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byorgangtool ( 966989 ) writes:
I know the comments section will be full of jokes about the Year of the Linux desktop, but I can remember when Macs were less than 5% of estimated computer usage. Linux growth was glacial until relatively recently, but it's becoming a much more serious contender. Even prominent YouTubers [youtu.be] have recently been making videos [youtu.be] about trying Linux and giving it praise for its ease-of-use, customizability, and ad-free environment. You don't need your marketshare to get to 100%, or even 50%, in order to have a majo
byambrandt12 ( 6486220 ) writes:
And usability... does a M$ Word document open and work 100% in OpenOffice? Does a Windows game run 100% in WINE? How much still has to be done through Bash or some terminal in order to make something else work? Will it work with some random box of parts?
The reason it's never taken off is that every single person's computer is different (mine: 24-core 3.8GHz Threadripper, 128GB RAM, Titan X GPU)... people don't want to have to fight crap just to get video working at a decent resolution... one distribution
byMspangler ( 770054 ) writes:
"does a M$ Word document open and work 100% in OpenOffice"
Yes. The only thing that I ever had trouble with in Open Office was Excel graphs.
Most people are not running the sort of state of art monster gamer rig you use. For Joe Computer Linux works fine for Joe Computer defined as than Core 2 Duo or newer.
Now sitting up file sharing of the Samba is a pain and requires a couple hours of study as opposed to three or four clicks on a Mac. Most people don't do that either, but it is a valid complaint.
bydrinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
Setting up Samba doesn't require hours of study, most users can just use a howto.
Now, setting up nfs4... wtf. just to get one machine able to mount from one other machine took like four attempts, every doc I read telling me how to do it was different. And no there weren't four different ways to make it work, three of them were just wrong.
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