Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : McDoob
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Apr 20 2022 19:33:08

 Mc>  DW> They can't have people finding out that Linux is just as easy to use 
 Mc>  DW> Windows.
 Mc> 
 Mc> Whaaaaat? (@_@)
 Mc> 
 Mc> Yeah, that would be a disaster for ol' Microsoft. Unfortunately, with the
 Mc> release of Windows 11, they've kind of shot themselves in the foot,
 Mc> IMHO. I mean, people have complained about *every* major revision of
 Mc> Windows I can remember, but this latest one seems heavily geared towards
 Mc> pissing off every user.
 Mc> 
 Mc> Quite honestly, if I wasn't a gamer, I wouldn't have Windows on *any*
 Mc> computer I own. And, as it is, only one of the four I own (Pis count!)
 Mc> uses it. The rest are Linux.
 Mc> 

The real value proposition with Linux, is configuration and the ability to mould your computing environment as you wish it to be.  Ease of use is not one of them, and shouldn't be.

Efforts to take Linux mainstream are misguided.  Ferrari sells cars precisely because they DON'T compete with Toyota, Nissan and Mazda.  They understand their market.  Linux devs seem to not understand their market.  They seem to think it more important that "mom" uses it, than those that actually want the freedom and technical capabilities it provides.

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