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I bricked my Linux system while trying to uninstall python, on one of the most "user friendly" systems, and they had no way to restore like Windows does with sy
by bioemerl 4y ago
I bricked my Linux system while trying to uninstall python, on one of the most "user friendly" systems, and they had no way to restore like Windows does with system restore.
I'm still using it because Windows requires accounts now and screw that, but man, Linux has tried hard to get me to go do something else.
I do not understand how these projects are just so consistently bad at UX. It takes effort, but UX should be priority number one, even over new functionality.
- cmh89 4y agoI've always found modern Linux systems to have a great UX. I'm mildly tech orientated but not super into customization or anything, and never had any problems after Ubuntu got the application center done. Of course trying to install drivers for a 56k modem while not having internet access was a different experience 25 years ago.
- bombcar 4y agoLinuxes are getting good at "the normal path, plus a bit" - Ubuntu is quite usable for basic things these days. Where they fall off the rails is when you try to do something you're "not supposed to do" (like removing python) - then you're often better off with the weird distros like Gentoo or Mint; at least someone likely broke it the same way before.
- valeness 4y agoThis is solved on windows by simply not allowing you to install python because an automated first party windows update already bricked your system...
- toofy 4y agoyeah, ive been screaming for a while that our biggest failure in f/oss has been how little weight we give to UX. and particularly how little we court the UX community. the UX folks ive spent some time talking to just haven't seen much in terms of recruiting from us and it really shows. for better or worse its probably one of the larger reasons our projects are so locked into corporate influence.