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[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) Prove it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rish@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Elementary, Zorin? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not really my place to prove it. Perhaps try something that isn't Windows and you'll see how much it truly does suck ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago My daily drivers are MacOS and Fedora (with Windows on my Surface Book), but I'm a software engineer, not the average person. I would love for Linux on the desktop to be viable for the average person, but there isn't really a built-in option that can beat Windows at what it's good at, and that's backwards compatibility, and a clean interface that users know. The attitude of "well, Linux is just better" hasn't worked for decades, and it never will until there is a distro that prioritises that (hard) switch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not really my place to prove it. Perhaps try something that isn't Windows and you'll see how much it truly does suck ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago My daily drivers are MacOS and Fedora (with Windows on my Surface Book), but I'm a software engineer, not the average person. I would love for Linux on the desktop to be viable for the average person, but there isn't really a built-in option that can beat Windows at what it's good at, and that's backwards compatibility, and a clean interface that users know. The attitude of "well, Linux is just better" hasn't worked for decades, and it never will until there is a distro that prioritises that (hard) switch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago My daily drivers are MacOS and Fedora (with Windows on my Surface Book), but I'm a software engineer, not the average person. I would love for Linux on the desktop to be viable for the average person, but there isn't really a built-in option that can beat Windows at what it's good at, and that's backwards compatibility, and a clean interface that users know. The attitude of "well, Linux is just better" hasn't worked for decades, and it never will until there is a distro that prioritises that (hard) switch. permalink fedilink source parent