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So Linux is somehow immune against people ritualising how they interact with a computer? They will have a problem one day, google for a solution and remember th
by ygra 13y ago
So Linux is somehow immune against people ritualising how they interact with a computer? They will have a problem one day, google for a solution and remember that solution. Few will actively try understanding the solution and how and why it works.
Operating systems don't have magical powers for making users interested in their internals.
- rbanffy 13y agoIt's not immune, but chances are that, during the time you are googling solutions for your problem, you'll have to learn something about how computers actually work. If the solution points you to a series of "click here, then here" screens, you won't get any useful insights on how it's done under the hood because you spent the whole time above it.
- ygra 13y agoSuggestions to solve a problem on Linux often are written on a similar level, it's just that »click here, then here« gets replaced by »edit this part of that config file and then run this series of arcane invocations«. Oftentimes you can just copy/paste from some forum and won't learn anything from it.
- rbanffy 13y agoAnd when you edit a config file you are forbidden to look at any part of it except the one you are editing, right?