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Why do you use/choose Linux?
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I'm glad you said this. I think it's important to be honest about the Linux experience. It is not perfect. My Boomer parents could not use it. It often is plug and play, and often you don't have to do anything with Terminal. But, there are times when it's not plug and play and there are many times when you have to use Terminal to make something happen.
For example, Lubuntu updater keeps telling me there's a new version of Lubuntu, but does nothing when I click upgrade. OK. I think it's because there is a beta upgrade available that the updater sees but won't upgrade to.
I've been using Linux since about 2003, off and on. It's much better than it was. For me, it's better than windows. For my 70-year-old mother, she should stick with the windows environment.
I have no issue with using the terminal myself, but you're expecting other people to use something that's foreign and unneeded when it's not even safe to do so. Copying scripts from the internet is dangerous, and even a minor typo when you know what you're doing can bring your system down. -Which happens even to senior system admins at times.
Some people don't want to run Linux for the same reason they don't want a job where a slightly off measurement in a chemical factory can destroy a town.
Huh? I don't expect people to do that at all. Are you saying "you" like the royal/editorial you?,
I agree with you. Just like I said above, stupid old people and lazy people can't be expected to use Linux because sometimes it requires using terminal.