Re:Why don't more people use Linux?
by bediger4000 on Monday September 02, 2024 @01:33PM
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"Time spent fiddling with your OS is less time you have available..."
This makes the common assumption that Windows (or MacOS) requires less fiddling than Linux. I haven't compiled a Linux kernel in anger in maybe 10-12 years. Installing or uninstalling software is frankly painless.
On the flip side, I'm forever fixing my wife's wireless or printing, or trying to figure out why some file doesn't open magically. Typically, she just emails files to me to print, although this may be due to me buying a Kyocera laser printer, and her using some trash HP inkjet.
Time spent working around some Windows inconsistency or big or missing feature or poorly documented feature fits in the same category.
This makes the common assumption that Windows (or MacOS) requires less fiddling than Linux. I haven't compiled a Linux kernel in anger in maybe 10-12 years. Installing or uninstalling software is frankly painless.
On the flip side, I'm forever fixing my wife's wireless or printing, or trying to figure out why some file doesn't open magically. Typically, she just emails files to me to print, although this may be due to me buying a Kyocera laser printer, and her using some trash HP inkjet.
Time spent working around some Windows inconsistency or big or missing feature or poorly documented feature fits in the same category.