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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 61 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (20 children)

It'd be fine if 1) everything from Control Panel is implemented and properly working and 2) everything stays consistent (because otherwise, as other folks have mentioned, at one point written tutorials even with screenshots quickly become obsolete). I don't see this happening any time soon.

Maybe instead of that they can start encouraging people to use the command line, although even fewer settings are reachable though there.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Maybe instead of that they can start encouraging people to use the command line

LOL, there's no more common phobia among Windows users than the CLI. EVERY Linux discussion "BUT ZOMG CLI COMMANDS!" (when realistically a novice user can avoid them most of the time, and they absolutely are more efficient for helping someone via lemmy post or similar than figuring out what version of what DE they have and trying to tell them the 12 clicks they need to do for the same task)

[–] curry@programming.dev 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

No joke. Opening a command line from windows by itself is considered hacking by many. Even toggling dark mode in websites triggers that fear.

"OMG. Are you a hacker?"

"...I'm just using Powershell."

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