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[–] 24 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

Because otherwise you don't have the "true linux experience", whatever that means.

I work in IT support, and you can't imagine how completely computer inept the average user is. Like, they start crying when a button has moved 2cm to the side.

These will never be able to use a command line, let alone install their own operating system.

Yet some of these Linux evangelicals think everyone was born with a UTP cable up their arse. So they recommend what they see as "easy", but don't understand that it only looks easy to them because of the decades of experience they already had.

As long as the Linux community can not decide what distro is the best for newbies, it will never be the year of the linux.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 hours ago* (2 children)

    Gatekeeping is a big problem with anything - especially as it becomes easier.

    Film photographers balked at people going digital and about color grading and retouching with lightroom and photoshop.

    Car people talked shit about how using an automatic transmission wasn't really driving.

    PC gamers got pissy at console gamers in the 90s and 2000s for just wanting a game to fucking work without having to chase down a conflict caused by a random printer driver that made their game crash in any map with water (my actual lived experience with Battefield 1942).

    Lots of old-school 3D printing enthusiasts get upset when new users don't know when to adjust their pressure advance or can't read gcode.

    Doctors who worked three 30-hour shifts a week in their residency think new doctors should go through the same rite of passage.

    Football players who were taught to lead into a tackle using the top of their skull think new rules implemented to prevent neck injuries and TBIs make new players pansies.

    We need to understand that part of making the world better is that the next generation of professionals, hobbyists, and people in general will have it easier than us, and that's a good thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago

    PC gamers got pissy at console gamers

    This is also stupid because before the tail end of the 2000s, the types of games you'd buy a PC for were different than consoles. Not to say there were no platformers on PC, but you were going with console if that was your biggest interest.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 hours ago

    When I recommend Linux I always recommend Mint because it can be installed and set up by anyone who can read and follow half a dozen instructions. I don't often recommend Linux though, because the average user won't even read an error message before giving up.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago

    When I recommend Linux I always recommend Mint because it can be installed and set up by anyone who can read and follow half a dozen instructions. I don't often recommend Linux though, because the average user won't even read an error message before giving up.

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