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> apt-get install ...

Lame excuse. That is not part of the learning curve for most users. Most users use the GUI of their distro.

>Sorry gstreamer stuff via ubuntu-restricted-extras.

Sorry. GUI. For this, most distros prompt you with a button to click on, to install the required plugins when you try to play a particular file. Not many of my Linux using friends are aware of ubuntu-restricted-extras.



Do most people really use the gui?

I find it pretty horrible and try to avoid it.


My point remains: most people who don't write software find it easier to use a GUI.

I use Arch, myself. But Synaptic is very well-made. I prefer the command line to any other GUI.


It is quite useful when you are not aware of the package names or if you want to make changes to configuration.




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