▲ 366 ▼ which would you choose (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by JeffreyElms@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Worked for me, but until there’s a consensus on how to onboard the layman on Linux, we need to stop bitching that the layman doesn’t use Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) What Linux is missing is a "just works" distro like Mint, that isn't based on Debian Stable or Ubuntu LTS but on something with newer packages and kernels, with >50% market share so you can easily google duck distro-specific issues. Basically what Ubuntu was, 18 years ago. Nowadays, Ubuntu is still a good beginner's distro, but every beginner asking what to start with is confused by all the experienced Linux users shouting at them about how the most popular distro is evil and shit, for reasons a beginner doesn't understand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) What Linux is missing is a "just works" distro like Mint, that isn't based on Debian Stable or Ubuntu LTS but on something with newer packages and kernels, with >50% market share so you can easily google duck distro-specific issues. Basically what Ubuntu was, 18 years ago. Nowadays, Ubuntu is still a good beginner's distro, but every beginner asking what to start with is confused by all the experienced Linux users shouting at them about how the most popular distro is evil and shit, for reasons a beginner doesn't understand. permalink fedilink source parent
