• ᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ
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    11 month ago

    The majority of computer owners use their machine to open a web browser and maybe an email client.

    Surely that can be done on any OS.

    • @Rolder@reddthat.com
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      31 month ago

      Correct, and those people aren’t going to jump through hoops finding a distro and drivers when they can just install windows and call it a day

      • @hydrospanner@lemmy.world
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        21 month ago

        This

        And when I run into issues, I would rather be using the OS that is the most common so that I have more options to get good info for a fix. I don’t want problems that nobody’s ever encountered, or for which the fix is beyond my limited technical ability.

        It’s somewhat amusing when I see people on Lemmy proselytizing for Linux and literally while laying out their points to convince someone how easy it is, they’ll talk about doing shit that is already beyond my ability. And I’m not some 90 year old who struggles to turn it on. I’m just a user that doesn’t care to use any OS that I’ll need to take time to learn to figure out how to use it.

        When I start a Windows machine I just do what I need to do.

        When even a Linux cheerleader is trying to convince someone how easy it is, they’re already indicating more effort than I want to put into it.