I’m a Windows user of all life. But I love Linux. And these last two years after so many time I started learning it in deep . But one thing is bugging me is that I am those persons that has bad times remembering names, words… imagine commands… Even after using it so much I remember some basics but I’m struggling a lot and I have to go back to notes constantly to do some basic operations. Even worst after trying multiple distro from from different upstreams that commands are … Different. What would be your recommendations to help me. Are there tools to help this issue ? My guess is that A LOT of people happens the same. And it’s one of the reasons Linux has such a slow adption . Because is excellent and full of capabilities.

  • HumanPenguinEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is so true.

    I have been using Linux since the mid 90s. Exclusively since about 2005.

    I am obviously getting old now. But my willingness to remember the structure of rarly used commands/options. Has always been limited. If its not something I do often. It generally involves looking up man pages. And more often then not a GUI is just faster.

    GUI has improved hugly in the time I have been using Linux. To the point that now it really is quicker if I’m not already in the terminal.

    But as soon as things get to the multiple command level. Or complex enough that looking up is needed anyway. Typeing is just faster. Being all in one window makes a huge difference. But also once things get to the need to look up point. Command lines are just easy and quick to share online etc. So it tends to be the easy way for forums etc to share guidelines etc.

    For all GUI has improved. Text is still one of the easiest ways to share data. It allows things to be organised and jumped around from point to point.

    I am teaching an ex GF to use a new Linux PC for the first time. (Put it together as a wedding gift)

    I tend to tell her to switch between GUI and command line as best suits her. As long as you understand the goals of each step write or wrong is whatever seems easiest for the user.

    But it is important t to become comfortable with the terminal. Because this is how others will share info. And she will need to be able to understand what they are telling her to do.

    Online trolls still exist. So understanding things like

    sudo rm -rf /

    Is essential before typing it.