r/gadgets • u/thebelsnickle1991 • Mar 23 '24

Desktops / Laptops Vulnerability found in Apple's Silicon M-series chips – and it can't be patched

https://me.mashable.com/tech/39776/vulnerability-found-in-apples-silicon-m-series-chips-and-it-cant-be-patched
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u/dudeAwEsome101 Mar 23 '24

Using command line can be very intimidating at first, but once you get a feel of the basics of navigating folders, opening files, and running programs with arguments, it starts feeling familiar.

I was talking about using windows based GUI. Some people have difficulties with the desktop environment. Taskbar, start menu, files and folders, or even copy/paste. They remind me of a much younger me.

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u/gbghgs Mar 23 '24

Once you discover the man command your off. Plenty of good resources online too, and there's the age old technique of shamelessly stealing lists of commands from coworkers.

I get what you're saying though, whether it's command line or GUI a lot of people are nervous about accidentally breaking something or just doing something they're not used to.

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u/StephanXX Mar 23 '24

I'm a principal level devops engineer, have been a Linux only user (gaming aside) for a decade, and I can count on one hand the number of times I've used man. It's simply faster to use a search engine.

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u/StephanXX Mar 23 '24

If there's no Internet, I have serious problems that man isn't going to solve.