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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by emodendroket on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:29PM (#16388711)
> In reality, GNU/Linux is so much easier to use than Windows; most people have simply learned the latter first.

That just isn't true. But don't take it from me; here's esr: http://web.archive.org/web/20180109063613/www.catb.org/esr/w...

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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by thomastjeffery on Friday February 16, 2018 @12:33AM (#16390126)
Just because one piece of software was unnecessarily difficult for someone does not mean the entire ecosystem is broken.

The problem we have is that a similar problem in Windows is instantly forgiven, because there is nothing you can do about it; whereas in Linux people expect a higher standard (which is often met) because that arbitrary limitation no longer exists.

Sure windows has gotten a lot better since XP, but it has a long way to go to catch up to circa 2006 Ubuntu.

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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by emodendroket on Friday February 16, 2018 @06:22AM (#16391578)
The article says that the point isn't about CUPS in particular, but generally poor UX in Linux GUIs, and how Windows and Mac in this regard wipe the floor with Linux software in this respect, and I think it's completely right. There just isn't really a culture of providing a consistent UI experience or making the UI a first-class citizen in Linux-land.
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