Re:Debian reconsiders init-system diversity
by diffeomorphism on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @04:28AM
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Why would you rely on CLI?
As an example I write papers using latex.
On Windows I have to:
- Figure out that I need miktex.
- Find its website and download the installer and install it.
- Find an "IDE" like TeXniccenter.
- Find its website, download it and install it.
- Configure it.
- I have buttons to click, great. I click on them and pray that it works. What if it doesn't? Error messages are buried somewhere and problems are horribly difficult to fix (e.g. utf8 problems or missing perl).
- I need to convert some graphics from one type to the other. Can Windows do that? What do I need to install? Photoshop?
On linux:
- Open the software center/appstore/whatever.
- Search "latex".
- Click on all the stuff I like. Done.
- Everything works out of the box and does not need fiddling.
The second one is much, much easier for a beginner.
As an example I write papers using latex.
On Windows I have to:
- Figure out that I need miktex.
- Find its website and download the installer and install it.
- Find an "IDE" like TeXniccenter.
- Find its website, download it and install it. - Configure it.
- I have buttons to click, great. I click on them and pray that it works. What if it doesn't? Error messages are buried somewhere and problems are horribly difficult to fix (e.g. utf8 problems or missing perl).
- I need to convert some graphics from one type to the other. Can Windows do that? What do I need to install? Photoshop?
On linux:
- Open the software center/appstore/whatever.
- Search "latex".
- Click on all the stuff I like. Done.
- Everything works out of the box and does not need fiddling.
The second one is much, much easier for a beginner.