They’re in their 60’s, finally convinced them.

They say things like “This is the same…”

and I’m like

“Ya because that’s Firefox, the only program you use…”

“What was Windows even doing for us?”

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
    43·
    2 months ago

    Moving from Windows as an intermediate user was the worst. I hated Linux for like a year. I knew just enough quirks about Windows to get 95% of what I wanted, 95% of the time, and on Linux I had to start from scratch.

    Now of course I love I made the switch, as my Linux proficiency let me customize the heck out of everything, but damn, that first year…

    • 4am@lemm.ee
      151·
      2 months ago

      I wish instead of complaining to people that they didn’t read the docs or whatever that linux devs would scour the internet for these criticisms (like when specifics are provided) and then develop solutions for them.

      Yeah, people are shitting on your product because it’s not obvious. Make it more obvious!

      (Thankfully this is starting to happen…)

      • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
        61·
        2 months ago

        I don’t have a “top 5”, but the main thing was outdated software. I went to Debian because I wanted “stability” and heard that it was good, but it ended up meaning the “15-minute bugs” I encountered weren’t fixed for basically the whole year I used it, all the apps looked like they were made in 2007, and if it weren’t for Linux forums I would never have known that there were more “modern” Linux apps, and I would have been left believing Linux development basically died