Post #965302
2026-04-03 04:39 UTC
The problem with this idea is that you could basically summarize it as being "difficult as a new user to make advanced changes".
Your average non-technical user does great on Linux. There's nothing to unlearn from Windows. Its the Windows "power users" that crash and burn because they keep trying to force Windows logic into a non-Windows environment, get upset about it, complain it doesn't work, and then leave.
I'm not sure what basic feature you're referring to, but if you are installing dependencies than that is not a basic feature. That is additional software that probably maintains its own configuration. I would also argue that a non-technical user, much like they would in Windows, is not going to be trying to make changes like that anyway.
In the end, I think this is the real issue:
But even as a very experienced desktop computer user...
No, you are not a very experienced desktop computer user, you are an experienced Windows user. In Linux, you are a new user trying to leverage the non-applicable OS you came from and struggling because of that.
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@Ralkero@thelemmy.club 2026-04-04 02:27
I agree with all of this. I am an experienced Windows user who wants to use an OS I can actually feel good about supporting, that respects privacy and isn't run by a greedy corporation. My Windows experience does not translate to Linux literacy. But that doesn't change the fact that advocating for Linux to become easier to use, even potentially as easy to use as something like Windows, should be something we can all agree would be a positive change. Retaining the best parts of Linux and making it easy to use are not mutually exclusive goals. They shouldn't be.