[warkdarrior]

You can do all of those in Linux. For example, here's how to set the background to a solid color. Open a terminal and type the following four commands:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-options 'none'
    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color '#004000'
    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background secondary-color '#306030'
    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background color-shading-type 'vertical'

Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1272120/ubuntu-20-04-change-...

[dabluecaboose]

Hilarious how the first Linux user's response to a Windows user's unease is immediately "open the terminal"

As long as that's how it goes, it will never be the Year of the Linux Desktop.

[unstatusthequo]

Exactly. Where everything I need to do requires a cryptic command to pull off. What args do I need? Where? Oh shit a capital letter. Try again. I don't want to have to Google everything I need to do. Maybe voice enabled GPT-4 will help.

[snvzz]

Typing (or pasting) a command into a terminal will always be more reproduceable than anything GUI.

[dabluecaboose]

Sure, and I'm personally fine with it. I'm one of those kooks at work who requested a Linux workstation, much to the chagrin of the IT department.

But as long as there is a conversation between Windows and Linux that includes using the terminal, you've lost the "normie" segment of the population, which is going to preclude most people from even considering it.

This fact is invariably met with much wailing and gnashing of teeth by Linux bros who think that there's no problem at all with it.

[snvzz]

And we're fine with it.

They can suffer Windows or MacOS, it means nothing to me.

[CoastalCoder]

I'm not entirely fine with it, because I suspect Valve will only continue investing in Linux gaming if there's a potential market for it.

[snvzz]

I doubt this "potential market" is going to shrink, relative to when Valve started investing in Open Source operating systems.

[Spivak]

I did this on Windows too. Why even bother giving someone "click here then here the look for this menu on the right" when I can just send them a PowerShell script.

[ragazzina]

The issue is discoverability.

[snvzz]

The terminal does not tend to be hard to discover on Linux.

It is right there ready to use.

[Espressosaurus]

I'm not sure if this is satire or not.

[Spivak]

You can do it in the dconf editor UI but showing the commands is way easier.

[MrLeap]

this is hilarious.