Orion Ussner kidderFeb 20

My very nearly unfounded hypothesis is that Windows doesn't naturally run any better on randomly assorted hardware than Linux does. The difference is that 99.99% of commercially available computers were *set up* to run Windows and/or were tweaked so Windows would run on them.

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Show threadOrion Ussner kidderFeb 20
The only, and I mean only, "evidence" I have for this is how infuriating it was, back in the nineties, to get all your hardware working on Windows and how gobsmackingly easy it was to *ruin* your installation and spend a week trying to get it to work again before giving up and reinstalling.
Show threadOrion Ussner kidderFeb 20

The reason installing Linux is "so hard" is because we've been deskilled by the computer industry: we don't know how to install operating systems any more, or programmes for that matter. I have zero objection to automating the installation process, but IMO, it's not merely a Windows vs. Linux thing.

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Show threadGoodlucksilFeb 20
@OrionKidder Not entirely true, or at least I believe so. Majority of PC-using people have no idea of what's brewing inside and don't want to know. They don't care about the OS, just want the computer.
Show threadRobinFeb 20
@Goodlucksil @OrionKidder yeah, I completely agree with you. I think we in our tech bubble often times grossly overestimate how much people are actually interested in the underlying systems they're using. Which is totally valid. When i board a ship, I am also mainly interested in it bringing me from A to B and less in its engine configuration.
Show threadOrion Ussner kidderFeb 20
@robin @Goodlucksil Yes, I agree with both of you. My wife is a highly intelligent, skilled professional. She literally has other things to think about than *how* her computer works, and that's fine! Everyone can't be a techie. Specialization is necessary for our society to function.
Show threadOrion Ussner kidder
@robin @Goodlucksil My original point, and it's been made thousands of times, is that Linux isn't actually *that* much harder, even for someone who doesn't want to know how it works. What we're up against is a monopoly. It's a social and economic problem, not nearly as much a technical problem, IMO.
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