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  • Hi. I’m not the person you responded to, but up until about 8 months ago I was on Windows 7. You know how I didn’t deal with new updates and various things? By not having updated anything since about 2012. Maybe 2013? I legitimately have zero clue if I had firewall on or off for 10 years. I remember I had some issue in 2014. I remember turning it off, and that solved the issue. But I don’t remember, and also never cared, if I turned it back on.

    You guys are SO worried you’ll get a virus. And update everything. Meanwhile the ONLY reason I started using linux is because I don’t like Windows 10. And firefox on Windows 7 finally got so out of date that websites refused to display things. Otherwise, I’d still be on Windows 7.

    Point is, updates don’t matter. Security doesn’t matter. You can just tell your computer to never update anything, and it’ll be the same for a decade. You can live in your little bubble.









  • The biggest issue with Linux is the culture. I get that longtime users get and understand how to use it. They understand the commands. They know what -r and -n do.

    I still look at my microwave daily to remember what the buttons do. There’s only 6 buttons and a dial. Although, 7 buttons. I just remembered the dial is also a button. It’s the start button.

    Point is, I’m not going to learn terminal. I’m going to point the thing. Then I’m going to drag the thing. And I’m going to double click the thing.

    I’ve attempted to learn terminal since 2014. I have a 0% success rate doing anything. Even copy/pasting other peoples commands. I always get an error, and I don’t understand the error. So I google the error, and then I don’t understand the explaination.

    The way I have always explained it is, the OS is like a car. And terminal is how mechanics diagnose and fix the car. I tried changing my oil once, and blew up the car.