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That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows
(arstechnica.com)
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Personally I'm tired of people telling disgruntled Windows users to switch to Linux.
Linux is not your backup plan, it's not a "Windows alternative". Yes, there are projects out there that try to make Linux easier for Windows users, and honestly they can fuck right off. Way too many people are trying to dumb down this incredibly powerful operating system to expand the market into the "gamers" and the "grannies who want to browse the web and send e-mail".
Just... just stop.
I thought the whole point of Linux was that there was one for everyone? A computer itself is an incredible potent tool, but most people just want to use Facebook and YouTube.
Why do some say "its not a windows alternative"? As someone who replaced windows with it, that doesn't make sense to me. I can do almost everything in Linux that I did in windows, and it keeps getting better. There's no negatives to be had from making it more user friendly and approachable to those who want to ditch windows. You can keep using Arch or whatever distro youre using.. You dont have to use one that makes things easier for non linux users. Im happy with the variety of projects. As someone whos learned a lot about linux after switching, this just sounds like gatekeeping to me.