Image text: “Fact: 90% of Linux users switch back to windows right before all their problems are about to be fixed”

  • @Zetta@mander.xyz
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    228 months ago

    But the same can be said with windows. My life long windows user friend occasionally (a few times a year) reaches out about some significant issues they are experiencing with windows on their modern desktop.

    I truly wouldn’t recommend Linux for a fairly tech illiterate person like him, but really Linux is better in every category that matters to me.

    • @jnk@sh.itjust.works
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      28 months ago

      I truly wouldn’t recommend Linux for a fairly tech illiterate person like him

      I would actually argue the opposite, linux is way more intuitive for new people who hasn’t used a pc before or hasn’t used windows long enough to fill their brain with their unconsistent mess. I’ve seen 3 variants of this already with people close to me ( last one of them encouraged by me). Kinda mind boggling.

      • @Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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        18 months ago

        The moment a new user needs to use command line, they are out.

        It isn’t mind boggling at all.

        • @jnk@sh.itjust.works
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          18 months ago

          Untrue statement plus in some distros you don’t need the terminal at all. Fear to the terminal is included in windows’ inconsistent mess, as i said, to real first time users it’s not that horrible to “talk to the pc so it does what you told it to do”.

          Also you don’t get to decide if an experience i had felt mind boggling or not (?

      • @Zetta@mander.xyz
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        18 months ago

        I mean he’s tech illiterate when it comes to anything semi complicated but with the way he uses his pc and the software he uses it would just not be possible for him to switch at all, would be unable to do 70% of the stuff he wants to do.

        Linux is only good for the truly tech illiterate/pretty noice users in my opinion. After that you hit a point where they are literate just enough that they would need to solve problems on linux they wouldn’t have to on windows and their inability to solve problems on Linux make their experience bad.

        One level above that Linux is the better option again though.