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Linux is incredibly simple compared to Windows once you actually your computer as a computer instead of as a really poorly made gaming console.
by ailideex 7y ago
Linux is incredibly simple compared to Windows once you actually your computer as a computer instead of as a really poorly made gaming console.
- vntok 7y agoTry talking Grandma over the phone to help her share her photo directory with Aunt Jeanine, on the same PC. No command line allowed, and you know she can only focus on that type of task for 4, maybe 5 minutes top.
- ptx 7y agoI can't imagine any system where you'd have a good chance of succeeding in that scenario without some kind of remote administration tool. Remote controlling a user over the phone is difficult, unreliable and time-consuming.
- lallysingh 7y ago.. install remote admin tool? Gotomypc etc? Or just tell them to copy it to a USB stick. Yep, same machine, it's still the best answer.
- t0astbread 7y agoShare? Google Drive. Or email. Both of which are equally good/bad to explain to grandma on Windows and Linux.
- userbinator 7y agoNo command line allowed It's easier to tell someone what keys to press than to find and manipulate UI elements. on the same PC On a PC, everyone already has access by default, so "sharing" doesn't involve anything additional.
- mhd 7y agoThat wouldn't work reliably under Windows, either, as nobody knows anything about files and directories generically anymore. (That's the reason why first the Windows explorer was suddenly sufficent enough and then almost completely disregarded) A public folder on the same PC is way harder to explain than just telling your photo app to share it with your resident spying company/cloud provider, despite how wasteful the round trip is. Not that that has anything to do with a discussion about the "unix way" as a special case or even superset of IDEs.
- darkmighty 7y agoMy mother can't reliably remember how to operate the remote control but uses linux just fine (browsing, editing text documents, etc).
- SahAssar 7y agoI think you're confusing easy and simple. Windows is easier (for most people), but linux is certainly simpler.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoBullshit. You're talking about an operating system where the common advice for someone who wants to install up to date software is to fucking compile it from source because the whole community never got their collective shit together enough to allow developers to directly distribute binaries without a gigantic fucking headache. Christ, it's such a fucking mess that one of the most compatible ways to distribute software is to write it for Windows and rely on WINE.
- busterarm 7y agoHardly. I've maybe had to do that 5 times in the last...10 years? And I split my time between Arch, CentOS & OpenBSD. The vast majority of things these days are packaged in a useful way. There's also flatpak and similar now.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago> I've maybe had to do that 5 times in the last...10 years? Good for you. Some of us have to install up to date software more often than every 5 or 10 years.
- busterarm 7y agoI'm running Arch on my office workstation. I install up to date software literally every day.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoOnly after a third party makes an AUR for it. I'll stick to an OS where the developer can publish directly to the users without 15 different packaging formats, thanks.
- ailideex 7y agoAgain, flatpak, appimage, docker ... you can use one of these, don't have to use 15.