I thought it'd be a pain but installing programs through the terminal is actually so nice, I never would have expected it
When the GUI fails, Terminal will have your back; can I get an Amen?
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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Amen. Hallelujah! AMEN! Ooh yeah brothers and sisters, AaaAAaAmen!
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The Windows terminal has some very good commands. 'ssh username@server' can log you right into a Linux machine!
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Also, updates.
"hey computer! Update!"
"Sure thing, here is a list of 57 packages I will update, y/n?"
"y"
"ok... done!"
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Yeah. Everyone I know that switched to Linux liked that as well.
I really like having a hotkey bound to the terminal window, so I can pop open a terminal, check something, and return to what I was doing.
FWIW, most Debians (which includes Ubuntu and Mint) have Ctrl+Alt+T set to open the default terminal program without needing to install anything else. This is usually reconfigurable in the system settings too if that's an awkward stretch.
But I get that people like the drop-down terminals too, for which see also Yakuake and Guake.
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For a moment I wondered why I never bound a hotkey thusly, but it's because I simply almost always have at least one terminal open in each workspace.
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I once installed HP shitbox printer drivers from the command line in 30 seconds, and the shitbox printer just...worked.
My heart soared higher than the eagle. I touched the face of the one true FOSS God, and felt that thing when astronauts have epiphanies about the Earth. 10/10, would recommend.
The moment I loved the FOSS community was when I went on an Linux IRC channel, complained about my wifi not working, and some stranger messaged me detailed instructions with a patch in 20 minutes that completely fixed my issue.
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I once plugged my linux laptop into the scanner and it just worked
I spent days tinkering with proprietary, outdated (seriously, win XP as target) programs that provide sort-of drivers, and nothing worked, on windows.
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Just wait when you try AUR on arch systems. I was long time ubuntu based user but once I tasted rolling release and AUR I don't want to go back.
I was a Nobara user and I've gone back. Too many updates that Bork the DE/bootloader (TBF it's not as maintained as AUR) As for fedora... Random NVidia update borked the system too... But I'm resigned as my GPU being cursed rather than the distro being the isue
It is going to make to want to go back
Someday
When you least expect it, and have a deadline
For me that day was yesterday. Ran an update. Next bootup got a black screen.
Saw it as a sign that it's time to distro hop again lol
I know the feeling! I've been happily rolling with opensuse tumbleweed for almost a year now. Btrfs rollback is a life saver (2 times). Less than 5 minutes for a rollback. Other than that, pretty solid..
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