And I’m saying it as a 30+ years daily user of linux. Which also has had a lot of interactions with end users.
If there’s one thing that people hate, it’s change. They hate it when their version of windows changes, so changing for an entirely different system is right out. Even though the differences are trivial to the tech crowd.
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That’s all it takes to keep people bound to that OS. Most will never install linux
Sad but true.
And I’m saying it as a 30+ years daily user of linux. Which also has had a lot of interactions with end users.
If there’s one thing that people hate, it’s change. They hate it when their version of windows changes, so changing for an entirely different system is right out. Even though the differences are trivial to the tech crowd.