People online complain that Linux is hard to install for new users. But who are these people and why do they levy these complaints? The biggest barrier for the new Linux user isn't the installer; i...
  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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    8 months ago

    I don’t daily drive linux at home because of the video editing software I need to use (Davinci black magic) not reliably working and often breaking on upgrades. Secondarily, some games won’t run. If I’m afraid to upgrade to not break things, that puts my security at risk which is not an acceptable situation.

  • bouh@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The installation is irrelevant to the use of Linux. The vast majority of people never installed Windows. And they never will.

  • Luffy@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    No it does not.

    TL;DR: People who cant use linux never learned the basics of computers. They just learned where to click to do x and where to do y in windows, and they just instantly lock up once anything is different

    Therefore, the only way to get people to use linux is either getting them to learn how to use a computer, or make Linux behave exactly like windows.

    • sus@programming.dev
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      8 months ago

      People who cant use linux never learned the basics of computers

      that’s like 80% of all people

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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        8 months ago

        And you know what? A lot of people don’t give a shit; they just want it to work. They have no interest, desire, or - frankly - need to know how L2 caches work. Or devices drivers. Or the difference between Wayland and X11.

        Just as I have no interest or need to be able to take my car’s engine apart. I don’t want to have you stop on my way to the grocery store and fiddle under the hood so that I can make a right turn that my car, for some reason, is refusing to do.

        Elitism is not a good attitude.