Watching you reason this out was fun
Carrot
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Ah, I see. If you look up "Github Desktop" online it should have a Linux version. I haven't actually used it outside of Windows, but I can't imagine it's missing committing/pushing to github, that's the whole point of the app! And yeah, github can be pretty daunting initially, there's a lot going on and it didn't feel intuitive to me initially either. I wish I had better advice other than just stick with it, but that's what I did so I don't know of any good guides
Oh, I assumed you were using github, my bad. There probably isn't a good desktop app for git outside of github.
Mate reread my comment. I'm not the one being hostile
They aren't worried about adblocking, but the cookie/tracker blockers that come with adblockers. They gotta know everything about you ya know
Gaslighting? I'm pretty sure the term you're looking for is gaslamping. Don't worry, it's a pretty common mistake for people to make.
Git does have a desktop version with a GUI, but the CLI is much simpler
ffmpeg is one of the things where I prefer the CLI. It's crazy powerful, and does some insane things in pretty simple commands. I've seen a meme that says half the internet is just wrappers for ffmpeg, and I'm inclined to agree.
Also, as an arch user (btw) pacman / AUR are a much better experience than having to hunt down the installers for everything online.
Similarly, the right CLI tools make searching for files across my entire computer much simpler and way faster than I could ever do with a GUI
ifconfig was deprecated in 2009. I got into Linux in the last 10 years and still used ifconfig. Sure, it's deprecated and no longer included in most modern installs, but you can still download and use it as before. A lot of guides online used ifconfig, so it's a pretty common package for inexperienced users to download, even if deprecated.
It is kind of crazy how motorcycle/car culture hasn't really moved off of old-school internet forums. I very rarely need to visit them because I'm not a car guy, but I do think very fondly of them whenever I visit, they remind me of the internet of my childhood
I mean, sure you can do this, but you have to also sympathize with the folks that have years if not decades of experience in a program/suite, and that experience is what they use to market themselves. Like, in a perfect world, everyone could make the switch to FOSS alternatives, but it's not so cut and dry for those who can't spend up to years of their personal time to just get back to being as efficient as they were with the other, just to not support a scummy company. I've been moving pretty much entirely over to FOSS for everything I do, but it's been years in the making, and substantial effort on my part. And I have it easy, since I work in software development. We in the FOSS community can't expect all others to do the same.