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Its time to switch to Linux!

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[โ€“] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

People like choice, but people don't want to have to spend time choosing or learning.

That's why I mentioned Arch - because of the tie in with the Steam Deck. Nice and easy for gamers to make a connection to.

What becomes the difficult sell is that people, in general, don't understand computers. It's the bane of my existence. Any Linux distro requires a basic understanding of how computers work. The Windows PC and Apple products were successful because they required no learning and the user was relatively protect from messing anything up.

The Steam Deck was successful because it took that same approach. It just uses a variant of their Big Picture mode users are already used to.

Linux, by it's very nature, is not something that can be widely adopted by consumers. I think that's why Apple and Windows (hell, even Google with Android and Chrome OS) can get all the invasive technology to the user they want, and force users to adopt even more invasive things. Because people just won't learn anything else. And that's not something any of us can do anything about.

[โ€“] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I get your point but still wouldn't recommend arch to new people cause it's arch. Maybe something simpler like Mint which is what most people recommend imo.