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end-user != IT professionals For average end-users, “use a linux based operating system” alone comprises a mountain of barriers, but most are rarely even appro
by nopenopenopeno 5y ago
end-user != IT professionals
For average end-users, “use a linux based operating system” alone comprises a mountain of barriers, but most are rarely even approached because they’re preempted by lack of reliable hardware support and lack of support for staple applications like Word, Excel, and Photoshop.
- tlocke 5y agoIs this still true? The latest version of Ubuntu will run fine on most laptops that Windows will run on, and LibreOffice provides an equivalent to MS-Office. I'm not sure about Photoshop because I don't use an image editor, but in the Open Source world there's Gimp, Krita and Pinta for example.
- ldiracdelta 5y agoIt is getting easier. There was a time when I, as an "IT professional", dared not use Linux for the unbearable amount of pain that I would experience in wifi drivers, screen resolutions and support, et c. It is absolutely, objectively getting easier to use the linux ecosystem.
- Melkman 5y agoEnd users have no problem -using- a Linux computer. My 75+ year old mom uses it and can do everything she wants. Mostly things she wants to do are web-based. A Chromebook would probably be fine for her too. No, she didn't install it herself. But she never installed Windows her self too. And yes I had to fiddle a bit with Wine to get her online bridge (the card game) program working. For older people things like W11 upgrade being pushed is hell. They click a button that popped up without knowing what it will do and if everything goes well the desktop has changed and the don't know where to click anymore. If the upgrade doesn't go well they are entirely lost.