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Ricardo Signes

@b0rk I passed this question on to Fastmail's support team, who for the most part start with zero shell experience and work their way up to "use it daily in relatively simple ways”. I'll pass on what I get back.

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Ricardo Signes

@b0rk “When I first started to play around with using the command line, one thing I found motivating/helpful was having someone around that was happy to field and answer […beginner…] questions. Once you've learned the basics, it's not too bad, but it can be intimidating at first, and I found (read: continue to find) it all too easy to get lost in documentation and/or get sucked down rabbit holes, so I found it useful to have someone there that could help keep me on the right track.”

Ricardo Signes

@b0rk
A: learning how to change the appearance (colours, fonts, opacity, adding neofetch to the .bashrc or the like) to make the terminal look a little more fun and pleasant to look at 😅

B: honestly there was definitely a shift after i made my terminal pink LOL

Ricardo Signes

@b0rk (This question seems to have spawned a plan for an internal "shell fundamentals" course/refresher given by plumbers (tech staff) to support, so thank you too! I'll tell you if we learn pedagogical things!)

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