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5 reasons why desktop Linux is finally growing in popularity (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 10 months ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 103 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Users are finally figuring out that some Linux distros are easy to use

so recommending arch linux to newbies was counter productive all along?

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[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I refuse to accept that. The ArchWiki is super well documented, so there should be no issues for newbies!

[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes, the arch wiki is very good and useful. The issue is, that you need the wiki in the first place. In a user-friendly distro everything would either work OOTB, or it could be done intuitively via GUI.

how far can you get in arch without opening the terminal?

[–] rickrolled767@ttrpg.network 4 points 10 months ago

Uhhh, how long was the first boot time?

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I use the Garuda fork of Arch, so it is literally all done with a GUI....

[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

also any beginner-friendly distro should be popular enough for the beginner to find it in the first place.

(big exception: if it came pre-installed on their device)

[–] Okfuskee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Same. Use dragonized on desktop gaming PC and a laptop. Love it.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Way cooler than adjusting everything in CLI.

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean, arch is one of the easy to use ones

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

I was hesitant on recommending this to my cousin who isn't as tech savvy as I am. I recommended LMDE instead. I hope nothing goes wrong.

[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

how far can you get with arch without opening the terminal or the wiki?

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

All the way baby, chatgpt. Lol I was just kidding when I said arch was an easy one

[–] Spectrism@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

In my experience: As far as you can get with any other distro. What do you think Arch requires a terminal for? Genuine question.