• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    Most of the annoying stuff that Linux users hate about Windows are because Windows has to cater to even the least technologically knowledgeable users.

    It is why Windows updates are forced, why so many files are locked behind SYSTEM user and can’t easily be circumvented, why some settings are registry or Group Policy only, why some settings are opt out, …

    Without those, their support center would blow up.

    So if Linux wants to become mainstream, it will have to cater to those users as well. And Linux will slowly turn into Windows.

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      5 months ago

      Most of the annoying stuff that Linux users hate about Windows are because Windows has to cater to even the least technologically knowledgeable users.

      Isn’t that the whole idea of GNOME? Always considering users as stupid and lowering the bar?

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      5 months ago

      And Linux will slowly turn into Windows.

      Some distros maybe, but I’d say that instead we’d quickly have another golden era of malware.