People online complain that Linux is hard to install for new users. But who are these people and why do they levy these complaints? The biggest barrier for the new Linux user isn't the installer; i...
  • oshu@lemmy.world
    0·
    3 months ago

    The vast majority of people have no experience installing an OS and likely never will.

    The typical user uses whatever is preinstalled when the get the hardware.

    My father-in-law wrecked his windows pc with malware over and over so I bought him a Wow PC https://www.mywowcomputer.com/ and he loves it. I don’t think he has any idea its running linux.

    • Leaflet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Honestly I think the bigger barrier is the BIOS. The button to get to the boot menu is different on every motherboard.