▲ 305 ▼ Quick everyone, prevent a warning text or something (discuss.tchncs.de) submitted 1 year ago by Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) Fedora Kinoite/Silverblue is hard to fuck up and Just Works® permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, I think the biggest obstacle to wider adoption of Linux is the lack of availability of devices that come with it installed. As long as you can't buy a Linux PC at Best Buy & co, it will always be somewhat niche. Pretty much anyone can use Linux these days but installing it is just too much of a hassle for the average user. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, the days of end users installing their own OS is in the past, PCs are appliances for most people now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago I think it's still around the same amount of people, just that the wider amount of users of PCs in general is far higher so the percentage of tinkerers to "just make it work" is completely different. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CommanderShepard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yes, except I needed to modify some kernel parameters to fix display artifacts a few months ago due to an upstream bug. Wasn't a big deal for me but the user who uses the system, even the concept of editing some parameters is beyond their comprehension. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, I think the biggest obstacle to wider adoption of Linux is the lack of availability of devices that come with it installed. As long as you can't buy a Linux PC at Best Buy & co, it will always be somewhat niche. Pretty much anyone can use Linux these days but installing it is just too much of a hassle for the average user. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, the days of end users installing their own OS is in the past, PCs are appliances for most people now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago I think it's still around the same amount of people, just that the wider amount of users of PCs in general is far higher so the percentage of tinkerers to "just make it work" is completely different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, the days of end users installing their own OS is in the past, PCs are appliances for most people now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago I think it's still around the same amount of people, just that the wider amount of users of PCs in general is far higher so the percentage of tinkerers to "just make it work" is completely different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago I think it's still around the same amount of people, just that the wider amount of users of PCs in general is far higher so the percentage of tinkerers to "just make it work" is completely different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CommanderShepard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yes, except I needed to modify some kernel parameters to fix display artifacts a few months ago due to an upstream bug. Wasn't a big deal for me but the user who uses the system, even the concept of editing some parameters is beyond their comprehension. permalink fedilink source parent
