@kinoko I'm not sure what you mean by "using Linux", as it has no visible interfaces - only the SYSCALL, /dev/, /proc, /sys interfaces and a few others.

Linux is like the transmission of a car - a good transmission is necessary to deliver power to the driveshaft, but when it comes to the driving of the car, the steering wheel, pedals and seat etc are a lot more relevant.

I took a gander at the Linux source and soon discovered that it doesn't boot if it can't find an init - it prefers to panic() instead, you need to at least combine it with systemd to make systemd/Linux.


Trisquel is much easier to use than windows, but you do need to understand that it's not windows and GNU was written to give the users freedom and achieved despite the endlessly ongoing sabotage against it, both in software and in naming.

The main reason why so many people lack basic computing skills despite using computers every day is because they tell themselves that they can't program, so don't even try using GNU bash (which isn't even programming), thus making that a self-fulfilling prophecy.

rms has noted that many secretaries have learned to program from GNU emacs, as although they assumed they couldn't be programmers, they followed guides for scripting editing tasks in Emacs lisp and soon became programmers without even realizing it.