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The same people that want a Unix based operating system can't manage to install Linux? I was 14 years old in 2005 and knew nothing about programming, but was a

The same people that want a Unix based operating system can't manage to install Linux? I was 14 years old in 2005 and knew nothing about programming, but was able to get Linux installed in a few minutes. There is a real reason, but the part of the brain that makes the decision is different than the speech part of the brain.

spiderice 5y ago
I have also installed and managed many Linux systems. Doesn’t mean I want to on my main driver. I also don’t want a cheap plastic computer with a terrible trackpad (regardless of how great the intervals are) and until recently, that was pretty much all you could find in the non-Mac laptop world.
- deregulateMed 5y ago
  "cheap plastic" The marketing company won. This is a Major red flag. Speaking of cheap plastic. "Cheap keyboard" ring a bell?
linguae 5y ago
Sometimes users have problems installing Linux, not because of lack of ability, but because of lack of driver support. This is especially true for laptops. I remember installing Linux on my desktop in 2004 as an 11th grader, and I remember having to purchase a $50 serial port modem at Fry's (yes, my parents were still on dial-up at the time) because the modem that shipped with my PC was a "Winmodem," one that had many of its core functionality implemented in software that was only available for Windows. After my freshman year of college ended, in the summer of 2006 I replaced my desktop (which was dual-booting Windows XP and FreeBSD) with a Core Duo MacBook, which was just released two months before. It felt great using a Unix machine where I didn't have to worry about driver support, and where I can run Unix applications and various proprietary software packages such as Microsoft Office without dual-booting, emulation, or virtualization. I've stayed a Mac user since, though lately I'm in the slow transition of switching away; I just replaced my 2013 MacBook Air with a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 running Windows 10 (I love WSL!), and I plan to replace my 2013 Mac Pro with a Ryzen 7 or 9 build sometime in 2022 or 2023, which will most likely run FreeBSD. In the interim I've installed many Linux and FreeBSD systems for work and for play.
pram 5y ago
Nah dude, I installed Slackware 7 in 1999 when I was 13, and used Linux up until 2003. Then I bought a G4 PowerBook and never looked back. People who chose OSX for its UNIX foundation weren't too dumb and stupid to use Linux, contrary to what you believe.
onethought 5y ago
Yes I'm sure a good majority of us were mucking with Linux when we were 14... that didn't change the slickness of OSX as a Unix driver. It took Linux UI 10+ years after to get competitive, and still because of lack of corporate software (Microsoft, et al) it's still lacking.

spiderice 5y ago

I have also installed and managed many Linux systems. Doesn’t mean I want to on my main driver. I also don’t want a cheap plastic computer with a terrible trackpad (regardless of how great the intervals are) and until recently, that was pretty much all you could find in the non-Mac laptop world.

deregulateMed 5y ago
"cheap plastic" The marketing company won. This is a Major red flag. Speaking of cheap plastic. "Cheap keyboard" ring a bell?

linguae 5y ago

Sometimes users have problems installing Linux, not because of lack of ability, but because of lack of driver support. This is especially true for laptops. I remember installing Linux on my desktop in 2004 as an 11th grader, and I remember having to purchase a $50 serial port modem at Fry's (yes, my parents were still on dial-up at the time) because the modem that shipped with my PC was a "Winmodem," one that had many of its core functionality implemented in software that was only available for Windows. After my freshman year of college ended, in the summer of 2006 I replaced my desktop (which was dual-booting Windows XP and FreeBSD) with a Core Duo MacBook, which was just released two months before. It felt great using a Unix machine where I didn't have to worry about driver support, and where I can run Unix applications and various proprietary software packages such as Microsoft Office without dual-booting, emulation, or virtualization. I've stayed a Mac user since, though lately I'm in the slow transition of switching away; I just replaced my 2013 MacBook Air with a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 running Windows 10 (I love WSL!), and I plan to replace my 2013 Mac Pro with a Ryzen 7 or 9 build sometime in 2022 or 2023, which will most likely run FreeBSD. In the interim I've installed many Linux and FreeBSD systems for work and for play.

pram 5y ago

Nah dude, I installed Slackware 7 in 1999 when I was 13, and used Linux up until 2003. Then I bought a G4 PowerBook and never looked back. People who chose OSX for its UNIX foundation weren't too dumb and stupid to use Linux, contrary to what you believe.

onethought 5y ago

Yes I'm sure a good majority of us were mucking with Linux when we were 14... that didn't change the slickness of OSX as a Unix driver. It took Linux UI 10+ years after to get competitive, and still because of lack of corporate software (Microsoft, et al) it's still lacking.