You don’t have to know much. It’d be like convincing somehow to learn to change a tire. Yeah you gotta figure it out for a sec, but it’s not a whole as master class or anything.
Maybe they do. I work with users directly and yeah most are not willing to learn if it’s framed that way, but they all do learn. They learn quirks of the OS and installed programs over time because their jobs demand it.
If you search “how to install Linux” or “how to install an OS” you’ll be met with a shit ton of documentation and videos on YouTube with plenty to go off of, followed by comments of people that have already had the problems and questions you’ve had. Only when you get to truly complex things will you start to have a harder time researching your issue.
It’s just a matter of will and circumstances. All of the people that work in the parts of European government that are switching over to Linux will undoubtedly learn, the same way they’ve had to learn windows and windows based programs/installers.
The reason I know how to install an OS is likely the same reason anyone else does. Problem occurred on windows years ago, after reading enough about the problem, discovered its best to reinstall Windows, searched how to reinstall Windows, and after windows shitting the bed more than once on my PCs and friends and families, it’s a learned skill that I’ve developed out of necessity for what I or they were trying to do.
The same applies on the other side of the fence, that’s all I’m really trying to say here. It’s the same problems (aside from enshittification, selling user data, etc.) with slightly different solutions.
Accessibility point aside, just because I can’t speak on that not having had to use the features, people that don’t fix their own shit on Linux aren’t fixing their own shit on windows/iOS either, aside from the occasional flat tire. That was the point I was trying to make. Those who do their own troubleshooting will learn no problem.
Those who do their own troubleshooting will learn no problem.
That stance I can agree with, but I fundamentally do not agree that Linux is appropriate for the kind of people who don’t do their own troubleshooting. Because my point is that is specialized knowledge that not everyone has the time to give to, which is why a lot of people don’t troubleshoot their own shit, because they have spent their skill points elsewhere.
Trust me I have met lawyers and doctors who are fucking mystified by computers and don’t even want to get into learning the troubleshooting. That’s what they have IT departments for. Similarly, changing a tire might just be too much trouble for them and that’s why they pay other people to do it.
Yeah I get it, but windows isn’t ready for those users either. In my experience, I fuck with them just about the same. How I fuck with them is often different, but I still have to. In fact, I have to fuck with windows so much because it’s my job to do it, that’s my main driver for using Linux is so I don’t feel like I’m at home working when something fucks up.
I will say though, even if you disagree that theyre on par with each other as far as mundane fuckups go, Linux is and has been closing in super fast, and I’m pretty damn excited about it
But if Windows isn’t ready for those users either, why are people in this thread shitting all over them for not switching to something else they’re not ready for? They’ll complain either way when shit doesn’t work.
They’re complaining about very specific behaviors of windows that do not exist in Linux, and our argument is about whether or not the OSes function well enough for everyday use.
You don’t have to know much. It’d be like convincing somehow to learn to change a tire. Yeah you gotta figure it out for a sec, but it’s not a whole as master class or anything.
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Maybe they do. I work with users directly and yeah most are not willing to learn if it’s framed that way, but they all do learn. They learn quirks of the OS and installed programs over time because their jobs demand it.
If you search “how to install Linux” or “how to install an OS” you’ll be met with a shit ton of documentation and videos on YouTube with plenty to go off of, followed by comments of people that have already had the problems and questions you’ve had. Only when you get to truly complex things will you start to have a harder time researching your issue.
It’s just a matter of will and circumstances. All of the people that work in the parts of European government that are switching over to Linux will undoubtedly learn, the same way they’ve had to learn windows and windows based programs/installers.
The reason I know how to install an OS is likely the same reason anyone else does. Problem occurred on windows years ago, after reading enough about the problem, discovered its best to reinstall Windows, searched how to reinstall Windows, and after windows shitting the bed more than once on my PCs and friends and families, it’s a learned skill that I’ve developed out of necessity for what I or they were trying to do.
The same applies on the other side of the fence, that’s all I’m really trying to say here. It’s the same problems (aside from enshittification, selling user data, etc.) with slightly different solutions.
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I gotcha, and yeah, most people avoid learning at all costs, it’s kind of insane.
https://lemmy.world/post/37909826/20160181
Accessibility point aside, just because I can’t speak on that not having had to use the features, people that don’t fix their own shit on Linux aren’t fixing their own shit on windows/iOS either, aside from the occasional flat tire. That was the point I was trying to make. Those who do their own troubleshooting will learn no problem.
That stance I can agree with, but I fundamentally do not agree that Linux is appropriate for the kind of people who don’t do their own troubleshooting. Because my point is that is specialized knowledge that not everyone has the time to give to, which is why a lot of people don’t troubleshoot their own shit, because they have spent their skill points elsewhere.
Trust me I have met lawyers and doctors who are fucking mystified by computers and don’t even want to get into learning the troubleshooting. That’s what they have IT departments for. Similarly, changing a tire might just be too much trouble for them and that’s why they pay other people to do it.
Yeah I get it, but windows isn’t ready for those users either. In my experience, I fuck with them just about the same. How I fuck with them is often different, but I still have to. In fact, I have to fuck with windows so much because it’s my job to do it, that’s my main driver for using Linux is so I don’t feel like I’m at home working when something fucks up.
I will say though, even if you disagree that theyre on par with each other as far as mundane fuckups go, Linux is and has been closing in super fast, and I’m pretty damn excited about it
But if Windows isn’t ready for those users either, why are people in this thread shitting all over them for not switching to something else they’re not ready for? They’ll complain either way when shit doesn’t work.
They’re complaining about very specific behaviors of windows that do not exist in Linux, and our argument is about whether or not the OSes function well enough for everyday use.