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> Normal users don't want and/or need that much choice. No need to take it. That's why ubuntu is a popular choice. > Say what you want about the (many) flaws
by Someone123456 9y ago
> Normal users don't want and/or need that much choice.
No need to take it. That's why ubuntu is a popular choice.
> Say what you want about the (many) flaws of Windows, but you can't deny that one of the easiest out-of-the-box-this-thing-just-works experiences.
Except when it doesn't install the right drivers(compared to distros like manjaro) and when you get a crappy browser by default or when the menu just crashes or fails to find what is certainly there. Or when you need to suspend your work because it's Update Time Like it or Not™. It's definitely not the best out-of-the-box experience, but the one which is the most advertized with the most misc software.
> Try explaining the difference between Arch, Ubunutu, and Debian to a normal consumer and their eyes glaze over before you even begin.
That's not true. Their main differences are how they handle software releases, install/update software and how you install them. If you're not a complete digital analphabet you'll understand such easy concepts.
- Kuraj 9y ago> That's why ubuntu is a popular choice. I stopped rooting for Ubuntu to win the casual user, when they moved the caption buttons from right to left, and deliberately didn't provide an option in the UI to turn it back. You may think it's trivial, but it showed attitude that was, in my opinion, totally user hostile. Even Microsoft wouldn't go that far.
- Someone123456 9y agoOh, then what happened when they removed the good old menu and added a tiled one which is hated by the majority of their users? They needed to readd the old one in some form in the latest version.
- legulere 9y agoMicrosoft went that far when they copied macOS and deliberately changed things like moving caption buttons from left to right.
- gsich 9y agoNo they didn't.