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Here's the thing that a lot of long-term linux users don't seem to understand: If it involves typing out a command in a terminal, or editing a configuration text file, 99% of casual users are already out. It doesn't matter if they just copy-paste a command or have change a single number in a text file, they literally don't even want to try, they consider that "too complicated".
And yet I had to edit a config.json file for a program to run on my friend's w11 pc yesterday, interesting...
I mean, you're right, he was too dumb to do it, but also that was on windows.
Users copying and pasting random command line code from the Internet should be fine
It is how every community support page works.
For windows. Poweshell that regedit it will fix everything.
Had to do this recently for a borked nvidia driver on windows. Welcome to computers!
and that's why catering to casuals is a loosing game that shouldn't be bothered with.
Gee, I wonder why Linux only has 2% market share?
Except Windows does cater to it, and despite Linux' supposed superiority it is still by far the dominant desktop OS.
I feel like the gap between windows and more user friendly distros like Ubuntu and Mint is pretty narrow now. Linux still has to shake off the reputation of being difficult to use though. Iβm not sure what that will take.
Microsoft has held onto the market with a variety of tools, even some downright anti competitive practices. Even if Linux was hypothetically a better OS, in every way, for every user, toppling MS as the dominant player would be still met with some resistance. Thatβs what happened with OS/2, and that was backed up by IBM.
Loosing what? A volley of arrows? I don't generally care about small typos like this, but it's always fun to be the reason an elitist prick is losing at elitism.
loosing the terminal and RTFM at the newcomers.
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