https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44iu0NPnvjY
5- Hardware support
4- Too many options

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44iu0NPnvjY

5- Hardware support
4- Too many options
3- Games
2- Missing software
1- Lack of knowledge
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No. 1 is my biggest problem.  Eighty percent of my computer knowledge is self taught built on a few classes.
It would take me another 30 years to really learn Linux.
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019, 09:59 Devi Garcia < asphyxiated.god@gmail.com > wrote:

No. 1 is my biggest problem.  Eighty percent of my computer knowledge is self taught built on a few classes.

It would take me another 30 years to really learn Linux.

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019, 09:59 Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44iu0NPnvjY

5- Hardware support
4- Too many options
3- Games
2- Missing software
1- Lack of knowledge
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“after being comfortable with Microsoft or Mac for so many years but the learning curve for a Linux system is so much shorter than either of those two.”

I disagree with that. I haven’t used windows since 95, but I can get on a computer at a library and use windows 10 without much trouble. I got fed up with ubuntu at one point and installed mint, but not for long daunted by the steep learning curve just to get it set up, spent more hours reinstalling ubuntu.

Morover, I’ve been using a computer since the dos floppy drive days, through college, work situations, composing music, and writing and self publishing 5 books. Rarely did I ever have a problem with software, nor did I ever have to write code, aside from simple dos commands back in the day. With Ubuntu 14 and 16 I’ve had all kind of software bugs and problems -- internal errors. For example I never did get google earth or skype to work with 16 despite trying for years and combing the net for solutions. I didn’t even get an answer from anyone on this forum on these two issues, the questions were ignored. I gave up and use my mac laptop for a number of things I can’t do on ubuntu.

“the people that moderate forums are pretty dedicated and will assist you in answering your questions or solving your problems” I have used solutions that don’t work or worse screw things up from online sources. And to be more specific about geeks writing linux for geeks here is an example:The guidance one receives from online sources mostly tell what to do, but not “how” do it. Take this advice for installing unbuntu:

“Boot Ubuntu 18.04 You will have to turn off Secure Boot in your computer's BIOS settings to be able to boot from a DVD or USB drive….” It tells you to turn off secure boot but doesn’t tell you "how to do it".

These dedicated moderators are geeks who assume you are a geek too and already know how to turn off secure boot and all the other computer language. And, often I have been stumped after finding command line fixes that genrate the error: “no such command.” I have never got any dedicated moderators to explain how to fix that one.

Viruses, malware, and other security breaches aside, “being motivated to spend countless hours, e.g. not being “lazy,” learning the preferential computer language and gaining knowledge of the “too many options” would be a good definition for a geek. Hence, I reiterate: linux is written by geeks for geeks.

I would like the open source saviors to consider a distro that people who are “too lazy” to study computer science, or have better things to do, can use their computers for other things than trouble shooting and writing code for the “freedom to do what they want with their systems.” Just a basic system that actually works, instead of coming out with constant new buggy “upgrades.” It’s common that software upgrades often replace perfectly functional ways of doing things with faulty complicated bull shit. It is generally said that windows 7 and Snow lepord were the best of mac and windows systems. Those commercial systems are based on a need for continual revenue from making you “upgrade,” it’s a shame that linux is also driven by an obsession with upgrading rather than at least providing a stable OS with all the bugs worked out. I’m obviously not a programmer, but it seems to me that a core stable OS could be made to do all basic computing stuff, and the bells and whistles for the geeks to play with could be added to customize it, etc. Or, how about a linux distro for lazy dummies.

I understand that some folks don't want to bother with learning a
new system after being comfortable with Microsoft or Mac for so many
years but the learning curve for a Linux system is so much shorter

I understand that some folks don't want to bother with learning a new system after being comfortable with Microsoft or Mac for so many years but the learning curve for a Linux system is so much shorter than either of those two.  Numbers 5, 3, and 2 are real.  The other two are defined by laziness.  You can pick a distro and make it do what you want it to do.  Every major distro has a forum and for the most part the people that moderate them are pretty dedicated and will assist you in answering your questions or solving your problems.  All you have to do is ASK.  Freedom to do what I want with the system is worth more to me than having no choice at all and being constantly bombarded with viruses, malware, and other security breaches that will eventually get patched in six months rather than hours. 
Rex

On 8/11/19 1:54 PM, Charles Breaux wrote:

I would also say that linux is created by geeks for geeks. After 5 years of being on ubuntu I'm going back to mac. Seems to me that there could be more support and or software programming that helps the general non-geek public.

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 1:29 PM Laura Dwyer <ljdwyer2@gmail.com> wrote:

No. 1 is my biggest problem.  Eighty percent of my computer knowledge is self taught built on a few classes.

It would take me another 30 years to really learn Linux.

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019, 09:59 Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44iu0NPnvjY

5- Hardware support
4- Too many options
3- Games
2- Missing software
1- Lack of knowledge
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