Comment on Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch
bored_gamer@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I wish I could use Linux. But the barriers of entry for me are:
On another note:
Insulting people will only get you more downvotes. You don’t have to be so rude.
Also:
Was anything before “Edit:” rude? Should I expect that everyone in the Linux community will reply to genuine barriers with contempt and downvotes? Because that’s what you’re saying of the reply to my original post.
You’re saying I would only get “more” downvotes for being rude, hence you expect some downvotes on a genuine list of concerns no matter what.
What a community! 🙄
Did some Linux cultist downvote my real concerns because the reality they were slapped with disagreed with their fictitious worldview?
I’d guess you got downvoted because you expect other people to solve your problems. You expect someone to promise you it will work without any issues.
Instead of putting in the work and just trying it. You don’t have to go all in, either. Just make some space on the drive and do a parallel install. Dual boot.
Best case: you find out many things with little to no effort and such permanently, gaining freedom.
Worst case: you switch back, having learned something useful.
But don’t expect strangers to exactly know your use case. It’s your computer. Teacher ownership of it!
I didn’t ask for help. Nor did I command anyone to help.
Yet people didn’t do the bare minimum of acknowledging the potential issues. They downvoted and hid their head in the sand.
We didn’t hid our heads in the sand. Your comment serves no purpose, besides being a rant about how Linux cannot work for you. You could at least be more polite.
No one forced you to use Linux, and probably no one will. It’s your setup, and it’s your responsibility.
If you want to keep being an asshole, you will only get more down votes. If you need help transitioning to Linux, you can politely ask for it.
There is no point attacking random people for not “acknowledging” your issues.
On top of that, writing a second comment so you see this update.
I only have one drive, with secure boot and bitlocker active. You of all people, someone involved with Linux on Lemmy, should know what a recipe for disaster it would be to partition that drive. Given Windows’ proclivity for breaking everything when it comes to Linux and dual-booting, on top of being new to the scene, my concerns seem pretty fucking legitimate.
And yet the reception is cold downvotes and a mischaracterisation of my original post.
Great job you guys, surely the year of Linux will be any day now with that attitude 🙄…
literally for real the manufacturer bloatware is one of your requirements?
No, you’re right. It’s a problem. Someone in another thread said, “Hey, I’m considering moving to Linux from Windows, what do you think of these distros?” and got downvoted to hell just for asking, because apparently one of the distros they mentioned is disliked by others.
It’s a problem, generated by some of the exact same people who loudly wonder why more people aren’t on Linux without ever considering how having their own noob question thrown back in their own face by someone who has made their OS their identity would turn them wayyyyy the fuck off Linux as well.
For myself I will always be grateful for the many others who have generously and graciously answered my stupid Linux noob questions.
skaffi@infosec.pub 1 week ago
Try taking a break from this post for the rest of today. Come back tomorrow, and read your own comments while genuinely pretending they were written by someone else. Take stock of the impression you end up with.
Try to honestly ask yourself, if you were a random person passing by, Linux user or otherwise, with as busy a life as anyone, would you feel particularly encouraged to engage with this commenter?