11-27-2015, 11:07 PM
From my own experience, an example comes to mind: Tell her to install Plex on it by herself. When you return don't forget to duck.
Literally takes a minute to do it on Windows but on Linux I had to learn so many things before I could get it to work. Examples like this are quite isolated these days but I bet most new users that admin their own systems could come up at least one. Having said that, maybe it's the same on Windows, and that's actually the issue, people have been using it for too long to remember how hard the learning process was?
Anyway, I do agree that Linux IS ultimately more user-friendly than Windows but I suspect that there is still more of a mandatory learning curve on Linux that sometimes trips one up even during everyday use. If one hits one of those barriers too early in the transition one often just gives up.
Transitioning to Linux from Windows for me has been a little like stopping smoking. In the beginning at times it just seemed like too much effort, but ultimately, given the alternative, I knew it was for the best. (God that's cheesy)
Literally takes a minute to do it on Windows but on Linux I had to learn so many things before I could get it to work. Examples like this are quite isolated these days but I bet most new users that admin their own systems could come up at least one. Having said that, maybe it's the same on Windows, and that's actually the issue, people have been using it for too long to remember how hard the learning process was?
Anyway, I do agree that Linux IS ultimately more user-friendly than Windows but I suspect that there is still more of a mandatory learning curve on Linux that sometimes trips one up even during everyday use. If one hits one of those barriers too early in the transition one often just gives up.
Transitioning to Linux from Windows for me has been a little like stopping smoking. In the beginning at times it just seemed like too much effort, but ultimately, given the alternative, I knew it was for the best. (God that's cheesy)
Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
- Lou Reed
- Lou Reed