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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by keutoi on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:23AM (#25109754)
It is a stereotype, but the statement itself is not an exaggeration. An average user has most of the software he needs even in linux. It is not foreign to the user if it is the first one (if it is default) he/she encounters.
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by Nginx487 on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:40AM (#25109869)
"Average" user must have used very limited amount of software. I agree, not everyone need software for modeling or design, but again, looking at Grammarly, which is pretty useful addon, and it's only available for MS Office. "Average user" may start from Libre Office, but end up disappointed, why addon developers don't care about him. And they don't care (well, maybe just deeply concerned), because investing 20-30% of the whole development time for supporting 1% of user base is financially pointless idea.
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by majewsky on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:40AM (#25111459)
The average user needs a web browser, full stop. This can be proven easily by looking at the market success of Chromebooks.
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by GoblinSlayer on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:32PM (#25114440)
You mean spell checker? Libre office has it.
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by Nginx487 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @11:46AM (#25125884)
No, I mean exactly what I said
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:49AM (#25112276)
> An average user has most of the software he needs even in linux.

"Average User" is a strawman. The average human has fewer than two legs, yet we do not design things with the assumption that no one has two legs.

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