@FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world • 3 days agoJust installed mint yesterday, I get it nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1996arrow-down1imageJust installed mint yesterday, I get it nowlemmy.world@FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world • 3 days agomessage-square158fedilinkfile-text
I thought it’d be a pain but installing programs through the terminal is actually so nice, I never would have expected it
minus-square@wise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilink34•3 days agoThe moment I loved the FOSS community was when I went on an Linux IRC channel, complained about my wifi not working, and some stranger messaged me detailed instructions with a patch in 20 minutes that completely fixed my issue.
minus-square@Kecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink10•3 days agoAt the same time it encourages people to just trust whatever people are telling them to input in the terminal, which is potentially dangerous.
minus-square@wise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilink9•3 days agoPiping curl into sh is sadly a very common install method these days But you are right
The moment I loved the FOSS community was when I went on an Linux IRC channel, complained about my wifi not working, and some stranger messaged me detailed instructions with a patch in 20 minutes that completely fixed my issue.
At the same time it encourages people to just trust whatever people are telling them to input in the terminal, which is potentially dangerous.
Piping curl into sh is sadly a very common install method these days
But you are right