The indoctrination of windows is extreme. Windows is just as hard as linux, harder even with all the layers of obscurity.

And yet… linux is hard, and users decry RTFM as “not growing the userbase”

  • RushLana@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    RTFM is not a working formula. Because most people skip reading the manual for one simple reason, the manual is hard to read.

    I remember my early arch days when asking a question about an issue I’m having was always met with a wikipage I already read but did not understand.

    Rather than pushing for a magic manual, the best is to provide sane default or point to tutorials.

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      2 months ago

      The best is when people tell you to RTFM and the information you need just straight up isn’t there.

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        2 months ago

        It’s the same way you gotta ask if they turned it off and on again. Too many don’t even look up the manual, now yes. Some hostility is just plain hostility, but the phrase is there for a good reason.

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          2 months ago

          Or “if you’re having trouble there is no manual, FAQ, or wiki, just join our discord troubleshooting channel” vomit