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    Windows VS Linux (part 2) (lemmy.world)
    submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by trespasser69 to c/linuxmemes
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    [–] [email protected] 99 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (40 children)

    Let’s not cherrypick scenarios to try and pretend Linux is easier than Windows. Most normal people are nervous interacting with a GUI pop-up that gives them two options, never mind putting them into a terminal window where they could seriously fuck up their machine. What about clicking the download link on a webpage, clicking next a few times and having them software on your machine, compared to having to build something from GitHub (how many people here have never had to do that?).

    [–] Avatar_of_Self 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Compiling from GitHub is cherry picking the worst case especially for "most normal people" and frankly they should be using the software store GUI in their DE to install and update software with nice easy buttons to click.

    Frankly software management for a normal person generally is easier on Linux than it is on Windows for stuff made to run on Linux.

    But don't worry someone will respond with nvidia's shitty proprietary drivers.

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