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I just want to highlight that this is very much an opinion. Many people switch to Linux to avoid pains that Windows inflicts on them. Ironically it is power us

I just want to highlight that this is very much an opinion. Many people switch to Linux to avoid pains that Windows inflicts on them. Ironically it is power users that I tend to see having the most "problems" with Linux. I helped switch over several nontechnical family members to Linux, and tech support burden on me is almost nonexistent (yes, this surprised me too). Just purchase well-supported hardware (plenty of resources online these days to determine this before you buy), and install one of the user-friendly distros such as Mint or PopOS. Never open a terminal and tinker with things. It's rock solid.

tgv 2y ago
That opinion happens to be supported by large scale social experiments such as facebook. Time and time again, important aspects, such as privacy, were worsened, but their users stayed. People (as a whole) are lethargic, not masochistic. To make things worse, Linux isn't for the desktop. You would first have to convince people that they really don't need all that Windows software, and then make Linux PCs (with a super user-friendly distro) a commodity. In the mean time, people are ditching desktop over mobile/tablet, and there is a lot of "niche" Windows/macOS software that isn't available for Linux. It just isn't gonna happen.
bitwize 2y ago
> Ironically it is power users that I tend to see having the most "problems" with Linux. This is because things like web browsing, email, and light word processing are well supported by the software that's out there. The moment you get into applications for any creative endeavor except maybe programming, you run into a "Photoshop vs. Gimp" problem. The polish for the Linux apps just isn't there.
javcasas 2y ago
> Many people switch to Linux to avoid pains that Windows inflicts on them. Yup, that's pretty much what I said with Linux is for non masochistic people. For people that don't enjoy pain.

tgv 2y ago

That opinion happens to be supported by large scale social experiments such as facebook. Time and time again, important aspects, such as privacy, were worsened, but their users stayed. People (as a whole) are lethargic, not masochistic. To make things worse, Linux isn't for the desktop. You would first have to convince people that they really don't need all that Windows software, and then make Linux PCs (with a super user-friendly distro) a commodity. In the mean time, people are ditching desktop over mobile/tablet, and there is a lot of "niche" Windows/macOS software that isn't available for Linux. It just isn't gonna happen.

bitwize 2y ago

> Ironically it is power users that I tend to see having the most "problems" with Linux. This is because things like web browsing, email, and light word processing are well supported by the software that's out there. The moment you get into applications for any creative endeavor except maybe programming, you run into a "Photoshop vs. Gimp" problem. The polish for the Linux apps just isn't there.

javcasas 2y ago

> Many people switch to Linux to avoid pains that Windows inflicts on them. Yup, that's pretty much what I said with Linux is for non masochistic people. For people that don't enjoy pain.