I wish Linux writers write that way “Linux is easy to learn even for those who not like it, and not like terminal! ” In this way, I am sure newbies won’t switch back to their previous OS…

sorry for the bad English. It’s not my native language.

Thank you so much for the great topic.

The article is an epic, total FAIL.

Linux newbies need (require) applications that they can understand and are intuitive, which means GUI. Of the Package Managers mentioned only Synaptic fits that description. All the other PMs are command-line applications. They use esoteric, byzantine, absolutely non-intuitive commands.

Don’t get me wrong. I am NOT putting down the command line or command-line applications. There are very powerful and useful but not to NEWBIES. To NEWBIES, they are scary, confusing, overwhelming, and off-putting. Declaring that these are the “best” package managers for NEWBIES is the same as declaring that a jumbo jet is the “best” plane to use to learn how to fly. It can be done but how many people will quit along the way discouraged?

Maybe if tech writers emphasized the ease of use of Linux GUI applications for those switching from other O/Ss instead of emphasizing and glorifying the command line, more people would switch to Linux. Even though Windows and OS/X both have a command line, none of the ads for those O/Ss ever mentions that. There are relatively few articles about Windows Power Shell and even fewer about the OS/X command line. At the same time, a majority of Linux articles are on how to use the command line. It is ironic that those that know Linux best and could/should spread its use are the very ones that are driving users from trying it.

For example, a pretty important aspect is conflict management, since this is a common cause of system breakage.