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The average 'advanced' window user: CLI is scary!
Also the average 'advanced' windows user: if you open regedit and add this DWORD entry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Microsoft/application/windows/something, then you can stop Microsoft from screwing you, but it'll revert after each update so you gotta keep fixing it
The fact that I have to do combersome, confusing registry edits for simple changes on Windows sucks shit. I don't think I've ever once intuitively known where to change something, or the way to do it once.
But it's normalized for the people who have to go find the one fine site out of dozens that will steal your info because they're afraid of learning something new in an era of ensuring no one learns new useful skills so it can be sold back to you.
Linux user: Hey I made a PowerShell script for you that'll change the entry so you don't ha.... "advanced" Windows user: KEEP YOUR HACKER LOONIX AWAY FROM ME
But downloading a .reg file from some rando website is a-okay.
The installation progress is absolutely insane if you think about it.
Oh, so I just go on the internet and download a random executable with the expectation of running it and giving it administrator access and I have to do this every single time I want to install a new piece of software?!
I can't imagine what could go wrong with such a system...
Let's be real. Most people can't really use Windows, either. Anything harder than clicking the Chrome icon is beyond most users.
If you want to see what linux was like 15 years ago try installing OpenBSD lol
Is there a use case that makes openBSD desirable? Iβve heard of it but donβt know the main selling point
Simplicity in all the good and bad ways. They also claim to be more secure but I'm not sure if that really applies anymore.
Many security-related things started as an OpenBSD project, like openssh. They don't shy away from making drastic decisions for the sake of quality. For instance, in 2014 when they noticed their bluetooth stack or bluetooth as a concept sort of sucked, they didn't rewrite it. They removed it. I don't think it has been rewritten yet.
I have had people tell me " I dont feel like building my own OS from scratch " I'm like what are you even talking about?
MFs be modifying regedit and throwing random bash scripts to make their windows PC barely usuable then say shit like "I have to run this one command in the terminal?, but Im not a hacker?!!"
Bitch stfu
I'm literally talking to a person, in this very thread, who bailed the instant they saw a
code block
because they thought I was telling them to touch the terminal. (I was not, and even included a picture of Dolphin with my instructions, but they still noped out)
Wow, so many wrong comments. My parents using Linux laptops for 10 years (which i give them second hand when i buy a new one). Now i set up NixOS with auto updates, and never needed to touch it again myself.
The other type I see is people who complain that Linux isn't usable, and it gradually turns out that the only thing they'd consider usable is an OS exactly like Windows.
You don't see how terrible Windows is until you've switched to another OS and need to interact with it again.
The constant pop-ups, the ads everywhere, the settings hidden away.
It really feels like your PC isn't yours.
So long as you need a terminal to do anything on a Linux machine it's not gonna get any mainstream appeal, most people can barely install a app on windows where they just have to click next a few times. Also if the laptop you buy comes pre-installed with windows what would motivate a regular joe to go out of his way to install Linux on it and risk messing things up by making a mistake. Also people don't want to replace their windows only software and gaming is another reason to stick to windows for now. I'd rather use Linux, but I'll wait till Steam has made most games compatible with Linux, and Nvidia and Amd give proper driver support for linux
Well you're in luck - because Linux has reached the point where you don't need the terminal for any kind of standard activity. You can easily install and uninstall stuff, and change various desktop UI stuff, and run all sorts of apps - all without ever touching the terminal.
Steam has made most games compatible, nvidia has a proper driver, and amd drivers are built in and you don't need to do anything at all. Honestly at this point, Linux is easier to install apps and keep apps updated than Windows. You are 100% right about what already comes on the laptop, and that's why they do it. Its called monopolizing.