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"Linux Desktop: A Collective Delusion" - an unhinged rant
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this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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I think the biggest problem with Linux is that a lot of self-proclaimed "savvy" computer users need to check their ego... It's either people that have used Linux since 2008 and want to gate-keep the community because their superiority complex is a poorly built house of cards; or it's people that have only ever used modern windows and think they are good with a computer that went and tried to install Linux and screwed it up because it didn't work exactly like windows.
Average computer users aren't comfortable installing windows and do not feel like they can fix it if something goes wrong...
Definitely some problematic linux users. I agree that your average computer user is probably uncomfortable with installing windows as well. For most people they have never installed anything other than updates.
I think Apple has the most user friendly approach and that is basically load the boot chooser and do a predefined netboot that will download it. Amazes me that nobody including MS has pushed for that feature and being configurable like secure boot.