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- Comment on Ok sir 6 days ago:
This needs an ELI5 version…
- Comment on So I got hit with Microsoft's Windows 11 nag screen... 1 week ago:
To answer your question, I think Linux absolutely should target the mainstream, as it already diesinn some ways.
For example, by making Linux more accessible to the average user, the community grows, which will probably lead to more support, more software development, and so on.
It is true that not all users have the same level of computer skills. Especially for that reason Linux should become even easier and even more intuitive to use.
In short: the more use it, the more support it will get.
- Comment on So I got hit with Microsoft's Windows 11 nag screen... 2 weeks ago:
I answered a bit further down a bit lengthier. Hope that’s OK. 🙂
To be clear, I enjoy my Linux environment. But could I leave Linux on my parents’ devices who recently bought a new printer and use a facial recognition camera? I’d be worried…
- Comment on So I got hit with Microsoft's Windows 11 nag screen... 2 weeks ago:
Tbf, I work with Linux regularly and for me it’s great. But for the average used who wants basically zero learning curve like your average Android provides? Linux is a hard sell. To repeat what has been said so many times here:
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Gaming. Its better than in the past, but Windows just does it better. Same ist true of general software compatibility. Windows Store apps generally don’t run at all, for example.
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My surrounding never wants to open or see a command line. Ever.
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Driver & Hardware support. Windows still beats Linux on that one. And it is an important one.
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Straightforward compatibility between Distros. What might work on one, might not on another. That’s a problem.
Liket hat.
Really, for someone who is willing to learn how their PC works, Linux might be a gidd choice, maybe even a great choice. I love my Linux PCs. Am on OpenSuse atm and its been a fantastic experience. Couldn’t avoid some of the above issues,of course. But this isn’t about me.
For someone who just wants to click and install games, plug in random hardware and just start using it a few seconds later, never touch an update interface and basically wants a system that just works intuitively, because that’s what they’ve known for years… Windows is the better choice. And I say that with a sad heart, truly wishing Linux would be the competitor Microsoft would fear.
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- Submitted 2 weeks ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 92 comments
- Comment on Lots of times the restaurants won't even have milk 1 month ago:
Why judge people over their choice of beverage?
Why can’t we all drink whatever we please without derogatory comments being made?
Seriously.
- Comment on It just... works 2 months ago:
To save you all a click: the source says that the report is bogus.
- Comment on The glass is half empty in the Goldilocks zone. 3 months ago:
Found the Vogon.
- Comment on This shouldn’t be normalised 3 months ago:
I have. Happily using Thunderbirdnow.
- Comment on This shouldn’t be normalised 3 months ago:
At least there is one. Many apps don’t offer that at all but make us go through hundreds of options and turn them off manually.
Until an update makes you do it again.
And again.
The worst. Usually an uninstall for me.
- Comment on Humans Against Shitting 5 months ago:
You will find a bidet to be your personal saviour.
- Comment on Yum 7 months ago:
- Comment on Never say never 7 months ago:
No one worries whether it’s a true story in this sub, so it’s OK, I guess. But for the record, the story is made up.
- Comment on I wish 7 months ago:
Recently there was a thread trying to declare PHP obsolete.
Hard to beat this in efficiency:
function is_even($num) { return $num % 2 === 0; }
That said, this should work in most languages.
- Comment on Oracle customer support solved another problem 9 months ago:
Maybe so, but my trust in companies with such responses drops to zero. If my problem doesn’t feell right for them, I can get lost. And I’m not alone. In this case probably for fraud protection, but there are better ways to deal with this than giving the proverbial middle finger to potential customers.
My thought is now: what will they do if another problem arises that - according to Oracle - feels uncomfortable to deal with? Close my account without warning and explanation? Wouldn’t be the first time they would have done that. Is that thought rational? I don’t know. But it’s there.
- Comment on Oracle customer support solved another problem 9 months ago:
Something like that. Not that they give any indication of what they expect from the start. Definitely underlines that Oracle is best avoided. Based on this, I can only magine the support one can expect with a real problem.
Ridiculous. A true Oracle original.
- Submitted 9 months ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 20 comments
- Comment on Is "Burn Notice" worth watching? 9 months ago:
Noted. 🙂👌
- Comment on Is "Burn Notice" worth watching? 9 months ago:
Thank you all for your opinions.
Forgot to ask. Did it get a proper ending?
- Submitted 9 months ago to moviesandtv@lemmy.film | 52 comments
- Comment on Star Trek: Infinite Launches October 12, Game Trailer and Preorder Details Announced 9 months ago:
Paradox, who only manage to properly finish a game after 150 paid DLC and tend to break the game after every such DLC…
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x10 "Hegemony" 10 months ago:
Now I am sitting here not knowing what to do with this.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x10 "Hegemony" 10 months ago:
It’s been a long road, getting from there to here…
- Comment on What Star Trek Mannerism or Phrase Do You Often Use 10 months ago:
- Submitted 10 months ago to startrek@startrek.website | 2 comments