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Unsure if you're being serious or not. Or if this is just bait. So I apologize in case I just got whooshed.
There's a decent amount of distros that don't require you to ever operate a terminal. Updates either
Furthermore, most distros that are recommended for beginners don't need regular updates anyways.
Updating isn't the only part that has been taken care of by this set of distros. Linux has become pretty smooth sailing overall.
Notable exceptions to the above are mostly tied to some janky/troublesome hardware setup. Or, if you'd like to run software that isn't easily accessible. In those cases, while a GUI-only solution may exist, it's simply a lot easier for all involved parties if a terminal solution is offered instead:
OP, you did get me curious, though. Which distro do you use?
xubuntu and while i know that xubuntu from time to time will tell you to update without opening the terminal it still forces you to learn how to use it!! and yes i know that desktop environments do most of the work for example gnome is really good at being for beginners and for everyone xfce too
Thanks for answering!
I've only started to use Linux after Snaps were introduced to Ubuntu. As the community has been pretty vocal in their disdain, I lost any inclinations to test out Ubuntu or any of its flavors from the get-go.
Though, I have used Zorin lite; which is Ubuntu LTS with Xfce by the Zorin OS team. Which is probably the closest I'll get to Xubuntu. From what I recall, it was pretty neat. I did use the terminal, but it was more out of convention. Therefore I don't really recognize myself in the following sentiment:
Would you mind elaborating?
On your next distro hop try OpenSUSE with Gnome. Gnome will prompt when the system has updates for you and you just hit the update button. If you want to add remove software use the Yast2 Software GUI tool. You search a software, check the package you want and hit finish. All the system admin can be Done with YAST2 GTK GUI. No need for terminal