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Re:iPad-only is the new desktop Linux by teach on Sunday July 31, 2016 @06:23PM (#12199219)
I love the dancing bear analogy, but I'd argue that Linux on the desktop isn't a difficult learning curve. Not in 2016, anyway.

The Linux desktop is different than Windows 10 or the MacOS, but it isn't harder, IMO.

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Re:iPad-only is the new desktop Linux by bdcravens on Sunday July 31, 2016 @06:38PM (#12199256)
Yeah, in 2016 you don't need to configure X or edit CHAP scripts. I think some people still hang on the allure of days gone by.
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Re:iPad-only is the new desktop Linux by soared on Sunday July 31, 2016 @07:03PM (#12199339)
For the average user (who uses w10 or osx) linux is miles more difficult. Turn on your mac, login to apple, and 1 click download anything and it works. Linux has dependencies, and not-so-straightforward app store, and plenty of little differences that aren't obvious like osx. Thats what makes it so powerful though.
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Re:iPad-only is the new desktop Linux by spv on Sunday July 31, 2016 @07:57PM (#12199504)
This is going to change with projects like snap and flatpak. Soon every app will be come bundled with its own dependencies like Windows exe's
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Re:iPad-only is the new desktop Linux by 5ilv3r on Sunday July 31, 2016 @08:03PM (#12199523)
As someone who remembers apt-get update taking only a couple seconds back in the debian etch days, That sounds horrible.
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