Subj : Re: Community
To   : NuSkooler
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Oct 07 2022 01:00:08

 Nu>  Bo> The ONLY Linux desktop I ever saw at a workplace was the one I had wh
 Nu>  Bo> worked in IT support, because I chose to install it.  I've worked at 
 Nu>  Bo> companies, and audited and visited many others.
 Nu> 
 Nu> My previous job was pure Linux desktops across the dev space. Managers
 Nu> et al., love their Macs (and a few Windows). Current gig is def more of
 Nu> a Windows shop traditionally, but with cloud movement most of us are
 Nu> either in Linux directly or OS X. 
 Nu> 
 Nu> As far as the general public, it's "cool" to use Mac, many offices and
 Nu> the like are on Windows (AD, Exchange, blah blah just takes the cake
 Nu> here), all their services are probably running Linux for the most part,
 Nu> while their phones are Android (Linux) or iPhone (still has a huge BSD
 Nu> base), and their hardware appliances often BSD based. ...but most have
 Nu> zero idea about any of it.
 Nu> 
 Nu> I know quite a few people that have zero understanding of any of this
 Nu> also running Linux desktops. Because again a) they don't know the
 Nu> difference, and b) it just works for what they want -- web browsing,
 Nu> email, and viewing documents.
 Nu> 

I installed Linux for my wife, but to her its just a web browser with files on the desktop and a few games.  She doesn't care what she's using, because she's not really "using" the operating system as such.  Just the Web Browser. Sure, the Operating System is running and technically she is using it, but she doesn't use the unique features of it, at all.  It's like having a convertible and not even being aware you can put the top down.

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