It’s always been for USeR binaries. It’s the first time I’ve seen this bizarre backronym (40 years of Unix here).

That’s what a ligature is. Combining two characters so they don’t clash.

Did they Google windows error messages?

There’s still some Mary Jane erasure going on here.

And it seems like nobody is using mary jane any more. There’s got to be a reason for that.

What happened to “Mary-Jane”? Wasn’t that in use for some time?

Commercial software compatibility has always been poor. It’s a classic way of locking users in.

A lot of people (regardless of age) have a very fuzzy idea (if at all) of what a file or a directory is. They wouldn’t know a operating system if it sat on their face.

The only way to get them to use Linux is to switch the system on their computers. And they’ll probably manage just fine(after a bit of initial grumpiness), since most interfaces are pretty much the same anyway.

But they’re never going to change on their own.

They’re in Linux now, it should show the shortcuts they’ll encounter everywhere. Not leftovers from another system.

But it’s got blockchain!

(does that actually still get any vc excited nowadays?)

monster_hp=selected_game_difficulty * base_hp

It’s not that simplle or user friendly when none of the usual shortcuts work. C-a did something completely unexpected.

The first time I found myself in nano was when testing a distro fifteenor twenty years ago. I had to edit some files and it was the only available editor. The damn thing was a horror to use. I still have no idea who it caters to. I haven’t had to use it since though.

Back then, you had enough pocket money for a plane ticket and a hotel room. Good times.

Are those Windows only?

It’s ok, they’ll just retire the service eventually.

Didn’t they say that about Google assistant some time ago? And how many people just disable that on their devices?

Really?

What nutrients does it provide?

Or… many other things…

If those are your basics, have you considered running a Nintendo system?

Well, some people want to run programs on Linux that were written for other operating systems.

As it happens, it can be done, but it’s not the simplest way to do things.

It’s like buying a PlayStation and complaining it won’t run Super Mario properly.