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You can. Most things have gui options.
But you quickly learn for somethings. The terminal is just easier.
If you ignore odd stuff. Most everyday stuff to maintain the system is available in a controlled panal like program. It varies based on distribution and windows manager. But the basic setup is there for most things.
Its when you want to do something creative it gets more complex. While most commands have gui apps. Most online guidance will just find the terminal an easy way to guide you.
Just use openSuse. With Tumblweed you even get a a rolling distro that does not require any terminal use.
Opensuse more like opensus
Seriously though wasn't suse the one you aren't suppost use in the enterprise due to security issues?
I did not hear about that yet and a quick DDgo didn’t gave me results.. Where did you hear that, or do you know more? Call me interested 😇
I honestly don't quite remember. I heard it from someone who was doing government work at the time. I think it had to do with security issues with rancher.
I guess that is old news.. There has happened a lot since then, I guess.
The real question is: "would you want to?"
Or "why would you?"
The real question is "Why are people so scared of the terminal, when they're perfectly aware of and comfortable with cmd on windows?"
Are they?
Good question. Should be. Stuff as seemingly simple as converting a couple dozen text documents to pdf requires it if you don't want to sit around for an hour, clicking away. Many such examples.
Heck yeah I would love to never use the terminal. The terminal is the biggest roadblock for me adopting Linux. I never, ever want to open it. If I have to open it, Linux has failed for me as a windows replacement.
I want to try Linux again, and I have dipped my toes many times, but the terminal is the major block for me, a slightly above average pc user.
You forgot the /s
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To all the people pointing the many inconsistencies of Linux/specific distros, I recommend The Unix Haters' Handbook
The real question is -- can you use the Terminal without Linux?
MacOS?
Yes. There's BSDs and BusyBox.
For me, the terminal is something I’ll learn once I’m more familiar with which apps I like. Until then, it’s nice to have something like pamac to help me find the thing I need.