bluesheep

joined 2 years ago

how would you make a linux distro for extreme beginners in tech and elderly people?? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It might be nicely organized but coming from windows the abbreviations can be downright confusing. For example:

/bin; recycle bin?
/etc; other files (etcetera)?
/home; okay, this is where I can find my own files
/media; music and pictures? USB drives and CD's?
/mnt; no idea but also USBs apparently?
/root; wait system admin has his own files?
/sbin; super recycle bin?
/usr; wait, also where I can find my own files?

Sure, this might be hyperbole and Windows has its own problems, the two different program files folders coming to mind first. But when you come from an OS where system folders are words instead of abbreviations Linux can be really confusing, especially if you are not that tech-savy.

A large boulder in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I also remember this post making the rounds way before a.i. was able to write a coherent sentence, so yeah it's not a.i.