• Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
    841·
    9 months ago

    This is the problem with Linux. People that know how to use a PC and are not tech illiterate still can’t use it very well. Just the fact that you offered means you know they are probably having some issues.

    • Rustmilian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      194·
      9 months ago

      This is the problem with Windows. People that know how to use a PC and are not tech illiterate still can’t use it very well.

      • The_v@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        9 months ago

        That’s not a problem with windows it’s a feature. Even the barely tech literate people can use it to bumble their way through to get the job done, eventually.

        They don’t use it well but they still use it. They also rarely break it anymore.

        Those of us who worked with these people with win 98 and XP… Shudder. They ways they screwed up the system was truly remarkable at times.

    • hightrix@lemmy.worldEnglish
      416·
      9 months ago

      I’m extremely technically literate, build my own PCs and write my own software tools.

      I don’t use Linux at home because I don’t want to fiddle. I want to sit down, open steam, and play a game.

      I use Linux for many things, but my personal computer uses windows because it just works all the time.

      • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
        47·
        9 months ago

        I’m sorry all of the Linux fan boys don’t like your comment. My main is Windows and my other PC is a Linux box.

        • The_v@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          9 months ago

          Pointing out significant flaws that are holding the systems adoption rate back is never popular. Most of them are very techy and don’t have a clue what the average user needs. It’s a great way to get them all riled up.

          I spent a few years as a process flow and bug finder for some programmers building a proprietary internal system. Then I trained non-tech savvy people on how to use the system. One of the most difficult jobs I have ever done. Bridging the gap between the two of them was brutal.