lol no, there’s several reasons linux’s desktop marketshare is terrible.
Eggyhead@kbin.run 3 months ago
That’s a lot of new Linux computers.
mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 3 months ago
nhhvhy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
lmao, what’s with the downvotes? I’ve tried to switch to linux twice, and have had nothing but issues. I love the idea, but I wish people would acknowledge that it still isn’t an easy switch for many.
mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s just tired old linux elitism rearing its unwashed head again.
They can’t stand it when their bad behavior is called out as part of linux’s abysmal adoption rates.
nhhvhy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Exactly this. IMO, Linux won’t become widespread until it’s truly easy to use. Despite how they shit on Windows, I could count on one hand how many times I’ve needed to look up an issue I couldn’t solve myself. The same can’t be said for when I tried Ubuntu, which I had more issues with before I could even get it installed.
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
and they refuse to acknowledge the user hostility of the entire ecosystem.
Rather the community expels assholes saying that everything should change because they like it different. People have differing tastes in general.
I’ve switched knowing literally nothing and people have mostly been friendly.
Except for Arch users, but there’s not much sense in coming to their spaces - they are not only hostile, but also not very knowledgeable usually.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Such as?
I switched because Windows never works, it would take about a month after installation to get it into a stable state with wifi. But games would be laggy, task manager wouldn’t report accurate usage, and things would crash constantly
On Linux I just installed and it worked
That’s on top of being more user friendly for installation and use. Why are Windows commands so verbose? Why do you have to specify an install location instead of using the one you are in? Why is there no graphical package manager?
nhhvhy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Of the 4 main games I tend to play, the only one with Linux “support” is CS. That said, my frametimes were abysmal and the game was unplayable on Linux, even on the same system. I’m sure if I put the time in to get a perfect config it would be just fine, but I’m not spending hours of my time trying to get it working when Windows does the job just fine.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
They could move to Free-BSD
ButtermilkBiscuit@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ain’t nobody got time for dat
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Just informing you that installing FreeBSD has been faster for me than installing Linux in most cases.
It’s nice, just lacks drivers for some hardware. Lack of drivers doesn’t mean more time spent, it just means the hardware is not working.
n0m4n@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No Nvidia for me.
capital@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I want to believe.