Are you referring to distros? Just pick one that’s widely used and that’s it.
An absence of major software like ms office. Adobe and autodesk suites
You can use it online. Or, even better, use something like LibreOffice. For adobe and autodesk you’re SOL but that’s very intentional and it sucks. The only solution is a VM.
and not being able to avoid the command line when shit hits the fan.
I don’t really get this. You can’t avoid using cmd on windows either when shit goes wrong. There’s nothing strange there.
Despite your valid counterpoints, those are all still hurdles that will drive away general adoption, especially when there are people surviving digitally entirely off of a smart phone and tablet. We see similar complaints from people about simply picking a lemmy instance. How can we expect them to navigate the more complex landscape of distros?
I don’t mind it, it’s not a big hurdle for me, but it is undeniably a hurdle for the average person. They aren’t tech literate.
I also can’t remember the last time I had to use cmd or PowerShell to troubleshoot or configure stuff on my home Windows box (my primary desktop still). When I first customized the install media, and when I configured it post install. I was tearing out core components like Cortana search, and preinstalling updates to the iso. Not anything critical to actual usability.
The key settings are almost all available through the UI. All of the ads that make headlines are controlled by a single switch in the settings menu, which hasn’t been reset by updates like people keep saying it does.
You really only have to get into the guts for stuff like disabling web search, killing preinstalled apps, and the like.
I automate shit through PowerShell for a living (effectively). Cmd and PoSh are good for automating stuff, working on batches of stuff at once, and for interacting with certain stuff in Azure that you usually would never touch.
Oh no, I can’t interact with deleted mailboxes that are aging off behind the scenes without using PowerShell! That’s totally the same as Linux’s reliance on the terminal.
Back when I used Windows I didn’t use the command line much but did end up in the registry editor relatively frequently (after things broke or I needed to get things and the updates broke things (mouse stopped working, sudden performance drops, undid settings) every couple of updates culminating in Windows breaking its own bootloader and taking grub with it.
I personally found the registry editor really annoying to use and adding enties was quite difficult. I find editing the appropriate file a lot nicer.
Also as far as Linux updates go they have never broken my bootloader or made my system unbootable. Though my graphics drivers did stop working with the LTS kernel and I needed to select the default one again to update my grub config (an issue I would not have had if I had started with the default kernel).
So based on my experience Linux has been more stable and actually runs more programs that I like. The only thing I miss is Rufus which was my favourite ISO burner for USB sticks.
Are you referring to distros? Just pick one that’s widely used and that’s it.
You can use it online. Or, even better, use something like LibreOffice. For adobe and autodesk you’re SOL but that’s very intentional and it sucks. The only solution is a VM.
I don’t really get this. You can’t avoid using cmd on windows either when shit goes wrong. There’s nothing strange there.
Despite your valid counterpoints, those are all still hurdles that will drive away general adoption, especially when there are people surviving digitally entirely off of a smart phone and tablet. We see similar complaints from people about simply picking a lemmy instance. How can we expect them to navigate the more complex landscape of distros?
I don’t mind it, it’s not a big hurdle for me, but it is undeniably a hurdle for the average person. They aren’t tech literate.
I also can’t remember the last time I had to use cmd or PowerShell to troubleshoot or configure stuff on my home Windows box (my primary desktop still). When I first customized the install media, and when I configured it post install. I was tearing out core components like Cortana search, and preinstalling updates to the iso. Not anything critical to actual usability.
The key settings are almost all available through the UI. All of the ads that make headlines are controlled by a single switch in the settings menu, which hasn’t been reset by updates like people keep saying it does.
You really only have to get into the guts for stuff like disabling web search, killing preinstalled apps, and the like.
I automate shit through PowerShell for a living (effectively). Cmd and PoSh are good for automating stuff, working on batches of stuff at once, and for interacting with certain stuff in Azure that you usually would never touch.
Oh no, I can’t interact with deleted mailboxes that are aging off behind the scenes without using PowerShell! That’s totally the same as Linux’s reliance on the terminal.
Back when I used Windows I didn’t use the command line much but did end up in the registry editor relatively frequently (after things broke or I needed to get things and the updates broke things (mouse stopped working, sudden performance drops, undid settings) every couple of updates culminating in Windows breaking its own bootloader and taking grub with it.
I personally found the registry editor really annoying to use and adding enties was quite difficult. I find editing the appropriate file a lot nicer.
Also as far as Linux updates go they have never broken my bootloader or made my system unbootable. Though my graphics drivers did stop working with the LTS kernel and I needed to select the default one again to update my grub config (an issue I would not have had if I had started with the default kernel).
So based on my experience Linux has been more stable and actually runs more programs that I like. The only thing I miss is Rufus which was my favourite ISO burner for USB sticks.