc - the point here is that CLIs can never be as intuitive as GUIs. As the original article said - Humans are very visual people. Seeing things in a visual space is much easier for us.

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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by stephengillie on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:02AM (#17266100)
Further, Windows will pop up a notification that your disk space is running low, and this opens another window with suggestions for different types of files (temporary update files, temporary internet files, recycle bin, installed programs) that can be removed to release space.
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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by pbhjpbhj on Friday June 08, 2018 @12:21PM (#17266939)
Ubuntu does warnings for low disk space too.

Personally I think the experience is very similar for noobs.

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