I’ve tested out Manjaro, KDE Neon, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Debian, Mint, and Fedora.
Problems have been all over the spectrum. Not being to install at all, trouble getting it to dual boot after installing (despite following a guide), getting NAS drives to be writeable, hardware compatibility, finding alternatives to proprietary software which may or may not do everything the original did, and more.
I’m semi enjoying the tinkering for now, and I’m not regretting trying to de-Windows as much as possible, but I think people who say Linux is ready for mainstream are out of touch with the average person’s computer literacy.
Imagine the hardware compatibility issues you’d have trying to install MacOS on your machine. Probably a nightmare. Better to just buy hardware that is compatible with the OS you want to run.
Well it’s not a very compelling sales pitch to tell me to ditch the multiple thousands of dollars of hardware and just buy new stuff. If the goal is to get people to switch to Linux from Windows, I hope you’re not the one leading the charge.
I think setting expectations appropriately is a reasonable expectation of new users. Microsoft expects it of Windows users. Apple expects it of MacOS users. For Linux, nope, we must have a different standard. If we don’t, Linux isn’t ready for the average user. Got news for you, average users don’t install Windows, they don’t install MacOS, and they don’t install Linux or any other OS. They buy pre-built machines where everything is taken care of. Average users buying pre-built machines do not experience the woes of a tech nerd.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I’ve tested out Manjaro, KDE Neon, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Debian, Mint, and Fedora.
Problems have been all over the spectrum. Not being to install at all, trouble getting it to dual boot after installing (despite following a guide), getting NAS drives to be writeable, hardware compatibility, finding alternatives to proprietary software which may or may not do everything the original did, and more.
I’m semi enjoying the tinkering for now, and I’m not regretting trying to de-Windows as much as possible, but I think people who say Linux is ready for mainstream are out of touch with the average person’s computer literacy.
toodd@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
dual booting anything with windows (including another copy of windows) is an insufferable nightmare caused by windows.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Not all instances were dual booting, nor are all of the problems I’ve encountered or described above related with dual booting.
toodd@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
👍 completely valid. just pointing out windows is a malicious cohabitant on a drive
highball@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Imagine the hardware compatibility issues you’d have trying to install MacOS on your machine. Probably a nightmare. Better to just buy hardware that is compatible with the OS you want to run.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Well it’s not a very compelling sales pitch to tell me to ditch the multiple thousands of dollars of hardware and just buy new stuff. If the goal is to get people to switch to Linux from Windows, I hope you’re not the one leading the charge.
highball@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think setting expectations appropriately is a reasonable expectation of new users. Microsoft expects it of Windows users. Apple expects it of MacOS users. For Linux, nope, we must have a different standard. If we don’t, Linux isn’t ready for the average user. Got news for you, average users don’t install Windows, they don’t install MacOS, and they don’t install Linux or any other OS. They buy pre-built machines where everything is taken care of. Average users buying pre-built machines do not experience the woes of a tech nerd.
prude@lemmy.world 6 days ago
If you want gaming you should try the nobara distro, great stuff
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I do a lot of things other than gaming.
Stitch0815@feddit.org 6 days ago
Oh ok very interesting. Thanks for the insight.
And good luck :D