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Re:Linux on the desktop is gaining ground by owittnan_ on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:45AM (#39688972)
> Please do not make applications thinking the user can just Google it if they're stuck when if you Google "how to do X in Linux" you get 99 different solutions that don't work for your distro.

This is like searching "How to do X in Windows NT" and expecting to get results for Windows 11. Should be no great shock that when you use non-specific search terms the search engine returns non-specific results.

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Re:Linux on the desktop is gaining ground by AlienRobot on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @04:11AM (#39689100)
No, this is like searching "How to do X in Windows" because for a normal user it's Windows and Linux, not Windows and Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Gentoo, Fedora, Arch Linux, Manjaro, etc.
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