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    [–] Siegfried 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

    You are confusing the average user with the mids... average usage is equally easy to windows:

    Open a file Edit a file Copy a file Open a browser

    Most people i know does not care for anything else.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    eh, depends on the situation.
    I wanted to print a paper. Very simple, right? (cue collective sighs from all I.T.)

    On Windows it's literally just "find printers on network" -> click mine -> print

    on Linux id've had to input like 7 different commands depending on the distro and look through it.

    I tried, got errors, got up, went to the family computer running windows 10, and printed from there.

    There are situations where Linux is easier, but if you're new to the UI and you Google something like "how to connect to WiFi Linux" (ie what a normal person would) you'll get command line results that the person doesn't understand and they'll just give up

    [–] tc4m 10 points 5 days ago

    Printing is one of the few things that I find much easier and more reliable on Linux (and Mac) than on Windows. Automatic discovery of a printer has always worked for me. Both at home and at work. With printers from Brother, HP, Samsung, Epson and Oki.

    On Windows however, the same printers only works for about 30% of print jobs. My family's Samsung printer only printed from my arch and fedora workstation.

    At my office recently our print server kicked the bucket and windows user couldn't print anymore. Mac and Linux users (both use CUPS) had no issues talking to the printers directly.

    Just anecdotal evidence ofc.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

    I set up my dad's driverless network printer on linux the other day with ease. And it's not even a newish printer. This problem was solved long ago

    [–] Siegfried 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    You have a solid point there, printing is generally a pain in the ass, also scanning.. Thank god brother exists.

    This is a little bit depressing but, as stupid as it sounds, most people in my job can't even set up a printer anyway.

    Both googling and the UI are imo just a small adapting hill. Maybe i have spent too much time on linux, but I think most linux GUIs are far more intuitive than window's ones (Idk how mac feels like). ~~Googling is just about getting the correct keywords.~~

    EDIT: nope, you are right. I looked for "debian 12 wifi connect" and its gibberish for any unliterated.

    Windows UI today feels like KDE plasma from the upside down, populated with horrible and undertested decisions.

    Think of setting an OS for your grandma, do you think that it would be easier for her to have a win10/11 over, idk, a debian+plasma5/6?