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Being a "middle" user is the most difficult (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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By this i mean, grandma checking her email and the IT pro with 10 NAS setup are the perfect linux users.

But us in the middle who pretend we're smart...its a damn hard road. And then helping others to switch when youre not yet a pro is even harder, though a good learning experience.

Getting games to work perfectly, audio issues, Bluetooth issues, vr setups are far harder to do, running older obscure software, hooking up obscure hardware, using external drives, music production, these are some examples of things that will be extremely hard on linux vs windows for the majority of middle users.

However id say it is worth it if you like learning thousands of weird terms and phrases and putting in many hours of frustration to solve a problem. (Have you tried using floop to Docker the peeble?). It is very satisfying fixing an issue and figuring out why it happened!

Still, when im forced to use windows I see how bad its become, so im sticking with linux!

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[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

and the IT pro with 10 NAS setup are the perfect linux users.

Well I'm closer to that. I'm an "IT pro" (I pay my bills by writing software) and I did learn CS at uni... and yet it's STILL damn hard!

I think that might be the part that "grandma" (bit sexist and ageist there but going with the example) finds it hard is a given but that professionals are struggling daily is somehow hidden away.

I can give you examples from just yesterday :

  • my deGoogled Android phone rejected my SIM card yesterday "SIM 1 not allowed"
  • my home IoT server stopped working

and few others smaller problems. So... I had to find ways to fix that which lead me to learn that :

  • some bug into HomeAssistant (my IoT server gateway) led me to restart its container, without having to restart the device itself
  • my Android ROM has a "Reset Network Settings" within the "Reset Options" menu

The irony is that some people who are not professional might even know about the later one but I didn't. So... my whole point :

TL;DR: IT is hard for everyone because it's complex (lots of moving parts) and always changing ("updates" are not just "better" but different) so we ALL must keep on learning.

this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2025
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