re: Tell me why linux wouldn't work for a large majority of residential users

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Very much so. Granted my situation is a bit different than the set up we're talking about for home consumers, but anything that needs to be done manually on a less than current system where you can't just use these software repositories to get the latest versions of a program, you are often stumbling around in the dark because the manual/command line side of Linux is populated by the type of people that came up with the RTFM acronym and would rather point you to a thick book they had to read to find the answer than share the answer with you. I once had to update a mysql installation manually and the only place I found the command line help I needed was in the comments on a less than helpful article on the subject. I think the GUI side of Linux is probably better, I know I've found plenty of soluitons for cPanel related issues, but anything old school command line relies on a population that would rather give you a manual on how to survive in the wilderness than an answer on how to catch fish.

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I've been working with Linux for around 10 years and hold certifications on the subject. What your saying simply isnt true. With about a 5 word goggle search I can find a step by step tutorial on how to add new repo to a yum config on any distro that uses yum. Same for apt-get for ubuntu and ever portage for gentoo.

there arent alot of people out there that need to compile their own applications, but there are just as many how-tos and step by steps for the ones you do. your Google-foo is weak