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This is a very subjective question; it all depends on the experience of the user. It also depends on whether or not the user is using a GUI interface or a command line. It could be easy or difficult, depending the environment, and the user's experience level.
I believe it is easy to use. Then again, I've been using Unix since 1980, so I've had a lot of practice.
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∙ 11y ago'True' Unix is a command line only operating system so no it isn't user friendly. Ease of use doesn't come from the underlying operation of the OS, but from the interface to that program with the operator.
For instance:
Simply sending an email on a computer is a multiple step operation involving many differing technologies from radiotransmittersthrough to file handling.
You could manually instruct this job but takes many commands to perform the operation.
However:
If we program a bigshinybutton on a display which says "Send email" that is a function of the HCI or human computer interface or UI (USer Interface). The underlying operation is complex, clunky and difficult to use, but the UI makes it easy.
So it is with Unix, Linux, Windows, and many others, the underlying operating system is not userfriendlybut there are many UI's that have been integrated with them to make it more easy to use.
These days the underlyingsystem is generally accessible via a command line interface as the graphical desktop isperceivedto be the preferred way ofcontrollingthe operating system.
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