@merchantHelios More people don't use Linux because the concept of complete freedom is terrifying to them.
@RegalBeagle you're dumb. people dont use linux as a regular desktop environment because they want their computer to actually work for the things normal people use their computer for.
@merchantHelios @RegalBeagle Linux on the desktop is easy, it's not Linux's fault that Big Normie is an NPC.
@yockeypuck @merchantHelios @RegalBeagle I've been full time Linux for something like 16 years at this point. It's not perfect but its light years better than windows in my humble.
Lots of NPCs don't actually "use" a computer, they memorize steps to get what they want. The abstract concepts common to all computers are unknown to them, meant for nerds only. They've never heard of Linux. Windows is computers to them. The two things they do for their job is computers to them. Facebook is computers to them. If something looks a way they don't expect, they panic. Actually reading what's on the screen is the last thing they'll do because computers are hard, and all the words are confusing.
Source: Three decades in the industry.
Source: Three decades in the industry.
@MeanwhileInOhio @RegalBeagle @merchantHelios @yockeypuck Most normies won't, and maybe couldn't use Linux, sadly.
@Escoffier @MeanwhileInOhio @RegalBeagle @merchantHelios @yockeypuck Can you imagine your mom getting a printer to work in Linux?
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@Seattle_Guy @MeanwhileInOhio @Escoffier @merchantHelios @yockeypuck Printers are the spawn of Satan. I run Fedora these days. Manjaro was the only distro I've ever had give me problems. I've had co-workers call me because they can't be bothered to read compiler errors and type filepaths correctly, probably the easiest of errors to solve. It's not just normies, code monkeys can be just as incompetent.
