My hill is that whatever os you’re already familiar with, will always feel easiest. Everything that does something differently, will feel more difficult no matter which one is easier for someone who has no prior experience of either one.
I could tell you how painfull it was when I had to start using windows at work knowing pretty much only Linux beforehand, but that too would be just an useless anecdote.
I think the most effective approach to increasing Linux userbase would be to adopt the same strategy Microsoft is using: Push for using Linux in schools, so that it would be the familiar OS for new generations.
Maybe. But switching from Windows to Mac, and again the opposite wasn’t an issue. The learning curve was just changing the way my hands work with keyboard shortcuts. Functionality was so similar. Until Linux can get away from using terminal it’ll be an issue. It may be anecdotal, but my anecdote is significantly more common than yours when you reach past Lemmy. Everything about Linux is awesome, except for the user experience itself and ease of use and it won’t be mainstream until its structured in a way that makes it so. I’m very much pro FOSS and pro decentralization but I also only have so many hours in the day to be Sisyphus, pushing the rock up the hill of trying to understand Linux only to be in the same position and more frustrated than when I started.
And putting Linux as it is right now in schools will do no good. Kids are on phones. Right now, more than ever. They are used to and demand the easy os/app/website/etc.
Switching back to Windows shouldn’t be an issue. Going in the first time is horrible. Whatever the many papercuts of a given os are, you won’t even notice them if you’re used to working around them.
As for the kids, they’ll get their first experience sooner or later, depending on The curriculum of your country. But he same principle applies no matter wether it happens in university or elementary school.
My hill is that whatever os you’re already familiar with, will always feel easiest. Everything that does something differently, will feel more difficult no matter which one is easier for someone who has no prior experience of either one.
I could tell you how painfull it was when I had to start using windows at work knowing pretty much only Linux beforehand, but that too would be just an useless anecdote.
I think the most effective approach to increasing Linux userbase would be to adopt the same strategy Microsoft is using: Push for using Linux in schools, so that it would be the familiar OS for new generations.
Maybe. But switching from Windows to Mac, and again the opposite wasn’t an issue. The learning curve was just changing the way my hands work with keyboard shortcuts. Functionality was so similar. Until Linux can get away from using terminal it’ll be an issue. It may be anecdotal, but my anecdote is significantly more common than yours when you reach past Lemmy. Everything about Linux is awesome, except for the user experience itself and ease of use and it won’t be mainstream until its structured in a way that makes it so. I’m very much pro FOSS and pro decentralization but I also only have so many hours in the day to be Sisyphus, pushing the rock up the hill of trying to understand Linux only to be in the same position and more frustrated than when I started.
And putting Linux as it is right now in schools will do no good. Kids are on phones. Right now, more than ever. They are used to and demand the easy os/app/website/etc.
Switching back to Windows shouldn’t be an issue. Going in the first time is horrible. Whatever the many papercuts of a given os are, you won’t even notice them if you’re used to working around them.
As for the kids, they’ll get their first experience sooner or later, depending on The curriculum of your country. But he same principle applies no matter wether it happens in university or elementary school.