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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoExcept for people who are less tech savvy and don’t have a desire to tinker. Windows has been the standard for so long that many people don’t have knowledge outside of the Microsoft ecosystem. Linux is best for those who want to dig into computers but for those who don’t care to dig into tech is mediocre.
I’m a tech worker and know my way around Linux but I use productivity software / VR (with NVIDIA) at home and don’t want to deal with getting all of that stuff working again.
Win10 EOL is pushing me there and all of my problems would go away if more people switched but I just want to be a simple user in my downtime.
W10 LTSC IOT pushes that back to 2032. Then you can switch at your leisure.
Or super casual users. All my dad ever use is Thunderbird and Chrome. I’m too lazy to get him to use Firefox, but at least I’ve got him on Mint for I don’t know how many years now.
It’s gotten wayyyy better in that regard though. It’s more a matter of what people are used to and being resistant to change, than actual tech savvy-ness.
I think it has a target audience that doesn’t include everyone. It is primarily for those who want to be in control of there computing.
It is primarily for those who want to be in control of there computing.
Which becomes more and more weighty by the day, even for casual users. Bitlocker being enabled by default is a time-bomb waiting to explode.
For me, I had to switch to Linux earlier this year due to strange issues with bluetooth audio cutting out when my monitors went to sleep and game stuttering/poor performance on Windows.
A lot of beginner distros really do not at all require tinkering.
I think that is completely fair
Tech changes over time and that is ok
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Desktop computers are the one and only one space where Linux doesn’t utterly dominate as the kernel of choice. Supercomputers, servers, embedded devices, basically all Linux. In the mobile space, Apple and Android are a duopoly, Microsoft repeatedly tried and failed to enter that market. Microsoft managed to secure a de facto monopoly on the desktop, kept Macintosh like a pet to ward off actual monopoly lawsuits, and has spent the last 20 years just making their product worse for the user in order to wring another pint of blood out of the same moldy old turnip.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Gotta get that infinite growth. Enshittification is just the last stage.