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  • we should all be extremely well versed in how our government works, how to make meals , how to fix our clothes, how to grow our own food, and how to spot a person who’s scamming us, as well be able to do all of the other specialized things humans need ti stay alive

    guarantee neither of us knows everything on that list as well as we should, I a double damn guarantee those re all far more important than a PC .

    not that hat you do, or your interest aren’t important to you, and I am not making light of then, but I think you get where I’m heading

    took over 55 years for me to stop assuming we all have the same 24 hours we don’t , so we prioritize learning different things to survive




  • They can and should. But they don’t. They really only cater to the techie, because that’s who uses it

    Then they got pissed when their “marketing” efforts fall shorts.

    Stop acting like non Linux users are dumb. They aren’t. they’ve used the time others spent learning other thing, while others spent their time on techie things . Their priorities were different. Or maybe their poor and don’t care about that as they need a PC but have to work 80 hours to feed their family.

    But no. Instead of making life better through foss for those who need it, you’re making Linux some unattainable nerd toy.

    We can tell ourselves we don’t care. But we do. Or the thread wouldn’t be here








  • Yeah I love linux, but it’s user experience , while light years ahead of what I used in the late nineties and early aughts, is still clunky compared to others.

    That being said, honestly most of linux’s issues are GUI related, when it comes to going mainstream. The capabilities and efficiency are far ahead of windows and mac os but most users don’t care.

    Directions, examples and mundane work should all be seamless for mainstream consumers.

    A good rule of thumb is, " if a user has to look for it to fix it, or open a terminal window to install software, then it won’t be accepted fully.

    Mainstream users don’t want to type commands in a prompt. Why does everyone think windows blew DOS out of the water in sales? It wasn’t because DOS wasn’t working. It was, hell early windows ( I started on 3.11 so that’s my limit of knowledge ) still used DOS.

    So bottom line. Start putting the non tech consumer first or we’ll forever be stuck in this “almost mainstream” category forever.




  • When free speech stops being a pseudonym for hate-speech, then I’ll pay attention to this

    Usually what " free speech " and " no censorship" means no consequences to actions. That is t what those terms mean.

    So I ignore those marketing buzzwords.

    Let’s talk about speed, moderation and posting tools, user tools available, etc …

    What abilities does the the platform ACTUALLY have.? If those are in the neighborhood of what I’m looking for, I’ll check it out.

    But free speech and censorship buzzwords have lost meaning