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7 points

Define “Normal”.

Linux is fantastic for the low end user that really needs a calculator and a web browser. It really only has pain points for people in the mid tier that don’t understand technology, but have to use it a lot for work. It’s a big old bell curve.

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True but most people are in that middle group of users. I thought my mom would always be below it, so I set her up with Ubuntu and showed her how to open the web browser. But it wasn’t long before her siblings were suggesting she install a mahjong app to play with them, or goofy camera filters for their video calls. After being reasonably sure they weren’t spyware, I still had to break the bad news to her: “Sorry mom, Windows only.”

She’s currently running a refurbished ThinkPad with Windows 10 pro.

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🙄 oh God here we go with not understanding tech.

You can understand technology and dislike Linux DE. It’s so condescending.

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6 points

“Linux DE” is not a thing. There is no one “Linux DE”.

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4 points

If you understood technology, you would explicitly know why tracking within windows is dangerous. Either way. Its not a very good look for you.

🙄🙄🙄

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Again with the condescension. Assuming your values have anything to do with my technical skill.

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Hmm you seem to denigrate people for not understanding tech while seemingly giving up your privacy and $100 for Microsoft.

Do you understand not being ripped off?

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1 point

Nah. I’ve never had to spend hours dicking around fixing Wayland. That’s worth its weight in gold.

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I use Arch btw


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