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> It's an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. This has become less true as time passes. I in
by RMPR 2y ago
> It's an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple.
This has become less true as time passes. I installed Debian Stable on one of my relatives laptop, configured web browsing and stuff. Hasn't heard anything in years. Whereas my mom who uses Windows will routinely complain about her computer becoming too slow. When you factor in that Windows actively leans towards clear user hostile behavior, I just struggle to see why someone would bother. Granted Macos is a completely different story and find myself recommending it more and more. As long as you are comfortable paying your way out of problems at a premium, that is.
- magnetowasright 2y agoI also took issue with that sentence. I agree that it's less and less true. I've also been recommending mac or linux mint to the computer illiterates in my life because windows is so unusable (and actively user hostile to boot) that I simply won't deal with it at all under any circumstances. Last time I tried to help a family member configure regular backups on their windows 10 machine I couldn't figure out how to achieve the desired outcome between the three separate settings menus and a total lack of clear explanation (on system or in documentation) about what the settings meant and how they'd behave if the computer was off, actively in use, or whatever. I might just be stupid but I'll tell you I've never had to spend hours chasing up that clarity on modern Debian based Linux or even Mac (which is just awful for never communicating settings clearly). I suppose I'm just saying that I agree that I don't understand why people bother in a long winded way.