Typically yeah, that's what I'd be doing. But I like trying to navigate to it visually instead of just copy and pasting a file path in the terminal if I can. It helps me understand where things are stored in relation to other stuff. That's why I like trying to find things using the DE if I can first.
Yep, which is why despite getting results for things I want, I really don't know how or why they worked or what they did. Example, I just got a command from someone on here on how to make the mouse bigger on the login screen, but why or how it worked is a total mystery to me.
It goes beyond just the commands. Why did you place the file you created in the etc directory? what even is the etc directory and why does files in it effect the login screen?
See I really had no idea that's the purpose of the etc directory. Does it only hold configs for the OS itself or other apps too? One of my other issues is that apps seem to be able to be installed anywhere, and finding their directories are difficult. Simply searching through KDE sometimes finds nothing.