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What are the main challenges in Linux adoption for New users, and how can it be addressed?
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I agree with this more than trying to make Linux more GUI oriented overall. GUI's are great for certain interfaces like phones and tablets for obvious reasons. GUIs are also great if you don't exactly know what you're looking for and need a lengthy list of available interactive elements you would have to read and parse a lengthy man page to find in the terminal.
Honestly I think that when learning computers in early age education systems, the terminal should be taught alongside GUI applications so the general public would have an understanding that there is this very powerful tool they can use to quickly execute commands. It is a pre requisite to demystifying computers regardless of which OS you use, and it makes working with your computer a lot less of a headache when you have this bare bones tool that can assist you in finding out the answer to your problem via a verbose error output rather than a cryptic message to call your sys admin or send a notice to the OS provider that likely will not solve your problem in a timely manner.