Oaktree
Super Member
I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about with "not liking choice". Every time I've played with Linux it was about as modern looking as Windows 95. Not that I necessarily agree with MS's constant tweaking with the GUI, but it's 2021...who wants to use a computer that still looks and acts like one did 25 years ago?I cannot understand why someone would think that Linux is too clunky. It's got a wonderful choice of GUI interfaces, some are absolutely beautiful, most are much easier to understand and use than the latest Windows interfaces. All have easily configurable settings via a simple GUI. I use XFCE for my Desktop Xfce Desktop Environment Most users use a Gnome or KDE desktop. But some users actually do not like choice.
Well, let me phrase it a bit differently...it's not very intuitive. Example: in Windows if you want to install a program, you double-click on the install file and it walks you thru the setup. In Linux that doesn't work, you need to go thru some gyrations to get a new program to install, nothing that's obvious to the uninitiated. WAAY too many things you need to use command line instructions to do, again nothing even remotely intuitive. During the several times I've tried to learn Linux, I spent way too much time Googling how to do this or that...if you're lucky you'll find some Linux forum where someone will have posted a long list of commands (without explaining what any of them mean of course). And it seems most of the forum members are quite condescending toward newbies asking "stupid questions". Who needs it?I cannot see how it can be described as obtuse. It's an operating system. If you mean that you don't understand it - well that's the same as Windows internals - you don't need to understand that to use it. Internally though Linux is a far better OS than Windows as it performs far better - runs faster, uses less CPU and memory, crashes rarely (usually only from hardware failure or a badly written, 3rd party, kernel driver).
Then there's that matter that many programs that have no Linux equivalents. I understand that there are emulators, but if I need to do that, why not just use Windows in the first place.
Apples and oranges. IoT gadgets don't require you to run the OS, they just have whatever software they require auto-run. Most places that use servers also have IT staffs who presumably make the big bucks for knowing how they work, yet still we see a lot of servers getting hacked these days.Linux is used as the basis for most smart phones, Android tablets, all of the top 500 super computers, most IoT gadgets, TVs and fridges and most servers around the world. But the average users Desktop is still the domain of an old, clunky, poorly performing OS called Windows. That's what you can achieve if you have good marketing, a method of lock-in, use illegal tactics, and have customers who don't know what better options are available.
I get it, you like Linux. Good for you. But if it was easy to use, why aren't more people using it? Answer: most users aren't computer science majors.