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I don't want to use the fucking terminal for every little damn thing.
Linux is not intuitive for people coming from other platforms at all. Using the computer for basic purposes such as downloading files, apps, and games should not feel like a skill curve.
Yes there's stores in-built but that doesn't have the majority of stuff I get, it's often random websites online with .exe files and such.
Despite the BS microslop does, it's just a lot easier and comfortable to use, more than Linux could ever be.
Not the case? And using the terminal is not harder than e.g. manipulating the registry.
Except it will always be, and was when you started using windows, you just forgot it.
I did not understand your point here. You would not find what you need in standard linux repositories?
I have touched the registry like once, and that was just to disable windows updates. It's not something I do.
The thing is that Linux is literally designed for coders in mind, it surely comes off that way. I'm not comfortable having to type these weird long-winded commands to do everything.
It was never the case with windows, it's incredibly intuitive and linear. The amount of time taken to do anything on windows is practically always much lesser on windows compared to Linux necessarily.
Best example is setup installation files. One tap, everything is installed automatically. Not the case with Linux.
You don't have to touch the terminal if you don't want to touch it. The majority of linux distributions have perfectly fine guis. I don't think I have touched the terminal for anything besides fun for at least the last six months. In installing and setting everything up, it was all gui unless I specifically didn't want to, and, speaking of...
Absolutely the case with linux. Unless you think opening your distribution's program manager, searching the name of the program, clicking the install, clicking the 'yes, install the dependencies' if you don't already have them, and then entering your password to let it be installed is any more difficult than opening your browser, searching for the program, hoping you find the real website and not the three scam websites that some dumb search engine lets advertise based on your keywords, finding the download page for the program, downloading the program, double clicking the program, and either clicking the install button or the 'yes, I want to install this program' button and then the install button...
The last few times I used Ubuntu I had to use the terminal or I couldn't get apps I needed (the store didn't have them).
Set-ups and installations were not as simple as you've described here.
and uh "scam sites" are a non-issue unless you're a boomer
Scam sites are non-issue for you because you are used to identify them. If you were able to acquire that skill, linux would be easy for you to daily drive.