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    [–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

    One simple command vs:

    Go to your start menu

    Search for program name

    Click on it

    Scroll down about half way

    Click the

    Enter

    Click the

    Click the in the popup

    And if that's done in Gnome, does it help a KDE user, Xfce, Mate? I think not. And that's if the gui handles the problem at all.

    Of course, the command comes with an explanation of what it does.

    [–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 hours ago

    One "simple" command that could do anything including killing their entire PC vs detailed instructions of something they can follow and understand, especially if you include pictures.

    If you want people in your community, treat them with respect.

    [–] Jack@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

    Trolls, who like to corrupt people's data, exist. A GUI procedure is almost always safer.

    [–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

    Tell me how to gather this information from the GUI. Plasma for preference please.

    >>> inxi -exzz                                                ±[●][master]
System:
  Kernel: 7.2.8-200.fc44.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 16.2.1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.7.5 Distro: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma
    Desktop Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Intel Client Systems product: NUC8i7BEH
    v: J72992-303 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Intel model: NUC8BEB v: J72688-303 serial: <superuser required>
    Firmware: UEFI vendor: Intel v: BECFL357.86A.0056.2018.1128.1717
    date: 11/28/2018
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 2S
    charge: 100% (should be ignored) status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-8559U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1132 min/max: 400/2700 cores: 1: 1132 2: 1132
    3: 1132 4: 1132 5: 1132 6: 1132 7: 1132 8: 1132 bogomips: 43198
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
    vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-U GT3e [Iris Plus Graphics 655] driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.13 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting gpu: i915 resolution:
    1: 2560x1440~60Hz 2: 2560x1440~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast platforms:
    active: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.0.3
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics
    655 (CFL GT3)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 drivers: intel,llvmpipe surfaces: N/A
    devices: 2
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
    xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  API: ALSA v: k7.2.8-200.fc44.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.9 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP CNVi [Wireless-AC] driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 type: USB bus-ID: 1-10:3
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.81 TiB used: 920.76 GiB (32.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: A-Data model: SU800NS38 size: 119.24 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: Q300 size: 894.25 GiB
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD
    size: 1.82 TiB type: USB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 116.66 GiB used: 18.42 GiB (15.8%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda3
  ID-2: /boot size: 1.9 GiB used: 442.1 MiB (22.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 20.1 MiB (3.4%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-4: /home size: 893.82 GiB used: 246.53 GiB (27.6%) fs: xfs
    dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 827.8 MiB (10.1%)
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 49.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.2 GiB used: 9.3 GiB (29.8%)
  Processes: 357 Uptime: 1d 3h 26m Init: systemd
  Packages: 7 note: see --rpm Compilers: clang: 22.1.8 gcc: 16.2.1
    Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 inxi: 3.3.41
    [–] MaskedNybbles@piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

    Not that I particularly want to get involved—I do also like inxi—but you can launch Info Center (kinfocenter) from krunner, the application menu, or under About this System in System Settings to get a good amount of this information and more.

    [–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    Info Center is good, but getting the information into a forum post isn't easy. With inxi, it's just copy and paste. Just one simple example where the terminal is better.

    [–] Viceversa@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

    I don't know, it isn't that hard for me to help others with UI. 🤷