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I never said users don't install software, I said they don't install OS's. Of course users install software, you can't keep them from installing nearly every we

I never said users don't install software, I said they don't install OS's. Of course users install software, you can't keep them from installing nearly every weird thing they come across online, that's why a quarter of the machines running desktop Windows are part of botnets. And of course part of the reason people installed Chrome is because Google owns half of the web and they kept popping up messages telling people to install Chrome. (If it was really about installing better software, we would see Firefox dominance: even privacy and openness etc. aside, Firefox has been an objectively better browser than Chrom{e|ium} since at least version 56.)

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
Operating Systems are software. They aren't even really that much harder to install than Windows or Linux applications. Consider that part of the reason Linux Desktop has failed to gain any traction is people like you who would rather imagine that everyone not using their favorite software is just too inept to do so.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
  Ok, they install applications. I thought the context was clear enough that software would be understood in the intended way. And yes, you're right that installing, say, Ubuntu isn't particularly difficult. It does entail more 'risk' than installing Chrome, since you could wipe out your existing OS and/or data/home-directory unintentionally if you're not careful. > Consider that part of the reason Linux Desktop has failed to gain any traction is people like you who would rather imagine that everyone not using their favorite software is just too inept to do so. I never said that they were too inept to do so (I think we agree that it's really not that difficult even for a non-techy person), just that they don't. I think it's fairly clear that ordinary people don't install OSes (again, not that it would actually be difficult for them to do so, just that they don't).

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago

Operating Systems are software. They aren't even really that much harder to install than Windows or Linux applications. Consider that part of the reason Linux Desktop has failed to gain any traction is people like you who would rather imagine that everyone not using their favorite software is just too inept to do so.

_emacsomancer_ 8y ago
Ok, they install applications. I thought the context was clear enough that software would be understood in the intended way. And yes, you're right that installing, say, Ubuntu isn't particularly difficult. It does entail more 'risk' than installing Chrome, since you could wipe out your existing OS and/or data/home-directory unintentionally if you're not careful. > Consider that part of the reason Linux Desktop has failed to gain any traction is people like you who would rather imagine that everyone not using their favorite software is just too inept to do so. I never said that they were too inept to do so (I think we agree that it's really not that difficult even for a non-techy person), just that they don't. I think it's fairly clear that ordinary people don't install OSes (again, not that it would actually be difficult for them to do so, just that they don't).