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Why don't more people use Linux? - DHH (world.hey.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1064425

And Linux isn't minimal effort. It's an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding computers better. With a sensei who keeps demanding you figure problems out on your own in order to learn and level up.

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That's why I'd love to see more developers take another look at Linux. Such that they may develop better proficiency in the basic katas of the internet. Such that they aren't scared to connect a computer to the internet without the cover of a cloud.

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[–] Kissaki 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It’s an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple.

Does it?

It's different, but I imagine they're not fundamentally different if you exclude established knowledge/already being used to something.

Normal office use for non-techy people is launching apps, editing documents, and surfing the web. That doesn't work much differently, not fundamentally different, and not fundamentally more difficult.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

"Demanding more out of its users" is a description of an objectively inferior OS.

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