Because for most people a computer is not a platform of self realization. Even for people who use the computer FOR self realization. For most people a computer is a tool. A means to an end. Trying to make the computer do things it not something most people want to do AT ALL.
One of my favorite Linux memories was going on to IRC and asking how to fix my wifi. Like an hour later some guy sent me a patch and told me how to recompile the driver and my Internet worked. It was really cool.
What’s wrong with copying random commands from the internet? For me that’s the fun part.
Because for most people a computer is not a platform of self realization. Even for people who use the computer FOR self realization. For most people a computer is a tool. A means to an end. Trying to make the computer do things it not something most people want to do AT ALL.
One of my favorite Linux memories was going on to IRC and asking how to fix my wifi. Like an hour later some guy sent me a patch and told me how to recompile the driver and my Internet worked. It was really cool.