I built a custom Linux gaming PC, and installed Ubuntu on it. I made some poor choices, but eventually got the thing working. After a week of testing and ref...
“Shitty Linus’s video” pointed out issues with Linux and its communities that people have been talking about for over a decade, yet people only just now realized because now a popular youtuber saying it.
Linux is awesome, but it has a massive UX problem. You have to use the console, but first you have to learn how to use the console, and when beginners install/update/remove something the console spams 300 lines that are hard to parse. Then when you mess up, you can damage your system. All of these things are obvious, but people only got alarmed when Linus struggled with it…
It’s been getting better with GUI tools and flatpak, but man 99% of distros are still a UX disaster and not made for the average person.
Linus didn’t attempt to learn anything, and slapped the keyboard like a toddler having a temper tantrum.
Instead of using the software installer gui, he pasted apt-get into the manjaro console, and then complained it didn’t work 🤦♂️
Thats not a UX problem its a PEBKAC.
Nice and mature response, a lot better than shitty Linus’s video.
“Shitty Linus’s video” pointed out issues with Linux and its communities that people have been talking about for over a decade, yet people only just now realized because now a popular youtuber saying it.
Linux is awesome, but it has a massive UX problem. You have to use the console, but first you have to learn how to use the console, and when beginners install/update/remove something the console spams 300 lines that are hard to parse. Then when you mess up, you can damage your system. All of these things are obvious, but people only got alarmed when Linus struggled with it…
It’s been getting better with GUI tools and flatpak, but man 99% of distros are still a UX disaster and not made for the average person.
Linus didn’t attempt to learn anything, and slapped the keyboard like a toddler having a temper tantrum.
Instead of using the software installer gui, he pasted
apt-getinto the manjaro console, and then complained it didn’t work 🤦♂️Thats not a UX problem its a PEBKAC.
Just like 95% of all computer users.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/