I want to like Linux and leave Windows, but when I say that I don't want to be forced to use CLI/terminal because I don't live in the 1970s, people get angry at me.
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I installed Ubuntu in a VM to torrent with mulvad. I had to go to the command line. Worse was googling gave multiple contradictory instructions that further reading yielded “deprecated”.
I made it work because I’ve been doing it for 30 years. Anyone else would be better with Windows where it just works.
This is the most Lemmy interaction I’ve seen in awhile:
Linux is fine without CLI for web browsing.
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But when I needed an advanced secure virtual machine isolated torrent solution, I had to use the CLI.
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Here’s some thoughts on accomplishing that in Linux without the CLI.
I’m not complaining, just watching in admiration of you all.
If all you do is web browse and play games, you should be able to use Linux without the CLI just fine.