Idk I think it can be.

I tell them not to be afraid of the terminal, but do be careful of sudo, and keep backups on a separate drive so worst case scenario you reinstall, it’s free. It’s not as scary as it seems, and if you put in a little effort (like literally just watch a few “linux terminal for beginners” or “bash for beginners” videos on youtube) it’ll soon become your preferred way to do a lot of shit very quickly, and at least if I’m wrong there you’ll be comfortable enough to fix your shit when you need to.

But do keep those backups, because it’s entirely likely you’ll at least fuck one install up beyond repair (or at least beyond repair you can do right now while noob and a reinstall is trivial.) And don’t bother with vim at first, use nano until you “need” to upgrade from nano (if ever).

I like to think that it’s more helpful then “trust me bro you’ll never need it” because it’s entirely likely that at some point they will, unless they just web browse. But it really isn’t that bad and they probably will love it when the fear subsides, happened to me, and to countless others before me.