• Linktank@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    I’ve been using computers and various operating systems since the early 90s. Trying to use linux today and most things still seem to require three tutorials to do basic things like install files.

    It’s just not easy to use. I could never recommend it to somebody who is new or even newer to computers.

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      19 hours ago

      If you’re using vague, borderline nonsensical phrases like “install files” when trying to find out how to do things that might go some way towards explaining it.

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      2 days ago

      It is though? Is the bar so low that simply having to read, comprehend and follow instructions is disqualifying?

      Maybe you need to abandon desktop computing and go purchase an iPad

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        1 day ago

        You forgot having to be flexible enough to not have any particular workflow that works for you personally. Linux is great if you don’t need to use anything that doesn’t have a comparable equivalent.

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          23 hours ago

          But didn’t you learn to use your your favourite OS at one point in your life?? How is that any different? Did you never learn a single thing from someone else?

          You have to learn to ride a bike and drive a car. Are those crap vehicles too? It’s not “holier than thou,” when your argument is full of holes (hehe).