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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.


  • I watched my father try to kill my mother and was on the streets at 16. Nice try

    I don’t say that in a mean way. I will not pretend to know your story. I can’t. Especially those who are poc( I don’t know yours and am not trying to be personal so I’m not asking )

    What I’m saying is I can’t understand a poc’s full experience. I’ll never have to tell my kid to watch out for cops because of his skin color.

    I can, however, understand how others sink into the anger despair and rage. I know what it’s like to wake in a jail cell, I know what hardship really is.

    I also know that it is never overcome through cruelty. In fact that puts everyone, including the perpetrator, in a worse place.

    So again. We don’t have to be this shitty to each other.