Linux really is not easy to use for the most casual user.
I mean I been told there is Linux to use as easy as Windows, no this is not true.
It is not true in the sense I can easily use any Linux distro, not when my brain IQ is that of about 1 may be possibly even below 1 like -1.
I’m sorry to you Linux users, but my brain is not that functional to ever use Linux.
Windows is the only easy one for my brain to use.
Baalii
Having HDR is entirely worth the one bluescreen every year.
pooamalgam
I’ve been using various flavors of Linux for nigh on 20 years now and I still use Windows for a few things, especially gaming.
It’s always weird to me that people around seem to have a mindset that you need to use one or the other, but never both.
Whole-Imagination354
Here’s a story.
So my dad gave me this laptop really old and it had Ubuntu. I went to the app store or whatever it’s called and I found a knockoff minecraft. It was fun ngl.
No_Butterscotch_3933
i tried all of the most popular linux distros there are. all of them are a tereible user experience. i spent two years trying to find a good linux experience. now i just use windows 11
Saga_Daroxirel
Learning to use Linux where everything is more open and straightforward? Nah
**Learning the tangled mess that is the Windows kernel so you can debug it yourself?? Yes please**
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That said, Windows isn’t really that bad internally once you learn how it flows. I think a lot of people that shit on the organization of it probably don’t actually understand how it works under the hood.
SameRandomUsername
I don’t really care that much about them. I just don’t enjoy being told what to do.
IamNori
I tried using both Windows and Linux. At first, I was amazed by the cleaner aesthetic and customization of Mint which on its own made me want to daily drive it. I like the choice of sounds in the default settings, and I love that the date / time can be changed to my liking (I settled for military time and YY/MM/DD). A lot of the programs I use are already open source (VLC, Krita, etc.) so that part was a natural transition, and I appreciate the inclusion of LibreOffice ‘cause in my head there’s no reason why Office programs aren’t standard in any OS package. Everything was snappy and free of any clutter and it felt good.
Until I started gaming. Not to say Linux was terrible in this department, but it felt noticeably inferior across the board. Even games that are relatively light and natively run on Linux had some stutter issues that were nonexistent or far less prevalent in Windows. I ran Linux on a 7th Gen Intel / GTX 1050 laptop, which I thought made more sense to run Linux on the slower PC (I’m not running Linux on my desktop), but I specifically ran games that the laptop had little trouble achieving 60fps 1080p. I guess I value absolute perfect performance whenever possible.
I still have Linux on a boot drive, as I dual boot, but I’ve used it less and less, and simply defaulted back to Windows. I figured I could use Linux for productivity, but then I realized my productivity tasks aren’t so specific to need Linux. And then I thought about privacy, in which case I simply valued my gaming experience more, especially when I started bringing my laptop outside of the home again.
I guess another thing that bothered me was selecting the language ‘cause this one is also a big deal for me. On Windows, I could simply download a Japanese language pack and then use the romaji keyboard instantly, which is the Japanese keyboard I can touch type, and select between gana and kana seamlessly. This is important ‘cause Japanese is the other language I can type with a little bit of intentionality, so I can do a bit of personal translation. I even have a Japanese romaji keyboard on my iPhone. Linux didn’t have it that way when I set up the Japanese pack; it had the standard gana keyboard instead of romaji, which I cannot touch type gana, and I struggled to access the kana letters ‘cause I didn’t know how to set up a shortcut for that, to the point where I resorted to a vastly slower virtual keyboard, which was too inconvenient, and then moved back to Windows knowing that the Japanese keyboard was far easier to use on it.
These are all obstacles that could be crossed, I’m fully aware, but the point is that for a casual or less experienced user, these little things were dealbreakers. I didn’t just run into these nagging issues without spending several hours on how to fix it for myself. For the language problem, it felt like for every step forward I took when I tried getting the keyboard I wanted, I ended up with more questions than answers. It kind of doesn’t matter how robust or capable Linux is on paper when it cannot easily do the one or two things you specifically want out of a computer. It kind of felt like a waste of time.
That being said, I might come back to Linux in some capacity, but maybe with an even older computer so I have more of an excuse to learn it.
stonktraders
When I use Linux it will be a VM for a specific task. I have enough troubles in life and I don’t want to figure out how to use Linux on a daily basis.
silverroos
I know it’s a meme, but it’s kinda sad that many pc enthusiasts are taking sides and shit on Linux.
I don’t understand how enthusiasts would not be excited in learning how an os works.
Linux is that great if you’re willing to spend time in understanding it.
