At 12:19 08/07/2022 -0400, Keith N. McKenna wrote:
Brian Barker wrote:
At 15:21 08/07/2022 +0200, Dr. Michael Stehmann wrote:
Am 08.07.22 um 13:22 schrieb NG:
"2. cd into the DEBS or RPMS subdirectory of the installation directory.
'cd' does the same in DOS like it does in unix like operation systems.
Does anyone still use DOS?! The original question was about
migration from Windows. Windows users do not type commands: they
have grown up since those days.
Brian Barker
Today it is called the Command Prompt ...
Er, I know that.
... and I do use it regularly to do an administrative install of AOO
to do QA on changes to verify a bur, or bugs were solved.
Yes: *you* do - and Linux users apparently need to. But the average
Windows user does everything they need without resorting to command
prompts and typing commands. The original question was about
(average?) Windows users not knowing what "cd" meant or how to use
it. What happens in DOS is hardly relevant.
Here's a couple of thoughts:
When you have composed a new e-mail message on your mobile phone, (1)
how do you bring up a command prompt, and (2) what command do you
then type in order to send the message?
When using the self check-out at the supermarket, how do you bring up
a command prompt - and indeed a Qwerty keyboard - in order to type
"415g Heinz Beanz Baked Beans"?
Windows is as grown-up as these other modern devices. The audience
for the installation instructions being discussed is likely to be
people who simply don't need to type commands in their lives.
Brian Barker
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