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>Even if you prove that it's easy as pie to use, they'll keep saying that, while they look uncomfortable from the cognitive dissonance they're experiencing. I
by phaus 12y ago
>Even if you prove that it's easy as pie to use, they'll keep saying that, while they look uncomfortable from the cognitive dissonance they're experiencing.
I love Linux, and I think it has the potential to be the best operating system for end-users. Unfortunately, it is hard for the average person to use. Even the most user-friendly distro, Ubuntu, suffers from incompatibility issues and broken drivers after I update. It doesn't happen often, but the average person doesn't EVER want to spend hours fucking around with his / her computer just to get it working properly. The interface is user-friendly, but that won't matter if something breaks.
- dllthomas 12y agoMy dad installed Ubuntu for a friend of his - a non-computer-savvy poet - and she was quite happy with it. There's a distinction to be had between "use" and "administer" (I'm not sure how much administration of the box she did or didn't do).
- anonbanker 12y agoI'd say windows is similar in this regard. Using Terminal Services on a Server 2008R2 computer as an unprivileged user is still going to hide all the administration tasks required.
- anonbanker 12y agoThe most user-friendly distribution is now Chakra Linux, which is KDE-based. Rolling distributions experience none of the problems you mentioned. Further, as the kernel has everything (but AMD/NVidia drivers) built-in, I'm curious as to how an upgrade broke drivers.