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[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Again, if someone enjoys it or wants to do it that way, more power to them but if someone wants a common interface for most things without learning the specifics of something and the commands for it then they'll want a good gui, if it's not available they'll end up cribbing about it.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I do agree with you, if it didn't sound like it. But the problem IMO is lack of investment on GUI (notwithstanding all the amazing work the Plasma and Gnome team are doing).

If public entities moved their MS license money to buy Linux desktop OS support instead, that would probably solve this issue, while creating another 3 :).