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> For everyone else, the reason they don't use Linux on their desktop is because it didn't come installed on it. My experience lines up with this. Both my eld
by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> For everyone else, the reason they don't use Linux on their desktop is because it didn't come installed on it.
My experience lines up with this.
Both my elderly parents run Zorin OS on their separate laptops for the past 6 years, they understand as a kind of 'free windows'.
They don't care about the inner workings, they go online, check email, do shopping, make travel arrangements, print a ridiculous amount of paper. And I stopped getting calls because 'the printer is not working'.
- zahlman 2y agoHold on, they're having a better experience with CUPS than with the Windows printer system?
- skydhash 2y agoMost people only have a few "essentials" applications they want to use (the browser in most cases) and don't care about the OS. Whatever can run these applications reliably will get a free pass. And for a lot of these use cases, if they have someone that can get Linux working well on their hardware, they only notice the speed and the lack of ads.
- feelamee 2y agocool, I have the same experience with my sister.