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Linux isn’t very good for the casual person at this time, due to conflicting, dated, or missing documentation. If people are to be encouraged to adopt Linux, it should be toward distributions that have official technical support.

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johnnyb@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
are you suggesting there is documentation for Windows?

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- Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s sufficiently documented.
  It’s just spread across a fuck load of different pages (learn vs. msdn vs. support vs forum).
  And the articles are so unnecessary distributed across those pages. And so much articles are missing links to related topics that it’s comically bad.
  
  At least the powershell has a partly sound documentation. But very hit or miss.
  
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  - CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Windows documentation is an absolute mess. The only reason you can claim it is “documented” is the sheer volume of users, but that’s not necessarily a good thing when suggested fixes include registry edits, disabling security features, and running everything as an admin.
    
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    Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Just sudo everything /j
    
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Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Regular people don’t read documentation.

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rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

due to conflicting, dated, or missing documentation.

Oh, let’s all use FreeBSD then. Please? Please?

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Isn’t that the point of donating to it? If the French government wants a specific thing done (say, documentation), they can make the donation go towards that.

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- SabinStargem@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Ideally, that would be part of their initiative. There are multiple angles that can be taken to encourage Linux adoption. Standards for formal documentation and technical support options are two prongs on the same trident.
  
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