Paywall

Thank you! I’m a staunch believer that most of you don’t think about how much prior knowledge you need just to be able to use Linux, let alone not break things.

Linux is pretty green at least

Wonder how good it is

Oh God, you thought the micro transactions in Pokemon go were bad? Just wait

Also though, you have to consider not all gamers are tech savvy, and your “generic fixes” through terminal would immediately make some of them have a quit moment.

I think Linux users forget the amount of base knowledge that they had to learn in order to simply use their software proficiently sometimes.

I for one welcome the ability to:

• play flash games,
• Games without launchers or not on steam
• Run vortex, wemod, obscure mod installers without winetricks that are more hassle than they’re worth (if they work at all)
• Literally just not have to find workarounds for everything I want to do that isn’t through steam that adds another hour of research and installation to the process.

You may now begin the downvotes. (Even if you’re wrong I respect your opinions)

Ugh so much snark in this thread

Gonna say, who you calling trash

Trickle down boopenomics

I fucking love you guys

Of course, none of us would actually do that, but what I’m trying to say is that’s the threshold. For linux to become mainstream like plenty of users on here seem to vehemently believe, it HAS to start taking cues from windows, that means easier install methods, dumbed down and less terminal based procedures, and more support from mainstream and less open source software manufacturers. Otherwise the average person is going to look at linux and say “that looks hard.” full stop.

And I would reckon a lot of those changes would not go over well with current Linux userbase

Can someone explain to an American what chat control is?

Bet, go ahead and grab your parents or the nearest old fart you know who isn’t tech savvy and try to get them to install linux, libre Office, and thunderbird and attempt to use it.

$100 says they won’t make it through using rufus without help

This is absolutely the attitude he was just talking about, you can’t agree, then add a “but”

Linux is not the fix for all that ails you, and it’s especially not the fix for non tech-savvy people, which as a reminder, is most people. Lemmy is not a good baseline for this because we’re all savvy enough to get onto the fediverse in the first place, which in itself is very confusing if you’re non tech savvy or coming from a place like reddit, where things are so fundamentally different.( Which i know for a fact most of you have experienced at some point)

I mean does it matter if you’re frank and say "its happening because you didn’t pay? Its not like they can go to the cops or something

Nah, same for the work calls

Whelp. I’m never gonna under Unsee this.

They just didn’t think of it I guess