• surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      Do some testing. Put a non-technical Windows or Mac user on Linux for a week. Don’t explain anything to them, so they can figure it out on their own. Let me know how it goes.

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        21 days ago

        How about a few million school kids on chrome books. My 6YO is AOK.

        Can you open a web browser? Done, Ship it.

        My Parents and my Ex were fine on it 20 years ago. (given back then I HAD to do the setup)

        The only problem they ever had was when my mother bought bargain bin CD full of shareware and I said no, that’s not going to work. She shrugged and I pointed her to some online solitare games.

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          21 days ago

          Then they’re better off with a Chromebook or tablet. The only reason to be on a pc instead is to access all of the additional functions that would be a nightmare for them to figure out on Linux.

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        20 days ago

        The average Steam Deck user does not even know it’s running Linux. How it’s going: millions sold and counting.

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          20 days ago

          Right. Because they’re interacting with an overlay the entire time, so they don’t have to deal with a shitty UI or manually performing any tasks.

          So that’s an irrelevant example.