The rest of my issues still stand, and even with these small things fixed, the OS just feels like it’s fighting me everytime I want to use more than 1 app at a time.

It’s not “getting used to it”. I get used to KDE or GNOME or elementary OS, or even MATE and Budgie in 15 minutes, and they are very different. I couldn’t get used to macOS in 30 days. This OS is made up of a bunch of disjointed features layered on top of each other without thought about how they solve window management.

@thelinuxEXP I've frequently said that ...

Apple OS are like a tram on rails: they get you where you need to go without putting in much effort, but can't take you everywhere, and you aren't really in control

Windows is like a 4-door sedan: not the easiest or flashiest and prone to needing maintenance but generally reliable and can do what 98% of users want or need. Just make sure you know a mechanic

Linux is like an off-road vehicle: can take you literally anywhere, even places nothing else can, but you better know how everything works because you might need to fix it yourself in the woods with a bubblegum wrapper and some duct tape.

@neatchee @thelinuxEXP hmm...

I can agree that for some users and with some hardware you can have issues with Linux.

But what about users that just use it for browsing the internet?

In my perspective setting up mint for my parents, brother and grandma was the smartest decision I'd ever made.

No more blue screens, updates breaking something etc.

I honestly think that Linux is the most problematic for people who actually know how to do stuff on windows/mac or have some specific needs.

@shippingqueen @thelinuxEXP The problem in that scenario is that if they one day want to do something that they aren't already trained for - like run a program outside a browser - it gets really hard really fast, partly because the support resources for lay people aren't the top results on Google, and partly because it's so easy to get into a bad state.

It turns into the Apple problem: if you want to do one of the dozen tasks that have been layed in front of you by default it's great, but anything beyond that is a crapshoot. And in the case of Linux there's no Genius Bar to help, and a community that can be overly technical for many

/1

@shippingqueen @thelinuxEXP let me ask you this: if you weren't around to help when needed, would you feel comfortable leaving your family in the hands of the Linux community and available resources they can search for on Google with their own search skills?

I sure as shit wouldn't for my brother and parents lol