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Which of those three things is actually harder on Linux?
I wouldn't call myself an evangelist, I've even posted on this very forum about basically every issue I've had since switching to Linux about a month and a half ago, but my experience with Linux is that 95% of stuff is exactly as easy as Windows and 5% is a lot harder and the average computer user doesn't do those 5% of things (frankly the average computer user doesn't need a desktop at all).
none of those things are noticeably easier or harder on any major platform. the problem is never doing those things with the computer. if it were people would just not do those things.
the problem is when a person is kept from doing those things and needs to remedy that situation.
like the soldier who suddenly finds their rifle jammed, the computer user doesn't compile information about what happened when, under what circumstances, on what website and under what additional factors (or more likely refer to the computers own records of these things).
you just close the browser and reopen it. reset the computer, look up something approximating what you remember as having happened on the internet. tap rack bang.
and let me tell you no matter the relative frequency of problems, the last part of that troubleshooting trifecta is so much easier under macos or windows it's hard to express.
i'll take the example elsewhere in the thread of the poor user who wanted to format their sd card in the steam deck:
you look up how to format an sd card in windows and it's incredibly straightforward and very consistent. nearly the same process from 95 to 11. same story for a mac. even before osx youre pretty much doing the same dance as now.
even though i can list off three ways to rectify their particular issue, all require some level of understanding that most regular ol computer users wouldn't have (the /dev filesystem, difference between filesystems and partitions, etc) or are incredibly dependent on the unique gui and distribution theyre using.
two days between failures the user can rectify is fine if the alternative is two weeks between failures the user doesn't understand how to handle.
Which of those three things is actually harder on Linux?
I wouldn't call myself an evangelist, I've even posted on this very forum about basically every issue I've had since switching to Linux about a month and a half ago, but my experience with Linux is that 95% of stuff is exactly as easy as Windows and 5% is a lot harder and the average computer user doesn't do those 5% of things (frankly the average computer user doesn't need a desktop at all).
none of those things are noticeably easier or harder on any major platform. the problem is never doing those things with the computer. if it were people would just not do those things.
the problem is when a person is kept from doing those things and needs to remedy that situation.
like the soldier who suddenly finds their rifle jammed, the computer user doesn't compile information about what happened when, under what circumstances, on what website and under what additional factors (or more likely refer to the computers own records of these things).
you just close the browser and reopen it. reset the computer, look up something approximating what you remember as having happened on the internet. tap rack bang.
and let me tell you no matter the relative frequency of problems, the last part of that troubleshooting trifecta is so much easier under macos or windows it's hard to express.
i'll take the example elsewhere in the thread of the poor user who wanted to format their sd card in the steam deck:
you look up how to format an sd card in windows and it's incredibly straightforward and very consistent. nearly the same process from 95 to 11. same story for a mac. even before osx youre pretty much doing the same dance as now.
even though i can list off three ways to rectify their particular issue, all require some level of understanding that most regular ol computer users wouldn't have (the /dev filesystem, difference between filesystems and partitions, etc) or are incredibly dependent on the unique gui and distribution theyre using.
two days between failures the user can rectify is fine if the alternative is two weeks between failures the user doesn't understand how to handle.