Because Linux has a terrible reputation and has no PR or advertising. People think Linux is overly complicated, has WAY too many distributions to choose from, and there’s absolutely tech support besides what you can find geeks arguing about on a forum.
qx128@lemmy.world 3 months ago
laughs in Linux desktop
Why do people continue to put up with this? I don’t get any ads or bloatware like “Paint 3D” or “X Box” on Linux Mint. And Linux desktops are so easy to use now! Blows my mind that people tolerate these antics from Microsoft.
magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 months ago
Defaced@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Only reason I still have windows is for Geforce now. Unfortunately the web browser version doesn’t support 1440p 120fps and it’s stuck using h.264 on Linux with AMD. The good thing is that once it’s setup I don’t really need to interact with Windows much since I literally open GFN and discord and that’s pretty much it.
magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 months ago
Because Linux has a terrible reputation and has no PR or advertising. People think Linux is overly complicated, has WAY too many distributions to choose from, and there’s absolutely tech support besides what you can find geeks arguing about on a forum.
elshandra@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Community support is a thing, it’s not the lack of support that’s to blame here - have you ever used Microsoft support? Linux support is much more accessible even.
A lot of the blame here, is Microsoft’s clever marketing campaign providing windows to educational institutions - with support - for far below cost, in the early days when pc adoption was on the rise.
Distribution saturation is a barrier to entry and focused support, and it is sometimes more complicated to install and repair. Sometimes it’s easier to repair, because windows is too busy trying to hide its internals from you.
It’s usually easier to support a remote IT-illiterate person using Linux, by comparison to windows, today.
magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 months ago
Yeah, I was talking about perception more than reality
FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 3 months ago
As someone who has always used windows since troubleshooting doesn’t sound like a good time for me, you have perfectly hit the nail on the head
It’s the “I’m in this photo and I don’t like it” meme