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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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digiKam, KDE's powerful photo managing software, reaches version 8.3.0 (www.digikam.org)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"It is not strange"

The terminal is nothing like familiar GUIs people use daily. To most, the terminal is strange and full of opportunities to mess up.

"so much faster by copy/paste"

It's not faster when the user needs to go to a separate application first to find the instructions, then find the text to copy. And also search for how to use the terminal, and that it might be called Konsole confusingly. And also to understand if the command did anything. Does it print anything that you need to read? Should you close the terminal afterwards? Should you trust copy pasting from Internet strangers? All this is missing from online help, where they assume people have used the command line before.

Such a GUI app could be launched from Dolphin by right-clicking the share, and selecting a new option "Mount" that would help discoverability. A standalone app would need:

A clear title. Like "Mount Share"
A 'Share selecter' Browser.
The 'mount point' definition should have both:
- 'Folder Browser' for manual selection.
- 'Default path' option. Most don't know where it should be mounted.
'Credential definition' needs a 'Guest/Anonymous' option for when there is no account defined.
Feedback message on success or failure
Easy to install.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I will not change on this: an official wiki (for example the arch wiki) or other documentation is still the best way to convey exact information. If a user absolutely never wants to use a command line, then they can use Android and a touch interface. Even Microsoft gives directions on how to fix things with a command line. This should be infrequent, but is a necessity for brevity and precision.

In any case we might as well put that to rest and move on.

When I have a working example that does at least something we can go from there. The bullet points are helpful, thank you.