[Dirtbag59]

To ThatGuy or anyone versed in Linux. I'm curious is there a more "Windows like" way to install stuff in Linux. Its starting to feel weird being more comfortable installing programs and applications from the terminal.

I'm currently studying for RHCSA certification so I'm working with CentOS and ScientficLinux using VirtualBox but in an attempt to get more comfortable with the system I've decided to kind of veer off from the textbook stuff from time to time and play around with more practical and everyday stuff like browsers, music players, etc. And even though the terminal instructions are almost always there and simply a matter or copy and paste it just feels weird getting error messages when I try and do it the GUI way.

The best way to describe it is I somehow learned how to speak Chinese while forgetting how to speak English.

Heck even when I was using Linux-Mint as a dual boot on my desktop it seemed I was basically installing everything from the terminal. Most notably Steam, VLC, Nvidia drivers, Chrome, etc. I seem to remember installing every base program from the terminal. Sure its kind of cool to type
'yum install nano' [sudo apt-get nano if you use Ubuntu]
and have it go to work but usually its more along the lines of:

wget 'www.thisisa-reallyweird-and-random-linktopOfYourHead-4848.au.org.3838.com

yum update
yum install calculator

So just to clarify its not that I'm having trouble installing things from a terminal. Quite the opposite. Its just that I seem to be failing a LOT when trying to install things from the traditional desktop.