There might be a very simple explanation for why the masses have yet to adopt Linux as their desktop operating system and it's one the open-source community won't like.

I’m curious to hear thoughts on this. I agree for the most part, I just wish people would see the benefit of choice and be brave enough to try it out.

  • HughJanus
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    10 months ago

    whos ‘you people’ here?

    “You people” who are delusional and incessantly lie about how “easy” things are.

    My point was that just as terminal for linux is scary, many people find even the control panel in windows scary and hard to use.

    This is not even remotely comparable. You don’t need the control panel to install software (a basic task), and even if you do need it for something, it’s fairly intuitive. You just click around until you find what you need. Using the CLI requires you to have a working knowledge of a fucking encyclopedia of gibberish commands.

    Your personal experience may vary but many issues you point to isnt linux specific.

    Yes. They are.

    • vaidooryam@mastodon.sdf.org
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      10 months ago

      @HughJanus completey glances over the solution for your precise problem and yet making strawman arguments of how tough linux is and calling others liars without providing any valid proof. End of our conversation. Stay classy.

      • HughJanus
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        10 months ago

        LOL how exactly do you expect me to prove this? It’s just a case of simple observation and I’ve provided detailed examples. You just don’t like them.

    • Rassilonian Legate@mstdn.social
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      10 months ago

      @HughJanus
      Legitimately don’t remember the last time I *had* to use a terminal to install a program in linux, I pretty much just click to install everything using KDE’s Discover store, except for things I download off github which often come as appimages which are practically the same as windows executables in terms of ease of use
      @vaidooryam