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Have you seen the issues Linus tech Tips have been having in their Linux daily challenges? I think you'll find you're quite wrong, friend.

by movedx 5y ago

heavyset_go 5y ago
I haven't, but I assume Linus isn't computer illiterate.
- koziserek 5y ago
  he is. ;) It's not about Torvalds
badsectoracula 5y ago
Linus isn't computer illiterate, a computer illiterate person doesn't decide one day to replace their OS nor bruteforces through several warning messages a command-line based administration tool is telling them because they were trained from a different OS over many years to completely ignore warning messages. If anything the most likely person to have issues and break Linux is the kind of person Linus is: an experienced Windows power user.
- Yizahi 5y ago
  That is EXACTLY what a regular person does with computers. Linux crowd completely missed the point of Linus video - he is perfectly capable working with Linux and fixing issues. But in the videos he was role-playing a regular switcher user, that was the whole point of the video.
  - badsectoracula 5y ago
    I think you have a very skewed view towards what regular people do with their computers. What Linus "role played" (which i don't believe he did, he genuinely borked his system) is a power user which is a very tiny percentage of PC users. The vast majority of people use their PCs like (overly complex) tools while having an at-best superficial understanding of concepts like what files and folders are. By the moment someone realizes something like a folder being nothing more than a file with a list of other files (instead of something handwavy magical that groups files together), they're already above the 0.1% of the PC using population.
  - heavyset_go 5y ago
    99% of everything a regular person does on a computer is done through a web browser these days, or they might use Zoom, Teams, Slack etc, too. Chromebooks suit regular people's computer needs very well, which is why I say that modern desktop Linux would suit them, too. Linux can provide a very stable and fast base upon which web browsers and Zoom etc can run, like ChromeOS.

Have you seen the issues Linus tech Tips have been having in their Linux daily challenges? I think you'll find you're quite wrong, friend.

by movedx 5y ago

Have you seen the issues Linus tech Tips have been having in their Linux daily challenges? I think you'll find you're quite wrong, friend.

heavyset_go 5y ago

I haven't, but I assume Linus isn't computer illiterate.

koziserek 5y ago
he is. ;) It's not about Torvalds

badsectoracula 5y ago

Linus isn't computer illiterate, a computer illiterate person doesn't decide one day to replace their OS nor bruteforces through several warning messages a command-line based administration tool is telling them because they were trained from a different OS over many years to completely ignore warning messages. If anything the most likely person to have issues and break Linux is the kind of person Linus is: an experienced Windows power user.

Yizahi 5y ago
That is EXACTLY what a regular person does with computers. Linux crowd completely missed the point of Linus video - he is perfectly capable working with Linux and fixing issues. But in the videos he was role-playing a regular switcher user, that was the whole point of the video.
- badsectoracula 5y ago
  I think you have a very skewed view towards what regular people do with their computers. What Linus "role played" (which i don't believe he did, he genuinely borked his system) is a power user which is a very tiny percentage of PC users. The vast majority of people use their PCs like (overly complex) tools while having an at-best superficial understanding of concepts like what files and folders are. By the moment someone realizes something like a folder being nothing more than a file with a list of other files (instead of something handwavy magical that groups files together), they're already above the 0.1% of the PC using population.
- heavyset_go 5y ago
  99% of everything a regular person does on a computer is done through a web browser these days, or they might use Zoom, Teams, Slack etc, too. Chromebooks suit regular people's computer needs very well, which is why I say that modern desktop Linux would suit them, too. Linux can provide a very stable and fast base upon which web browsers and Zoom etc can run, like ChromeOS.