Comment Difficulty factor of Linux a very tired argument (Score 0, Redundant) 534
And for those of you that might argue the difficulty factor of Linux for novice users (which accounts for nearly 90 percent of the computing population), let's not forget that such users might not even be comfortable in using advanced settings in Windows.
This just kills me. I have installed the different versions of Windows over the years dozens of times, and various distributions of Linux also dozens of times. Maybe years ago Linux was difficult but today there are many distributions that are pretty much braindead easy to install (certainly no more difficult than Windows) and have desktop environments that make it equally easy to use. As far as little things (or big) not working "out of the box" such as sound or whatever... I have consistantly had far more trouble getting things to work in a new Windows system than in Linux! Windows certainly isn't easies (I'd argue that its much harder)...its just what most people know. But most people wouldn't be able to install Windows and get it working if their life depended on it...they BOUGHT the computer that way. If computers all came with Linux installed... I seriously doubt we would be hearing this tired arguement all the time. Linux has been more ready for the desktop than Windows for quite a while now. The PC retailers just haven't figured that out yet.
This just kills me. I have installed the different versions of Windows over the years dozens of times, and various distributions of Linux also dozens of times. Maybe years ago Linux was difficult but today there are many distributions that are pretty much braindead easy to install (certainly no more difficult than Windows) and have desktop environments that make it equally easy to use. As far as little things (or big) not working "out of the box" such as sound or whatever... I have consistantly had far more trouble getting things to work in a new Windows system than in Linux! Windows certainly isn't easies (I'd argue that its much harder)...its just what most people know. But most people wouldn't be able to install Windows and get it working if their life depended on it...they BOUGHT the computer that way. If computers all came with Linux installed... I seriously doubt we would be hearing this tired arguement all the time. Linux has been more ready for the desktop than Windows for quite a while now. The PC retailers just haven't figured that out yet.
