• Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    It is easier more than ever to install linux today.

    The issue boils down to the fact that the number of people that never installed an OS is pretty high.

    Most people buy their laptop and roll with the OS installed. Microsoft paid a lot to be the default choice and we have the market we have today.

    But if you check your email and browse internet, any OS will work.

    The strength and weakness of Linux, is that there is many ways to skin a cat. But it can get confusing really fast, even if you are tech savvy.

    Habits die hard and Microsoft and Apple were pretty good at capturing the market.

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      It is easier more than ever to install linux today.

      People like to use words like “easy” and “hard” to describe clicking buttons and typing letters into a display. These are the wrong words. The word is “complicated”.

      Doesn’t matter if it’s easier, the fact remains that it is complicated and likely always will be.

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        The process to install Ubuntu vs Windows is pretty much the same.

        Create a user, choose a timezone, connect to Wi-Fi or LAN and wait for setup to finish. It is not complicated by any mean.

        As I mentioned, most people never install an OS in their life, so they don’t know how to create a boot drive and install an OS.

        So the issue isn’t that installing Linux is complicated, it’s that installing an OS on an empty drive is not a thing that the vast majority of pc users has done or will ever do.

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          So the issue isn’t that installing Linux is complicated, it’s that installing an OS on an empty drive is not a thing that the vast majority of pc users has done

          It’s both

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            Have you tried to install Ubuntu recently? It is as straight forward as it is.

            It is not a complicated process no matter how you look at it.

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              I’ve installed a dozen distros. I’ve also tried to assist others in installing them. It doesn’t go well.

              Installation is only the beginning of the problems though.