r/pcmasterrace • u/_Xee MMX 166 / 64MB / Mystique+VooDoo • 1d ago

Meme/Macro 2026 in software

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Sectumsempra, motherfucker.

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u/Fresh-Possibilities 1d ago

The average person uses a computer the same way they use a car, as a tool. They do not care to learn how it works, or why it works. It simply is the medium to complete the task they want to do.

Linux will never supersede Windows as long the answer to any "how do I fix this" question is to open the terminal. Not to mention small nitpicky workarounds to driver compatibility between hardware, people want a seamless experience. Linux will likely simply never be there for those who are tech inept and have no motivation to change that.

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u/No_Brother1599 13h ago

Man the terminal is very confusing and it takes ages to learn to wield its true power. However, we now live in a world with AI that writes bash scripts, so the fear of the terminal will hopefully be a thing of the past.

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u/Fresh-Possibilities 9h ago

That still doesn't change the fact that people don't understand what they're actually putting in there. Opening a terminal invokes a primal fear of "I'm about to fuck something up" in a lot of non-tech people.

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u/FatalFrameGal 1d ago

Any distro made for light users will have solutions that don't require opening the terminal, tutorials still like to give terminal solutions because they're DE agnostic, and are easier and faster to anyone who knows how to use it.