• Croquette@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      7 months ago

      It is easier more than ever to install linux today.

      The issue boils down to the fact that the number of people that never installed an OS is pretty high.

      Most people buy their laptop and roll with the OS installed. Microsoft paid a lot to be the default choice and we have the market we have today.

      But if you check your email and browse internet, any OS will work.

      The strength and weakness of Linux, is that there is many ways to skin a cat. But it can get confusing really fast, even if you are tech savvy.

      Habits die hard and Microsoft and Apple were pretty good at capturing the market.

        • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          7 months ago

          The process to install Ubuntu vs Windows is pretty much the same.

          Create a user, choose a timezone, connect to Wi-Fi or LAN and wait for setup to finish. It is not complicated by any mean.

          As I mentioned, most people never install an OS in their life, so they don’t know how to create a boot drive and install an OS.

          So the issue isn’t that installing Linux is complicated, it’s that installing an OS on an empty drive is not a thing that the vast majority of pc users has done or will ever do.

      • lazynoobletEnglish
        51·
        7 months ago

        Linux is great until it isn’t. As soon as you venture outside of whatever packages user interfaces offer you, the “degree” analogy applies. For some, the thought of editing a text file to configure an option blows their mind.