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Framework says it's selling more Linux laptops than Windows as new Laptop 13 Pro sells out first 7 batches (www.pcguide.com)
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[–] 91 points 4 months ago (25 children)

Linux is legit pretty easy now comparable to Windows. It's application preferences and familiarity that keeps people at bay. New to computer user, I don't think they'd struggle anymore with a gnome or kde linux desktop than with windows. to do the regular stuff people do. Browse the internet. Save their photos/documents in some folders

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  • [–] 49 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    I would guess literally 99% of people could switch to Linux Mint and be more than happy.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

    I installed Cinnamon the other day, because I remembered it to be easy to use. It is.

    But. It looks dated to me. Could really use a facelift. Maybe it's just me, but in light of modern user interfaces Cinnamon is functional, but not a looker anymore. Zorin OS and Gnome in general, for example, show how it can be done.

    Maybe just me...

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    No, it's not just you. Mint and Ubuntu get thrown around a lot by people recommending them to new users, and they're fine, but they are a bit dated.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    I usually push new users to KDE Plasma if they are most used to Windows. It helps that Plasma is also my preference and I know how to help them with it, but yeah. I think it's most likely to make intuitive sense to Windows users.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    In my opinion both Cinnamon and Plasma are the GOAT, but for new users I think Cinnamon is the best, because from my experience it is trouble-free, and very easy to use, especially for Windows users. I have it on Linux Mint that is installed on one of the family laptops (I use Debian with Plasma myself).

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    What do you mean? I know that Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu LTS these days, that means that it has slightly outdated packages, but for most users that need their computer only for browsing the web and other simple uses, it is fine. You can also install flatpaks.

    With Ubuntu I don't think the problems is that is dated (it literally is updated every 6 months), but how buggy it is. I literally tried it out like a year ago, and simple applications like Settings app, were just crashing on me after installation.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    I love the way it looks. It's super easy to figure out where everything is. "Cutting edge" UI designers have a tendency to change things to justify their own existence. Is it easy for the user to navigate? Is it clear what does what? Great. Stick with your design language and only change it if you're forced to by some fundamental change that is incompatible with the framework you currently have.

    I fucking hate how every time my phone updates something is bound to be changed with no obvious benefit. Even worse when they remove functionality I was reliant on.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Eh, don't know about that. Probably a very large portion of people would need word/PowerPoint/etc... For company document compatibility.

    For sure a lot of people though could easily get by with LibreOffice.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (2 children)

    MS Office works in a browser, and LibreOffice opens Word/Powerpoint files just fine. Been using LibreOffice for years while my coworkers send me files made with MS Office. It's simply not a blocker.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    web office products from microslop have reduced functionality in comparison to desktop variants, which is most obvious with Powerpoint. However, for sleek designs, canva might work better already, just the interoperability of the m365 office suite between multiple users at once keeps it at the front of the market.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Having used it in the browser, it barely works in a browser. >50% of functionality is simply missing. Pretty much only the very very basics of typing and formatting.

    I also use libreoffice and actually like calc better than excel because python support ia a first class citizen for programming within the spreadsheet in Calc, but AFAIK macro spreadsheets aren't very cross compatible, but I guess I work in engineering so every company I have worked with or for uses excel macros, probably not representative of other professions.

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  • [–] 30 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    The grapuh of Linux suitability as a function of user skill is a U. At the bottom of user skill, you've got your aunt who needs a Chrome bootloader. Linux is perfect for them, maybe better than Windows.

    As you get into the middle, you get into "I just need to use Photoshop" or "I just want to play Valorant". It's gotten to where software that doesn't run on Linux is a deliberate choice, but they're still out there. Gaming has been easing up in large part due to Valve, so the middle of the U has been rising, but it's still a big dip.

    At the top end you've got the computer science types developing all these internet and AI based systems almost all of which run on Linux servers in the back end. Linux dominates literally every computing platform except desktops.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Very good analogy, only would say there's a wide range of creative people who are stuck with windows/mac because of compatibility in their field. They can be quite highly skilled but you can't escape the industry standards.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Luckily Adobe seems hell-bent on self-destructing, that should help.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Oh yeah, it does help indeed. After I got used to Gimp, I don’t think I’d ever want to open Photoshop. For my personal tasks that’s 100%.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    At the bottom of user skill, you’ve got your aunt who needs a Chrome bootloader. Linux is perfect for them, maybe better than Windows.

    My school system had thin clients running CentOS growing up and nobody had issues.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Gaming is better on Linux than Windows now. I said what I said.

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