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Re:Your Computer Isn't Yours by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday November 13, 2020 @09:10AM (#25082263)
Yet rather than take at their word that Linux is unsuitable for their use case or seek to remedy those problems, people insist that it must be because of one or more of the reasons I listed above. Alternatively, they attempt to change the user's use case to one that fits Linux better.

It's extremely tiring to watch this happen for as long as I have been watching it happen.

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Re:Your Computer Isn't Yours by ubercow13 on Friday November 13, 2020 @09:16AM (#25082323)
They didn't say Linux is unsuitable for a particular use case or give any meaningful criticism or definition of a use case, they just said that it 'just doesn't work'. Is it any wonder people call out that tripe.
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Re:Your Computer Isn't Yours by diab0lic on Friday November 13, 2020 @09:59AM (#25082890)
'just doesn't work' and 'doesn't just work' are two very different statements. You said the former, but I've only spotted people saying the latter in here.

Also if you have to argue with someone that linux does work for them, you've missed the point.

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Re:Your Computer Isn't Yours by ubercow13 on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:26AM (#25083213)
Ah yes you're right, I did misread that.
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Re:Your Computer Isn't Yours by zepto on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:15AM (#25083084)
Are you actually seriously of the belief that Linux ‘just works’ for most use cases or people, and there is a small minority for whom it doesn’t?
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Re:Your Computer Isn't Yours by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday November 13, 2020 @09:37AM (#25082580)
The implication being that it doesn't just work for them. They know that, that's why they asked if they'd personally tried Linux lately. Nobody cares if it "just works" for your grandma or whatever, because that doesn't help them at all.
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