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To: ShadowAce

People who think Linux is not really good for non pros are actually right I think. The typical user isn’t really using the operating system per se, they use applications that run on it. Windows is what consumer applications are written for. And there is usually a mac version for those in the apple cult. Linux is a great system for running server applications and dominates the cloud. Its just not so much a client/consumer os.


9 posted on 06/17/2022 11:51:21 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: AndyTheBear

I tried to install Red Hat once. Took me a whole day to unfl*ck my computer. Never again.


10 posted on 06/17/2022 11:57:07 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (qd4)
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To: AndyTheBear
Linux is a great system for running server applications and dominates the cloud. Its just not so much a client/consumer os.

I took this screenshot by hitting PrtSc which opens my screenshot app, click Take New Screenshot button, it does, then click Export > to imgur. In a couple of seconds, the image url is placed on my clipboard. (I use Midnight Lizard dark mode addon for Waterfox browser)

Icons on left are single click, quick launch. Three browsers, couple of email clients, catfish file search, package(programs) installer, calculator, Element chat, note keeping app, file manager, another notekeeping app, text editor, spotify, convertAll(unit conversion), twin panel file manager, sublime dev text editor, terminal.

I also have various graphics apps, VLC media player, Private Internet Access VPN. Audio library/players, image library management, PDF/document viewer, Calibre ebook library, word processor, spreadsheets, torrent client and a lot of others. Anything a consumer would need.

Where Linux won't work is in many business settings because most specialized business apps are for Windows and to a lesser degree, Mac. I was in the electric sign business for 25 years and there are specialized graphics programs that are geared for the large scale and will run a cnc machine that cuts vinyl graphics or cnc router. Nothing like that for Linux. There is a LinuxCNC but it's not straight forward to set up. The programs for the sign business have all the drivers for most every machine special made for the sign business.

Banking systems, large accounting systems, inventory systems, Point of Sale systems etc are all MS Windows. Bill Gates cornered the market.

16 posted on 06/17/2022 12:29:27 PM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: AndyTheBear

Those screen prints sure looked end user friendly to me. /sarc


33 posted on 06/17/2022 3:55:46 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it. )
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