Re:PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Li...
by christophilus on Sunday July 25, 2021 @07:44AM
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Gnome 40 is just about as usable as anything I’ve ever used. I honestly find it more intuitive than Mac or Windows at this point. My mom uses Linux now with zero problems, so it passes the anecdotal non-technical old lady test.
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Re:PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Li...
by deltaonefour on Sunday July 25, 2021 @10:15AM
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All linux distros bias towards command line. It's not because of the distro or the GUI itself. It's because the entire FOSS ecosystem itself biases towards that interface so it doesn't matter how advanced Gnome or KDE or any of those GUI layers get a command line shell will always be a major part of linux and that brings usability down quite low when compared with closed source.
Of course I will caveat this by saying "overall" usability. Clearly with training CLI's can be superior to GUIs. But most people won't be willing to do this, so ONLY from an overall perspective CLIs are worse.