It really bugs me when people put the blame on users for being users. Most users of a platform reasonably expect another platform to be similar and grumble about the differences they encounter in varying degrees. Some of it is surely unreal expectation or inexperience, but a lot of it is just habit in doing things. Users get in the habit, for example, of pressing the Home key to go to the beginning of a line and then find it doesn't work that way on another platform and it throws them off. Perfectly normal response.
I do put a lot of the Linux transition blame on people who recommend it by claiming, "I do everything I did in Windows and have never looked back. You'll hardly notice the difference." For what it's worth, I see the same from any number of Apple users. I typically tell people that they'll be able to do the same things, but not always in the same way though the differences won't be so severe that you will be sitting on the side of the road in sackcloth and ashes wailing in agony.
It's basically a response to users complaining that Linux isn't Windows, and doesn't do thing the way Windows does.
You are correct--different platforms do things differently. However, most people (especially inexperienced ones) tend to think that Linux is just a "free" version of windows.
I agree... For quite awhile I put off loading Linux because of comments and reviews like this. They sure don’t help in trying to promote Linux at all. Then I pulled the trigger and immediately realized with this mint cinnamon, I was working with an easy comfortable environment that can be closely compared to win 7. Off and running right out of the gate.
The only thing I noticed is that everything was just labeled with different terminology was all, even though it functioned the same as Win 7. I also realized I had been timid of something that I didn’t need to be timid of and kicked myself in the rear for not making the change much sooner.
“It really bugs me when people put the blame on users for being users.”
my very first thought when i read the headline ... funny, though, for all their faults, Apple rarely blames users for usability issues, though Apple does occasionally try to blame users when Apple’s hardware is faulty ...