thanks Kyle.
I like your philosophy. I am one of those who has no interest in gaining
the user-power-experience. I just want to be an average Linux user.
I am a college professor and have no time to spend long hours reading
manuals teaching me the nitty gritty of how to write a suphisticated
script. When I read these manuals I can't understand most of what I read
anyway. That is because I have no previous experience with programming
or with Linux in particular.
What I care about is just a smooth experience of having my work done in
a relatively safe digital environment. So far I can use Linux for email,
for internet browsing, for sharing files via dropbox and quickly
replying to my whatsapp via whatsapp web.
I believe that with time I will be able to develop more skills, learning
from those who have more experience in using the Linux platform.
Cheers,
Ibrahim
On 11/28/21 6:26 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
I read the questions and the replies on this list and find myself
lost, and wonder if I need a masters in computer sciences to keep up!!
hahahaha
And this is exactly the problem I have, and why I generally like to
help people one-on-one with what works right out of the box rather
than getting caught up in the more esoteric power user stuff. Linux is
no harder to use nor more occult than any other OS, it just has this
reputation because of lies spread by corporate entities that make
other operating systems, as well as well-meaning people who want
everyone to have the power user experience. There's nothing at all
wrong with allowing others to have the power user experience, which is
why no Linux distribution will ever take that experience and those
abilities away from anyone. The problem is that this power user
experience is not at all for everyone, and many people just want to
sit down at their computers and just get things done in the most
efficient and productive way possible, and GNU/Linux is by far the
best OS for this as well, despite everything people on this and other
lists write to the contrary. The only real difference between any
Linux distribution and any other OS is that with a Linux distribution,
you have more choices available for any skill level under the sun than
you get with any other OS, all available from even a choice of
software repositories. Whereas this can be seen as a bad thing, it is
actually a very good thing. No, you don't have to have a master's
degree in computer science to use Linux, nor do you even have to know
how to be a fairly competent programmer. You only need to know how
software repositories work and how to find what you need, which is
something that GNU/Linux makes much easier than all other operating
systems, although some do make this easier than others. Still, it's
all about choice and all about freedom, but many of the available
choices actually make it easier to just get things done, and we don't
have to be absolute beginners in order to get any use out of our OS
either, since it can grow from the absolute beginner all the way up to
the most sophisticated power user experience better than any other OS
currently on the market.
~Kyle
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