Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Jul 12, 2023

XDA claim they're a "leading tech publication".

They published an article titled: "Why I like Linux on my Steam Deck but not my desktop"

-> Uses tiny and basically unsupported obscure Linux distribution to make a case against it on the desktop.

-> Also thinks somehow Proton is only on Steam Deck?

Please, if you're going to publish a Linux article, get your writers to do more than 1 minute research into it.

Show threadLiam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Jul 12, 2023

There's this weird repeating problem of people expecting to instantly know how something works, despite basically never using it.

I see this everywhere, not just Linux. In this case though, I see articles like it still *all the time* and the big issue is just to get clicks.

Show threadAndy PriceJul 12, 2023
@gamingonlinux I usually advise Windows users trying out Linux to remember their very first experiences of Windows while they're getting familiar with the environment, to steer them away from the expectation that it's going to be a drop-in replacement. Expect a learning curve, expect workflow adjustments, expect more freedom and control in the end.
Show threadRichard Devine
@andyprice @gamingonlinux This is such a brilliant way to describe it. I first started trying Linux during the great Covid lockdown of 2020. Knew nothing at all. Had such a blast learning how things work, still do to this day.
Jul 12, 2023 at 11:32amWeb