That is why I chose that word.
Right.
That is why I chose that word.
Except that its command-line / help really is more difficult. At the very basic end of things you can get to the help-system in VMS (or even DOS) with help — this is vastly easier than having to know/guess that the word you're looking for is manual, shortened to man
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The help-systems are also quite different, the old DOS help is much better than man simply due to being self-hyperlinked and allowing navigation (mouse or keyboard) to related articles.
In that sense I'm confident in saying that linux is more difficult to get started on than old MS-DOS.
Some people just need more hand-holding than others. Not too long ago, a friend started complaining that their (Windows) machine had a problem. Seems it would no longer shut down when the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence, also known as the three-finger-salute, was pressed. After a couple of weeks about hearing about it, I finally agreed to go over to the house and take a look at it.
Came into the house, the machine was powered on with a blank screen since no recent user activity so I hit a button to verify that it was functional and had him log in. That done, I initiated shutdown. A little menu window popped up with the options for that task displayed:
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Logout
Shutdown
Reboot
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Reboot in 10, 9, 8...
I quietly shut My eyes and shook My head for a moment, then interrupted the process so I could call him over to take a look at the machine. Then I showed him how the up- and down- arrow keys would change the selection from the "Reboot" setting it was then on to "Shutdown" instead. After I selected the "Shutdown" option for him, I hit the Enter key and the machine proceeded to quietly shut down.
"You're welcome." I told him briefly, then left.
Perhaps Linux is indeed too difficult for some people to use. Windows comes preinstalled with the machine. Linux pretty much never does, unless you specifically ask for it. Either way there is a bit of a learning curve needed. I guess some people prefer to deal with the preinstalled ones rather than some other ones.