• Shampiss@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Why shouldn’t people use windows?

      You can’t expect the average person to be tech savvy enough to use Linux and most people cannot afford a Mac. Especially in developing countries.

      Windows is the best OS for the average person. Just not for advanced users such as researchers

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        3 months ago

        You don’t need to be tech savvy to use Linux there are more than enough distros where you need as much knowledge as you need to use windows I wouldn’t call everybody how owns a steam deck a tech savvy person. The only user friendly advantage is that Windows comes for some reason preinstalled on almost every device. If this weren’t the case and the average consumers had a choice the picture would be very different.

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        3 months ago

        You can’t expect the average person to be tech savvy enough to use Linux

        I don’t understand. They are tech savvy enough to use Windows tho (and not be used by it)?

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      3 months ago

      Updating my computers from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 was a whole day process. It doesn’t help that the upgrade tool requires you to press enter every so often.

      (Yeah yeah I should try other distros. I’ll play with other distros when I’m not spending my time as pictured in the meme.)

      (To be clear this is on a couple computer I personally own. The ones the lab owns are on Ubuntu 20.04 if I’m lucky…)