Plus guys are you really watching p**n directly on windows? You all must have huge confidence
balaci2
I’m sure once this thread hits traction there is going to be very civilized discussions and it will have no misinformation about Linux
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Linux really is not easy to use for the most casual user.
I mean I been told there is Linux to use as easy as Windows, no this is not true.
It is not true in the sense I can easily use any Linux distro, not when my brain IQ is that of about 1 may be possibly even below 1 like -1.
I’m sorry to you Linux users, but my brain is not that functional to ever use Linux.
Windows is the only easy one for my brain to use.
Having HDR is entirely worth the one bluescreen every year.
I’ve been using various flavors of Linux for nigh on 20 years now and I still use Windows for a few things, especially gaming.
It’s always weird to me that people around seem to have a mindset that you need to use one or the other, but never both.
Here’s a story.
So my dad gave me this laptop really old and it had Ubuntu. I went to the app store or whatever it’s called and I found a knockoff minecraft. It was fun ngl.
i tried all of the most popular linux distros there are. all of them are a tereible user experience. i spent two years trying to find a good linux experience. now i just use windows 11
Learning to use Linux where everything is more open and straightforward? Nah
**Learning the tangled mess that is the Windows kernel so you can debug it yourself?? Yes please**
​
That said, Windows isn’t really that bad internally once you learn how it flows. I think a lot of people that shit on the organization of it probably don’t actually understand how it works under the hood.
I don’t really care that much about them. I just don’t enjoy being told what to do.
I tried using both Windows and Linux. At first, I was amazed by the cleaner aesthetic and customization of Mint which on its own made me want to daily drive it. I like the choice of sounds in the default settings, and I love that the date / time can be changed to my liking (I settled for military time and YY/MM/DD). A lot of the programs I use are already open source (VLC, Krita, etc.) so that part was a natural transition, and I appreciate the inclusion of LibreOffice ‘cause in my head there’s no reason why Office programs aren’t standard in any OS package. Everything was snappy and free of any clutter and it felt good.
Until I started gaming. Not to say Linux was terrible in this department, but it felt noticeably inferior across the board. Even games that are relatively light and natively run on Linux had some stutter issues that were nonexistent or far less prevalent in Windows. I ran Linux on a 7th Gen Intel / GTX 1050 laptop, which I thought made more sense to run Linux on the slower PC (I’m not running Linux on my desktop), but I specifically ran games that the laptop had little trouble achieving 60fps 1080p. I guess I value absolute perfect performance whenever possible.
I still have Linux on a boot drive, as I dual boot, but I’ve used it less and less, and simply defaulted back to Windows. I figured I could use Linux for productivity, but then I realized my productivity tasks aren’t so specific to need Linux. And then I thought about privacy, in which case I simply valued my gaming experience more, especially when I started bringing my laptop outside of the home again.
I guess another thing that bothered me was selecting the language ‘cause this one is also a big deal for me. On Windows, I could simply download a Japanese language pack and then use the romaji keyboard instantly, which is the Japanese keyboard I can touch type, and select between gana and kana seamlessly. This is important ‘cause Japanese is the other language I can type with a little bit of intentionality, so I can do a bit of personal translation. I even have a Japanese romaji keyboard on my iPhone. Linux didn’t have it that way when I set up the Japanese pack; it had the standard gana keyboard instead of romaji, which I cannot touch type gana, and I struggled to access the kana letters ‘cause I didn’t know how to set up a shortcut for that, to the point where I resorted to a vastly slower virtual keyboard, which was too inconvenient, and then moved back to Windows knowing that the Japanese keyboard was far easier to use on it.
These are all obstacles that could be crossed, I’m fully aware, but the point is that for a casual or less experienced user, these little things were dealbreakers. I didn’t just run into these nagging issues without spending several hours on how to fix it for myself. For the language problem, it felt like for every step forward I took when I tried getting the keyboard I wanted, I ended up with more questions than answers. It kind of doesn’t matter how robust or capable Linux is on paper when it cannot easily do the one or two things you specifically want out of a computer. It kind of felt like a waste of time.
That being said, I might come back to Linux in some capacity, but maybe with an even older computer so I have more of an excuse to learn it.
When I use Linux it will be a VM for a specific task. I have enough troubles in life and I don’t want to figure out how to use Linux on a daily basis.
I know it’s a meme, but it’s kinda sad that many pc enthusiasts are taking sides and shit on Linux.
I don’t understand how enthusiasts would not be excited in learning how an os works.
Linux is that great if you’re willing to spend time in understanding it.
Plus guys are you really watching p**n directly on windows? You all must have huge confidence
I’m sure once this thread hits traction there is going to be very civilized discussions and it will have no misinformation about Linux