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I've been running mostly Linux (with some macOS) as a daily driver for the past 15 years and have seen more and more articles like this pop up on HN over time.
by barbs 1y ago
I've been running mostly Linux (with some macOS) as a daily driver for the past 15 years and have seen more and more articles like this pop up on HN over time. I've felt for a while that Linux is more user-centric, but it seems like Windows 11 is a whole other level of user-hostile, to the point where even average users seem to be catching on. My own father managed to set up Linux on his computer without any prompting or help, and I didn't even suggest it to him. It's a dual-boot setup, but he boots into linux nearly every time and prefers it. It's starting to feel like a turning point.
I'm wondering if there's a market out there for helping regular computer users switch to linux?
- Telaneo 1y ago> I'm wondering if there's a market out there for helping regular computer users switch to linux? I'm more feeling like average users are just jumping straight to a phone (or maybe a tablet) as their main computing experience, and their PC are either pushed out of their life completely, as their other devices can do its job while being less hostile, or their PC is reduced to doing only the tasks which are either impossible or very-very inconvenient on a phone or tablet (PC games, long-form writing, content creation, Excel, et cetera). Linux has some of these remaining niches nailed down pretty well, but still not well enough that the choice is obvious (Proton is really good, but kernel-anti-cheat is still a thing. Libreoffice is good for simple writing, but not for the Office power-user), and even then, this is really just the crumbs that are left after most users just exit the PC market as a whole, since they figured out the don't need one in the first place any more.