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LTT does another Linux Challenge (youtu.be)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That is 100% COSMIC jank. He chose Pop!_OS again and System76 has been annoyingly shipping a beta desktop environment on their stable distro.

I like COSMIC and System76, but this is an annoying decision by them and Linus does shitty research so he doesn't know he's running beta software and he'll associate this with Linux being janky again 🙄

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Would the average user “do research” better?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    The average user trying to switch to Linux? YES, they would.

    The average user like my mom? No, because she sure as shit doesn't even know what Linux is nor how to make a bootable USB drive.

    I'm sick and tired of this cop out answer of the "average" user.

    This is like someone buying a car. Do you want to get a lemon? Sure, buy whatever "looks good" OR you do some RESEARCH and figure out what car to get from reliability reports.

    Do you think a Mac user wanting to switch to Windows won't do any research?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    If you feel like you need to reinstall Windows anyway, Trying out Linux is a pretty low bar if you're curious. In that situation I think everything Linus did seems plausible.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    People who want linux usage to spread need to decide if they want widespread adoption (this comes with users who cannot troubleshoot and fix their own problems) or experts only (these people are already using linux)

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