>I doubt they would even if they were exposed to it. I takes a lot of dedication to reach the point where you're comfortable with the terminal and see it's pote

>I doubt they would even if they were exposed to it. I takes a lot of dedication to reach the point where you're comfortable with the terminal and see it's potential. I don't think students would reach that point in school. Linux is perfectly capable for use as a general purpose computing appliance. It is not ideal for every task, but no OS is. The terminal isn't necessary for everyone. >It is from a technical point of view but for the average person who will never need to do anything more complex it isn't. If you're talking about the most casual users, then I disagree, those people don't care or need to know much about their facebook appliance. >And even if they do need something more complex they're already invested into windows so it's unlikely they'll switch. Because someone made that arbitrary choice for them. > Since windows made it easier in the beginning they'll assume that the pattern continues. Which is an argument against reinforcing those patterns.