Re: Its the updates
I've have no end of problems with package managers. Imagine a new user gets told he has to run some command line to point at a different repository? Easy to you, a new user might just give up.
You don't have to use the command line. Package managers allow editing the software sources from within the GUI, but it's easier to just give the terminal commands when in a "helping over the web" context, since you don't have to write a long, step-by-step guide and tailor the advice to the exact package manager in question. It's a simple cut and paste job when you need to add repos or PPAs... even Windows "help me" responses often include the command line rather than trying to walk someone through the various steps of using the GUI to do the same thing. If you can handle copy and paste, you can follow the directions... and if not, go learn to copy and paste first, as it is a baseline computer skill that everyone should have, even if they only use Windows.
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