Say a friend is looking for a new system, and said person is not particularly savvy with technology, what system would you point them toward?

  • svullo56@feddit.nu
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    6 hours ago

    One easily gets blind of the fact that it takes quite a lot of knowledge of computers to run Linux. You often see stuff that scares the shit out of a regular user.

    The problem is the experience is not customized for a person who doesn’t care HOW it works. They just want to do their stuff without hassle.

    I’ve tried this a couple of times and mostly I end up being a 24/7 computer fixer hotline and end up installing macOs or windows in the end to make everyone happy

    • Victor@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      6 hours ago

      I’m running Arch Linux and I don’t know HOW it works, I just follow instructions. 🤷‍♂️

      Everyone has to start out somewhere. There really are minimal effort/knowledge distros out there.

      • svullo56@feddit.nu
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        5 hours ago

        Well if you installed and set it up by yourself you already are way more advanced than a normal user. But again one easily is blind to that fact.