Yes, I totally agree in that specific use case it is really great. As written in a different comment, my mom has been running Linux Mint for 9 years with absolutely no problem, because she doesn't use it for other things than email and browsing. She never had to touch the terminal and everything just works.
On the other hand I have a friend who was sick of Windows and I convinced him to start using linux and of course nvidia didn't work out of the box. Then there are some compatibility issues with x11 and certain nvidia gpus and with wayland for other gpus - I didn't know this before installing. So after installing and leaving I basically left him with a laggy mess. So we had to figure out how to fix that. He also have very few ram and during the install we only setup 1gb og swap - which was what the setup recommended. Then after I went home we had to figure out how to increase his swap size. Again this was my bad.
But what I am trying to say is that as a normal person going blind into linux, they would experience the same hurdles and not knowing where to start looking for solutions. So I really don't think it is ready for mainstream use - unless we as friends and relatives are willing to act as tech support for whoever wants to transision.
This is the answer imho. If you really think people should transition to Linux, then you also really need to accept being tech support for those people you recommend it to - depending on how tech literate and tinker adverse they are.
I agree. My mom has been running Mint for 9 years with no problems. My tech illiterate friend who has an nvidia gpu on the other hand needs a lot of handholding. He would never be able to make a transition on his own.
I don’t know how to feel about this. Because the intelligent guy is totally me, but I also recognise that Linux is in no shape for a non tech literate person just to jump into.
This thread is hilarious. Do what you want, but to rm -rf (assume /) to get rid of unwanted packages is the most Windows thing.
No matter your package manager, I am sure there is a way to get a list of explicitly installed packages and then going through it and uninstalling with the package manager automatically removing it’s dependencies seems like a way faster method.
While this is a great first step, I would like to remind you, that this is only one ministry containing maybe a couple of thousands employees.
As a comparison Copenhagen Municipality has around 45.000 employees - not all of them requiring computers of course.
But it illustrates that if real change is the ambition, nothing is going to happen before the municipalities gets involved.
And employees of a digitalisation ministry of course if gonna get excited, but imagine 60 year old Hanne Andersens uproar, when she hears that she has to learn a new OS or software suite to process drivers license applications or document travel expenses for s a disabled child.
So while it is great it starts to get some publicity, that we are highly dependent on a few very greedy and morally ambiguous corporations, it is just a very small first step, with a very long and hurdled road in front of us, that will get very little publicity.
Yes, I totally agree in that specific use case it is really great. As written in a different comment, my mom has been running Linux Mint for 9 years with absolutely no problem, because she doesn't use it for other things than email and browsing. She never had to touch the terminal and everything just works.
On the other hand I have a friend who was sick of Windows and I convinced him to start using linux and of course nvidia didn't work out of the box. Then there are some compatibility issues with x11 and certain nvidia gpus and with wayland for other gpus - I didn't know this before installing. So after installing and leaving I basically left him with a laggy mess. So we had to figure out how to fix that. He also have very few ram and during the install we only setup 1gb og swap - which was what the setup recommended. Then after I went home we had to figure out how to increase his swap size. Again this was my bad.
But what I am trying to say is that as a normal person going blind into linux, they would experience the same hurdles and not knowing where to start looking for solutions. So I really don't think it is ready for mainstream use - unless we as friends and relatives are willing to act as tech support for whoever wants to transision.