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bySlashbotAgent ( 6477336 ) writes:
What does it mean when four articles(blogs) post glowing reviews of an OS that you've never ever heard of, despite having been neck deep in Linux for decades?
It means that CachyOS is spamming the fuck out of the blogs in an attempt at guerrilla marketing.
ll I can say is, stop trying to make CashyOS happen. It's not going to happen.
P.S. That shit looks like Windows XP, the Fisher Price OS FFS.
byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
Even the blog posts admit it was a shit show. WiFi didn't work, had to jump through some hoops to get there. Their obscure distro will eventually be abandoned and they will have to do yet another wipe and reinstall.
Linux is fine if you are a tinkerer, or if you have some specific non-destop use for it. Otherwise, people who do real work use Windows. It sucks, but it's the truth, because Windows actually works and they don't waste half their time trying to fix whatever distro they chose.
bycaseih ( 160668 ) writes:
Whether or not you use Linux, the phrase "Linux is fine if you are a tinkerer" is most certainly outdated and should be dropped from common use, as it's not really untrue. At their request I've set up Linux for several very normal users (borderline computer illiterate), and none of them are tinkerers!
As much as Windows sucks, I agree most non-techie users just live with it and have no need or desire to move to macOS let alone Linux. But they could all if they really wanted, which isn't something I would have said 20 years ago. I'm completely ambivalent about encouraging them to change.
Seems like I end up tinkering far more with Windows than Linux to get it working for me. And it's always been that way, and is not getting any better. Lots of annoyances and paper cuts. And initial setup is quite time consuming compared to my Linux installs. A solid hour of downloading the packages I need including many GB of Visual Studio's command-line compiler tools. To say nothing of absolutely asinine things like requiring an internet connection and to be logged into your MS account just to get the system booting, and now the OneDrive virus thing. I think the paper cuts are finally starting to bleed people out with Windows 11. But I have no illusions there's plenty of blood left for MS to bleed out of their users.
As the song says, "every OS sucks" and Windows is certainly not getting any better, nor is macOS. Both are getting worse and less usable in every release. Whereas most linux distros seem to get more usable in every release (disclaimer, I'm not a Gnome user). I'd say we've at least caught up to Windows which is starting to pass us in the opposite direction.
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byIdzy ( 1549809 ) writes:
Exactly, I've been switching my computer illiterate friends and family to linux for a few years now after various windows updates made it so I could not support them remotely, (user could not get past MS forcing MS accounts after rebooting for an update) and frankly it pisses me off how fucking stupid that is.
I personally have one laptop with windows 11 left and updates keep pissing me off so much that I'm ready to switch to Kubuntu or Bazzite on it I don't play new crappy FPS games so it won't hurt me,
bykenh ( 9056 ) writes:
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Whether or not you use Linux, the phrase "Linux is fine if you are a tinkerer" is most certainly outdated and should be dropped from common use, as it's not really untrue.
"It's not really untrue"? Did you mean to say that?
Windows 11 has two 'distributions' as far as home/personal users are concerned, there are more Linux distributions than stars up in the sky - picking one is enough to scare of most Windows users.
A base install of Windows 11 is no harder than an install of any mainstream Linux distribution. OneDrive is a convenient way for the average windows user to have a cloud-based backup for selected folders on their computer - isn't that a good thing? The MS account r
byDonkeyG5 ( 1674048 ) writes:
Whether or not you use Linux, the phrase "Linux is fine if you are a tinkerer" is most certainly outdated
For most people, replacing the default OS on your machine already makes you a "tinkerer". Since most machines are sold with Windows (especially if you buy it in a physical store) I'd say that, yes, Linux is for tinkerers.
byflyingfsck ( 986395 ) writes:
I realized Linux had arrived when my brother (an economist) mentioned circa 2010 (when he was about 58) that his real estate business used Ubuntu Linux laptops and he never asked me for help with anything then or since.
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