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I disagree entirely - as someone who has dual-booted w/ Linux since 2002. 1) Driver issues (becoming less of a problem as time goes on) but it used to be a hea
by Nadya 10y ago
I disagree entirely - as someone who has dual-booted w/ Linux since 2002.
1) Driver issues (becoming less of a problem as time goes on) but it used to be a headache even for tech-savvy people to get their drivers to "just work" and so help you god when you decided to update...
2) While a large majority of users need little less than a working internet browser - there is a large niche for gaming that has only recently started to be supported by developers on Linux distros - Steam only in recent years. Likewise for many professional niches - the software is developed for Windows/Mac and may or may not support Linux at all.
3) UX of many things is either missing or lackluster. This has made great strides in the past 5ish years but many things still rely on users having at least some knowledge about config files and knowing their way around a command prompt. At the least, RTFM. All are arcane black magic to many computer users.
Not to mention, package what-nows? sudo?
It isn't user-friendly in the least for the common user. It's powerful and "not too hard to Google a few things" for more tech-savvy users, but tech-savvy users aren't most users.