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    Linux is not ready (lemm.ee)
    submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    [–] [email protected] 52 points 6 days ago (93 children)

    If the average person can not use your OS, it is not ready. Period.

    For example:

    Windows - Open File Explorer > Add Network Drive > Find/plug it in > Enter creds > Bam. Ready to go and will automatically log you in at boot. Very nice, very intuitive UI.

    Linux - Open Dolphin (or whatever) > Network > Add Network Folder/Find it > Enter creds > Does not automatically mount the drive when booting the computer back up > Must go into fstab to get it to automount > Stop, because that is ridiculous

    In my own experience, I was able to get the hang of Windows with no one showing me how a computer ever worked, at the age of 10! Intuitive enough a child can do it.

    On Linux, you have to read manuals/documentation, ask random (mostly rude) people on the internet, or give up because why the fuck would I want to go and enter 5 commands just to have something as simple as auto mount a network share? Not intuitive, therefore not easy to learn as you go.

    I get it, Linux people like knowing how their computers operate, they like ensuring everything is working the way THEY want to, and that's awesome! What's not awesome is recommending Linux to the general populace and then getting upset at them for asking why they can't do something or why don't they just do these steps to do whatever it is they are having issues with. Then, you have a person who doesn't even know what a terminal is confused as hell because they were told Linux is so much better than Windows.

    Until we get a more intuitive (GUI focused) way of doing what I would consider normal computer tasks, it will not ever be ready. That's just the way I see it.

    [–] HStone32 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

    If my mother can't tell the difference between Firefox and the OS, but can use Linux mint just fine, then so can the average user.

    [–] [email protected] -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

    That's great! I'm glad that it works so well for her!

    That doesn't mean the issues aren't present though.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

    Every OS has their issues though. You take people that have decades of experience in an OS and ask them to change to a different workflow. So yeah, they won't be proficient the second they load Linux.

    You can create a infinite number of scenarios where there are issues with Linux, but the same can be done about Windows and MacOS

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

    Somehow this conversation with the rest of the users here in this thread have turned into some weird fanboy argument, so I want to go ahead and apologize for upsetting you with my comments.

    Nowhere did I say Windows was better than Linux. I’ve actually stated many times that I love Linux. This is a meme for Linux, therefore I’m talking and taking the piss out of Linux.

    These are real world issues that I’ve encountered myself, and seen others encounter. Just because it works for you, does not mean Linux is infallible. Windows isn’t. macOS isn’t.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

    I agree with you that Linux has issues, but so does Windows and MacOS.

    My point is that we usually use the same OS for years, so switching to any other OS will have its quirks. You don't really see your OS quirks anymore because you've learned to work around through experience.

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