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...
I don’t see them as mutually exclusive - can’t Linux be user friendly for the non-techie while also offering a techie lots of flexibility and command-line joy? 🤷♂️
They can and should. But they don’t. They really only cater to the techie, because that’s who uses it
Then they got pissed when their “marketing” efforts fall shorts.
Stop acting like non Linux users are dumb. They aren’t. they’ve used the time others spent learning other thing, while others spent their time on techie things . Their priorities were different. Or maybe their poor and don’t care about that as they need a PC but have to work 80 hours to feed their family.
But no. Instead of making life better through foss for those who need it, you’re making Linux some unattainable nerd toy.
We can tell ourselves we don’t care. But we do. Or the thread wouldn’t be here
I agree. It’s not constructive to call non-techies “dumb.” Nor is it helpful to demand they”just” spend 30 min searching for solutions online. If you love tech, this is worthwhile - if you’re, say, a rights activist you’d rather spend that time reading an important report or meeting with people to advance your work; if you’re a retiree with limited means, then it might be overwhelming to “just go online”; and if you’re a musician working on an album, why should you need to spend time on tech when you could be spending that time mixing? I see examples of Linux becoming pretty user friendly compared to days of yore (eg Mint, Ubuntu), but has that improvement somehow compromised the techie side of Linux?
I don’t see them as mutually exclusive - can’t Linux be user friendly for the non-techie while also offering a techie lots of flexibility and command-line joy? 🤷♂️
They can and should. But they don’t. They really only cater to the techie, because that’s who uses it
Then they got pissed when their “marketing” efforts fall shorts.
Stop acting like non Linux users are dumb. They aren’t. they’ve used the time others spent learning other thing, while others spent their time on techie things . Their priorities were different. Or maybe their poor and don’t care about that as they need a PC but have to work 80 hours to feed their family.
But no. Instead of making life better through foss for those who need it, you’re making Linux some unattainable nerd toy.
We can tell ourselves we don’t care. But we do. Or the thread wouldn’t be here
I agree. It’s not constructive to call non-techies “dumb.” Nor is it helpful to demand they”just” spend 30 min searching for solutions online. If you love tech, this is worthwhile - if you’re, say, a rights activist you’d rather spend that time reading an important report or meeting with people to advance your work; if you’re a retiree with limited means, then it might be overwhelming to “just go online”; and if you’re a musician working on an album, why should you need to spend time on tech when you could be spending that time mixing? I see examples of Linux becoming pretty user friendly compared to days of yore (eg Mint, Ubuntu), but has that improvement somehow compromised the techie side of Linux?