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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How can we make Linux more appealing as "just works"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let's say just like for example like MacOS. It's awesome we have so many tools but at the same time lack of some kind of standardization can seem like nothing works and you get overwhelmed. I'm asking for people that want to support Linux or not so tech-savy people.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

you can't because it's explicitly against the whole point of having endless choices. when everyone works on something different, the quality spreads out to where it's mostly just mediocre stuff across the board.

https://xkcd.com/927

hardware compatibility is also a huge problem. for everyone that says "it works fine for me" there are a thousand others for whom it does not.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I feel like there's also the point that on Mac OS a lot of stuff "just works" because everything else just doesn't work at all. I have a number of things that just aren't going to work at all on Mac. Linux is obviously much more permissive, which leads to a lot more kinda working stuff that just wouldn't work at all on Mac.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

when everyone works on something different, the quality spreads out to where it's mostly just mediocre stuff across the board.

I wouldn't say that's the only problem. We have pretty high quality stuff on Linux. The other problem is that choice always means differences between options which makes perfect integration hard or even impossible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I get downvoted to oblivion when I point out "just works" isn't true.

You make a great point about endless choices.

No single UI, no single set of tools, those are massive barriers. And it's why Windows became the de facto standard: single UI, consistent toolset.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And it’s why Windows became the de facto standard: single UI, consistent toolset.

No so true after win 7, there's a bunch of legacy menu.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's at least the same inconsistent toolset as everyone else. Windows 10? Ok go through this multi step process. 11? Ok this other slightly different process.

VS Linux you have 700 consistent toolsets, and 70000000 inconsistent toolsets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah but you can have default choices that are guarantee to work.

And yeah preinstalled checked hardware would be ideal.