nixCraft 🐧People are now buying the Apple MacBook Neo ($599 cost) not because it's as cheap as a PC, but because they are fed up with Win11 and its obsession with Copilot. This proves once again that if you push people too far, they will choose an alternative that isn't obsessed with AI or treating paying customers as idiots in paid OS. It is like choosing between two evils. I say go further and *BSD or Linux desktop if you can and it helps you. https://www.pcmag.com/news/asus-co-ceo-macbook-neo-is-a-shock-to-the-pc-industry
Rachel Levieva@nixCraft Suggesting *BSD to a regular Windows user is a great way to help them develop severe depression. Dropping someone into a bare FreeBSD tty and telling them "just sit here and figure out which DE suits you best" is basically driving them to suicide. They just want an OS without AI, not a second unpaid job.
sebulon@sebulon
Sure, GhostBSD gives you a GUI out of the box. But the moment that regular Windows user tries to connect a modern Wi-Fi adapter, pair Bluetooth headphones, or install anything outside the FOSS bubble, the illusion shatters. A pre-configured MATE desktop doesn't magically fix the fundamental lack of consumer hardware and commercial software support.
Let's be real here. The vast majority of Windows users can't even install Windows by themselves. Many struggle just to create a new folder or uninstall an app. So yeah, obviously, *BSD was created specifically to make their lives easier.
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Sure, GhostBSD gives you a GUI out of the box. But the moment that regular Windows user tries to connect a modern Wi-Fi adapter, pair Bluetooth headphones, or install anything outside the FOSS bubble, the illusion shatters. A pre-configured MATE desktop doesn't magically fix the fundamental lack of consumer hardware and commercial software support.
Let's be real here. The vast majority of Windows users can't even install Windows by themselves. Many struggle just to create a new folder or uninstall an app. So yeah, obviously, *BSD was created specifically to make their lives easier.
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David Snyder@mxenbionix
Bluefin is actually a great project, and I love Fedora. Fedora is excellent, but you're missing the first hurdle. We are talking about people who still call their monitor the "computer" and think the tower is a "hard drive" or "processor". "Fedora Media Writer" sounds like a Harry Potter spell to them. If they struggle to create a folder, getting them to boot from a USB stick is where the dream dies. Asking them to enter their BIOS/UEFI, change the boot order, and install an OS without wiping their family photos is like asking them to defuse a bomb. They’ll just go buy a Mac instead.
@sebulon @nixCraft
Bluefin is actually a great project, and I love Fedora. Fedora is excellent, but you're missing the first hurdle. We are talking about people who still call their monitor the "computer" and think the tower is a "hard drive" or "processor". "Fedora Media Writer" sounds like a Harry Potter spell to them. If they struggle to create a folder, getting them to boot from a USB stick is where the dream dies. Asking them to enter their BIOS/UEFI, change the boot order, and install an OS without wiping their family photos is like asking them to defuse a bomb. They’ll just go buy a Mac instead.
@sebulon @nixCraft