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re: Tell me why linux wouldn't work for a large majority of residential users
Posted on 8/15/14 at 9:38 am to TigerinATL
Posted on 8/15/14 at 9:38 am to TigerinATL
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you are often stumbling around in the dark because the manual/command line side of Linux is populated by the type of people that came up with the RTFM acronym and would rather point you to a thick book they had to read to find the answer than share the answer with you.
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anything old school command line relies on a population that would rather give you a manual on how to survive in the wilderness than an answer on how to catch fish.
This is a really, really old criticism of the Linux community, and it's really not like that anymore. Hasn't been for over a decade.
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Posted on 8/15/14 at 9:59 am to Korkstand
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Hasn't been for over a decade.
The more I think about it this particular wall I beat my head on probably was around 6-7 years ago, so it's certainly not current information, but the difficulty of finding the information I needed back then vs. the ease of finding Windows related support at the same time was noteworthy enough I thought I should bring it up. I'm glad to hear that it's improved, because I'm sure I'll be using Linux for my web servers for decades to come. Fortunately Linux web servers are pretty set it and forget so I don't have to research problems that often.
Posted on 8/15/14 at 4:21 pm to Korkstand
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This is a really, really old criticism of the Linux community, and it's really not like that anymore. Hasn't been for over a decade.
I don't know. My problem with the printer driver was about a month ago. There wasn't a linux driver for the printer I had. After a lot of googling, I found another driver that was supposed to work, and then I had to figure out where to put it (the instructions were unclear, and like I said, I'm not a power user.) Okay, finally got the printer working, but it won't scan. After a lot more googling, I found out you just can't get this printer to scan in Linux. At all.
I'm a linux user, and for me, the advantages far outweight the disadvantages. But there are disadvantages. If I were a new user, the experience I related above would have sent me back to Windows, never to return.
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