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GitHub is fantastic if you have an UNIX/Linux background. I can understand the scary felling of someone that uses Windows on daily bases (for example) and suddenly have to work with SSH, GIT, Markdown, etc. I love GitHub but I don't think it is made for ordinary people. One day maybe it will be.

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Any tutorial for Windows users with git should probably introduce cygwin or powershell while they're at it. Git in a GUI can only get one so far and having to deal with cmd.exe for anything is a nightmare.

A typical Windows users might only deal with GUI stuff, but I've seen many break down to use a command line to root their Android phone (via adb and fastboot) that would have no reason to use a command line otherwise. Just need a good reason to use it and shown they don't have to fear it.

What's the relation between Git and Markdown on the one hand and Windows on the other? SSH, yes, but the others? And there's nothing about Unix that limits its use to extraordinary people — I use it, as well as Git, Markdown, ssh, and even Emacs.

I just cited markdown as complement to git. Git is a command line tool as is SSH (don't talk about GUIS for Git, that is not the case). I never said Unix is used exclusively by extraordinary people only (Ubuntu and others are an example), but the majority of people still use Windows.

Have an Unix/Linux background makes it easier to get started because you already know what they are talking about.

My personal opinion? Windows sucks (just to be clear, that is me).

github is exclusive to the extraordinary? as much as i'd love to agree...

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