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linux has 2 really good target audiences people using it as a near chrome book like experience, and ultra advanced users who want fine control of the system.
its everyone else in the middle that needs to play how much do i have to tweak in order to do what I want.
Moving from Windows as an intermediate user was the worst. I hated Linux for like a year. I knew just enough quirks about Windows to get 95% of what I wanted, 95% of the time, and on Linux I had to start from scratch.
Now of course I love I made the switch, as my Linux proficiency let me customize the heck out of everything, but damn, that first year...
I wish instead of complaining to people that they didn’t read the docs or whatever that linux devs would scour the internet for these criticisms (like when specifics are provided) and then develop solutions for them.
Yeah, people are shitting on your product because it’s not obvious. Make it more obvious!
(Thankfully this is starting to happen…)
Do you have a top 5 list of things you hated?
I don't have a "top 5", but the main thing was outdated software. I went to Debian because I wanted "stability" and heard that it was good, but it ended up meaning the "15-minute bugs" I encountered weren't fixed for basically the whole year I used it, all the apps looked like they were made in 2007, and if it weren't for Linux forums I would never have known that there were more "modern" Linux apps, and I would have been left believing Linux development basically died
I feel like outdated software on the stable distro like Debian has become less of a problem with the development of flatpak.
This is one of the reasons I love Flatpak so much
I like the simplicity and that everything is up to date. Not sure about the weekly 11 GB of updates though.
Yeah this tracks, I don't understand why people recommend Debian so much, especially to new users. Distros that update more regularly like Mint or Fedora (for non nvidia users) are much better options.
This was my mistake, but I don't think people recommended Debian as a desktop OS - I believe it was recommended as a server
Yeah my grandma uses it without any problems. I would never recommend it to my sister or mom but i know my grandma is completely happy with her basically chromebook.
Speaking of a chromebook experience, installing ChromeOS Flex on my wife's slow, outdated Surface Pro made it sleek and fast again. Can you suggest a Linux distro that would be similar on old laptops?
I usually use debian with x on old laptops but I've heard good things about gallium being pretty light
I like Xubuntu. But I've no experience on how well it does with touch screens.
I never though about it in that way hahahah. Makes total sense.
Wha-
People in the middle! Crushed yet again, oof!
For that chrome book like experience, the genuinely think Chrome OS flex is probably a better option for most people (privacy concerns not withstanding).
It's ideal for someone who really doesn't understand computers (so can't be relied on to install updates etc) if you don't want to have to be tech support as much as for a "proper" OS