Are you suggesting that the original meme’s depiction of software shipped in a tarball being a retarded way of doing it, is actually serious, rather than hyperbolic?
There is nothing wrong with using a downloaded file to install software. What the OP on reddit was trying to do is depict this method as retarded. For me, installing packages thorugh a GUI is retarded, but I didn’t make a similar meme that depicts the opposite.
You want to install things through a GUI, fine, that’s your choice. Just don’t say that using a downloaded file and using the terminal to do the same is retarded.
Flatpacks/Snaps/AppImages are retarded for me as well, especially since you can compile most things to run natively, but I don’t bitch about it. People use them, and that’s fine, it’s their choice.
Of course there isn’t. Look up the definition of hyperbole.
If you had made a meme depicting the opposite, it would have gone over better because then it could at least be interpreted as a sarcastic jab at the type of gatekeepers that give the linux community a bad name.
The original meme isn’t “bitching about it”, it’s poking fun at the type of tunnel visioned elitists that exist among linux users who genuinely think that everyone knowing how to use the terminal is a reasonable ask. As if accessible GUIs are a threat to those us who know how to make use of CLI applications.
That you admit that you DO think the “other” side of this conversation is retarded, is telling, because it shows you see a divide where there shouldn’t be one.
The original meme isn’t “bitching about it”, it’s poking fun at the type of tunnel visioned elitists that exist among linux users who genuinely think that everyone knowing how to use the terminal is a reasonable ask.
No one said you’d have to be a wiz and write bash scripts left and right, but installing a package you’ve downloaded through the terminal 🤨… I mean, come on, it’s basically one freaking command, it really isn’t that hard.
That you admit that you DO think the “other” side of this conversation is retarded, is telling, because it shows you see a divide where there shouldn’t be one.
It’s not a divide if I don’t make fun of those people or belittle them. I don’t. Everyone has their choice and what works for them, and that’s fine. Just don’t make the other parties that feel more comfortable with the terminal look retarded because we choose to do things differently than you.
Of course it is! Just because you and I get it, doesn’t mean it can’t or shouldn’t be made easier. My mom can’t even remember how to find and install an app on Android. Normies cannot be expected to wrap their heads around the mere concept of the terminal. Ever.
It’s not a divide if I don’t make fun of those people or belittle them.
Then what exactly is this post?
we choose to do things differently than you.
They, not you. I’m on arch, but that didn’t stop me from installing VanillaOS for my sister to use on her laptop.
Of course it is! Just because you and I get it, doesn’t mean it can’t or shouldn’t be made easier. My mom can’t even remember how to find and install an app on Android. Normies cannot be expected to wrap their heads around the mere concept of the terminal. Ever.
I agree with you up to a point, but not all the way. Write her the template for the command on a piece of paper, and trust me, after a few attempts, she will get it right.
And even if she can’t get it right, that’s OK, it’s not a problem, that’s why GUI installers exist. I may not get why she can’t learn a simple command, but that’s OK, I also don’t understand a lot of other things, which doesn’t mean they don’t or shouldn’t exist.
Then what exactly is this post?
Hey, I didn’t start it 🤷. I don’t start to poke, but I will poke back if I’m being poked.
There is so much more to understanding the terminal, than memorizing a command. For one, you’ll have to want to learn.
And I wouldn’t be giving my mother ANY commands on paper notes until I’m sure she understands what a root user is and why she shouldn’t “sudo” everything since “that’s what makes apt install work”.
If she really needed to use some CLI application, I’d write a bash script for her to double click.
You do not give a noob user free reign over an install you don’t want to come back and repair.
If you agree that ease of use has a case, then the meme wasn’t even poking fun at you, it’s poking fun at the people who vehemently believe the terminal is the first and last tool anyone should use.
You took a meme seriously, and started a fight with strangers.
If you agree that ease of use has a case, then the meme wasn’t even poking fun at you, it’s poking fun at the people who vehemently believe the terminal is the first and last tool anyone should use.
No, I believe it just pokes fun at people that would rather use it than not use it, even though there are other options.
I won’t comment on the rest, I just have a different take on it.
You took a meme seriously, and started a fight with strangers.
Nope, that’s what the OP on reddit did. Why poke fun at people for wanting to use the terminal? Isn’t that what memes essentially are, making fun of something?
Are you suggesting that the original meme’s depiction of software shipped in a tarball being a retarded way of doing it, is actually serious, rather than hyperbolic?
There is nothing wrong with using a downloaded file to install software. What the OP on reddit was trying to do is depict this method as retarded. For me, installing packages thorugh a GUI is retarded, but I didn’t make a similar meme that depicts the opposite.
You want to install things through a GUI, fine, that’s your choice. Just don’t say that using a downloaded file and using the terminal to do the same is retarded.
Flatpacks/Snaps/AppImages are retarded for me as well, especially since you can compile most things to run natively, but I don’t bitch about it. People use them, and that’s fine, it’s their choice.
Of course there isn’t. Look up the definition of hyperbole.
If you had made a meme depicting the opposite, it would have gone over better because then it could at least be interpreted as a sarcastic jab at the type of gatekeepers that give the linux community a bad name.
The original meme isn’t “bitching about it”, it’s poking fun at the type of tunnel visioned elitists that exist among linux users who genuinely think that everyone knowing how to use the terminal is a reasonable ask. As if accessible GUIs are a threat to those us who know how to make use of CLI applications.
That you admit that you DO think the “other” side of this conversation is retarded, is telling, because it shows you see a divide where there shouldn’t be one.
No one said you’d have to be a wiz and write bash scripts left and right, but installing a package you’ve downloaded through the terminal 🤨… I mean, come on, it’s basically one freaking command, it really isn’t that hard.
It’s not a divide if I don’t make fun of those people or belittle them. I don’t. Everyone has their choice and what works for them, and that’s fine. Just don’t make the other parties that feel more comfortable with the terminal look retarded because we choose to do things differently than you.
Of course it is! Just because you and I get it, doesn’t mean it can’t or shouldn’t be made easier. My mom can’t even remember how to find and install an app on Android. Normies cannot be expected to wrap their heads around the mere concept of the terminal. Ever.
Then what exactly is this post?
They, not you. I’m on arch, but that didn’t stop me from installing VanillaOS for my sister to use on her laptop.
I agree with you up to a point, but not all the way. Write her the template for the command on a piece of paper, and trust me, after a few attempts, she will get it right.
And even if she can’t get it right, that’s OK, it’s not a problem, that’s why GUI installers exist. I may not get why she can’t learn a simple command, but that’s OK, I also don’t understand a lot of other things, which doesn’t mean they don’t or shouldn’t exist.
Hey, I didn’t start it 🤷. I don’t start to poke, but I will poke back if I’m being poked.
There is so much more to understanding the terminal, than memorizing a command. For one, you’ll have to want to learn.
And I wouldn’t be giving my mother ANY commands on paper notes until I’m sure she understands what a root user is and why she shouldn’t “sudo” everything since “that’s what makes
apt installwork”.If she really needed to use some CLI application, I’d write a bash script for her to double click.
You do not give a noob user free reign over an install you don’t want to come back and repair.
If you agree that ease of use has a case, then the meme wasn’t even poking fun at you, it’s poking fun at the people who vehemently believe the terminal is the first and last tool anyone should use.
You took a meme seriously, and started a fight with strangers.
No, I believe it just pokes fun at people that would rather use it than not use it, even though there are other options.
I won’t comment on the rest, I just have a different take on it.
Nope, that’s what the OP on reddit did. Why poke fun at people for wanting to use the terminal? Isn’t that what memes essentially are, making fun of something?
You are dead set on being offended, huh?