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Linux is quite reliable. Maybe even more reliable in day to day use. However it occasionally breaks for me in very subtle ways and when it does break, I have to

by xmprt 5y ago

Linux is quite reliable. Maybe even more reliable in day to day use. However it occasionally breaks for me in very subtle ways and when it does break, I have to use technical skills to resolve the issue. That doesn't happen to me on Windows or MacOS. For those reasons, I don't think I'd suggest Linux to anyone who I didn't feel would be able to resolve issues on their own.

asddubs 5y ago
I haven't really found windows to be that reliable, although I don't use it a lot. Lots of weird little issues and googling dll names, but maybe I'm just unlucky. a while back i tried installing vscode and it was literally just an all black window, until i installed directx or something along those lines. and that's just off the top of my head
californical 5y ago
I got my parents on Linux Mint after their desktop died, which I fixed, but they didn’t want to buy a new Windows license. They are absolutely not tech savvy, but only use the internet and some super basic document editing & viewing. They got used to the system quickly and used it for 4 years, until the OS went out of LTS and I told them not to use it anymore… but still, they have no idea what a terminal is, no tech savvy, but still used it for their basic use-case for 4 straight years without issue! I didn’t even have to help them after the initial install. Couldn’t have been easier.
- heavyset_go 5y ago
  My experience, as well. I just set up my parents' Linux desktops to look and act like the systems they were used to and it's been fine for them for years. They've even added printers and scanners to their systems without my help.
- xmprt 5y ago
  I think it works for either very tech savvy (who tinker but know how to fix things) or completely not tech savvy people (who will never tinker and use the computer for very basic things). If you're medium tech savvy then you run the risk of knowing how to break something but not fix it.

by xmprt 5y ago

asddubs 5y ago

I haven't really found windows to be that reliable, although I don't use it a lot. Lots of weird little issues and googling dll names, but maybe I'm just unlucky. a while back i tried installing vscode and it was literally just an all black window, until i installed directx or something along those lines. and that's just off the top of my head

californical 5y ago

I got my parents on Linux Mint after their desktop died, which I fixed, but they didn’t want to buy a new Windows license. They are absolutely not tech savvy, but only use the internet and some super basic document editing & viewing. They got used to the system quickly and used it for 4 years, until the OS went out of LTS and I told them not to use it anymore… but still, they have no idea what a terminal is, no tech savvy, but still used it for their basic use-case for 4 straight years without issue! I didn’t even have to help them after the initial install. Couldn’t have been easier.

heavyset_go 5y ago
My experience, as well. I just set up my parents' Linux desktops to look and act like the systems they were used to and it's been fine for them for years. They've even added printers and scanners to their systems without my help.
xmprt 5y ago
I think it works for either very tech savvy (who tinker but know how to fix things) or completely not tech savvy people (who will never tinker and use the computer for very basic things). If you're medium tech savvy then you run the risk of knowing how to break something but not fix it.