I've been using Windows since I was a kid, from Windows 95 to now Windows 8.
I had never heard about free or proprietary software until a few months ago.
It all started when I searched for alternative operating systems as I was
very disappointed with Win 8.
Then I stumbled upon GNU/Linux and some of its distros, I searched about
them, and that is where I first heard Richard Stallman's speeches. I was
outraged and still am about the commercial practices and surveillance that
have been used on us users. Then I heard about Trisquel gnu/linux as a free
(as in freedom) OS, I downloaded it and installed it on the Virtual Machine.
Even though I liked it (The design, the speed, and the apparent resemble to
Windows OS) I can't see it as my only operating system.
A lot of applications are out of reach, as they are proprietary, including
gaming (except a free few very dated games). But I think I can live without
these (as soon as I get out of college, because, for now, I need several
statistic programs, such as IBM's SPSS). The problem is I am illiterate in
IT, I don't know how to use the Terminal, nor I want to learn (It's
boring...).
Is it hard to make Trisquel as user friendly as Windows or Mac are? Where I
can completely ignore the Terminal, regardless of what I am doing. What has
been your experience with it?
