feel like there's a bit of nuance lost when people argue about usability in Linux.

[puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social]

feel like there's a bit of nuance lost when people argue about usability in Linux. Just because I know how to do something by editing a file in a very specific directory that changes between distros does not mean that I think it's good ui/ux. I can be frustrated with how something should be a simple GUI toggle vs rawdogging dconf. I can also still be smart; it does not make me dumb to want shortcuts.

[puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social]

it is genuinely infuriating how many conversations regarding this start off with "are you too stupid to use vim to edit a file in ~/.config/?". No, I do it all the time. I don't think that everyone should have to fucking do that for basic functionality, though.

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@puppygirlhornypost2 i would personally often prefer to edit a file in ~/.config than go digging in some big behemothic GUI dialog hidden in a menu somewhere. But you know what I never, ever, ever want to do again? Have to *explain to another person* how to go about editing the file in ~/.config

[puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social]

@mcc@mastodon.social I mean true, but if i open up the gnome setting app thinking that i can just flip a toggle for a permission and i find out that not only can i not do that but the only option is to play around with dconf i get a hell of a lot more frustrated.

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@puppygirlhornypost2 Especially when it turns out they're running Windows and I'm suddenly having to look up the difference between %APPDATA% and %LOCALAPPDATA% and the difference between Local, LocalLow, and Roaming so I can explain it to them

[puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social]

@mcc@mastodon.social i mean i know the difference by heart it's just that every software developer ever seems to have a different understanding of what constitutes a roaming profile (ie a network user).

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@puppygirlhornypost2 I mean Windows developers regularly install AMD64 executables in the folder on my computer named Program Files (x86) so i don't trust them to follow conventions as far as I can throw them

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@mcc @puppygirlhornypost2 I feel like the issue is compounded by the GUI settings not being consistently placed not only across applications, but even across versions of the same application, sometimes even minor revisions. This makes it extremely hard to provide remote support. Ironically, hand-editing of config files tends to be more stable.