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[–] DeadGemini@waveform.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
  • [package_name] --help
  • man [package_name]

There, I just gave you 2 ways to turn that arcane terminal ritualism in ancient enochian that only veteran sysadmins know, into a plain english service manual that any literate human being can use to figure out basically any terminal application ever.

[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I've done --help. It doesnt make it simple. and it doenst magically let you figure out how to solve the problem, assuming you even know what package is causing the problem.

I've gone through more than enough fixing of more than enough problems as an average, not-sysadmin person. I know how bullshit it is. Just because you are used to it doesnt make it easier for regular people to use.

Microsoft has done a lot of shit wrong, but the one thing they got right is the usability of the OS, how any idiot can be sat infront of a computer and know what they're doing with less than a day of faffing about, and can easily fix most common problems in a few clicks.