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Linux can be very cryptic sometimes. My personal theory is that because Linux lacks a consistent and broad single API it relies too much on too many software, leading to a great complexity. Also there is nothing stopping people from developing easy to use and install software for Linux, but a lot of developers seems to lean towards configuration files and command line interfaces.
I understand that a program like man can be cryptic for someone who is not used to command line interfaces. You have to learn how to do basic things like scroll, search, and even quit. But even a program like man can be replaced by another program with a GUI. The program yelp for example is able to display "man" pages like the program man, but it has a GUI. You can access it like this yelp man:program.
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[–] Torchhead ago
Linux can be very cryptic sometimes. My personal theory is that because Linux lacks a consistent and broad single API it relies too much on too many software, leading to a great complexity. Also there is nothing stopping people from developing easy to use and install software for Linux, but a lot of developers seems to lean towards configuration files and command line interfaces.
I understand that a program like
mancan be cryptic for someone who is not used to command line interfaces. You have to learn how to do basic things like scroll, search, and even quit. But even a program like man can be replaced by another program with a GUI. The programyelpfor example is able to display "man" pages like the program man, but it has a GUI. You can access it like thisyelp man:program.