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    Linux is too hard (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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    The indoctrination of windows is extreme. Windows is just as hard as linux, harder even with all the layers of obscurity.

    And yet... linux is hard, and users decry RTFM as "not growing the userbase"

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    [–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

    Tech nerds have a really hard time understanding technophobia.

    Yes everyone can use Linux if they just jump through the right hoops.

    The average person does not ever want to jump through a single hoop EVER when it comes to learning a new tech.

    Either it works or it isn't worth the time/hassle to learn an entire world of information that is required to use different computers to the extent that linux nerds do.

    [–] peterg75@discuss.online 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Exactly!

    Unfortunately, there needs to be a commercial/financial effort behind the mass adoption of Linux. The average person has no idea that an alternative to Windows or MacOS even exists because they have not seen it advertised on TV or mainstream social media.

    These conversations on Linux communities on Lemmy and Mastodon are just us nerds yelling into our own echo chamber. The average person needs something that "just works" without having to read a book about how to set it up.

    [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Well, we got Steam Deck on that front, so at least there's something. Not a desktop, but a regular consumer device with Linux is still nice.

    [–] peterg75@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Steam Deck is a step in the right direction, but the manufacturer does not highlight the fact that it runs Linux.
    Most people don't realize that they are probably using Linux daily already. If they have a fire TV stick, or Android phone, or a smart speaker, etc.

    [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

    Android is not Linux, it only uses (modified) Linux kernel. Android experience is not transferable to any other Linux distro. While Steam Deck's is. You're not saying your smart bulb runs Linux just because it uses its kernel.