mudkip@lemdro.id to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoI love choice. I hate choosing.files.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square326fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down181
arrow-up1975arrow-down1external-linkI love choice. I hate choosing.files.catbox.moemudkip@lemdro.id to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square326fedilink
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoAnd that is the reason Linux will not go mainstream. No average user wants to spend time distro hopping, they want a functioning computer that can do anything they want. A configure and forget. So they will MUCH rather use Windows or Mac and be done with it than jump to hoops like you are proposing.
minus-squareDigit@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoI suspect there’s a circular definition of “average user” lurking there.
And that is the reason Linux will not go mainstream.
No average user wants to spend time distro hopping, they want a functioning computer that can do anything they want. A configure and forget.
So they will MUCH rather use Windows or Mac and be done with it than jump to hoops like you are proposing.
I suspect there’s a circular definition of “average user” lurking there.