I don't want thousands of solutions. I need 1 that works out of the box for the OS I just installed. Also, why are there thousands of tiling solutions? How do I parse through all of them to know which one to install? Out of the thousand of solutions, which one will become abandonware or already abandoned?
I don't disagree with you. I'm 100% onboard with your assessment on someone like me. A normie.
The argument here is that this meme suggests that Linux wasn't ready for normies 15 years ago and is ready now(2025). My argument is it is not. Normies do not use terminal. We want intuitive UX. We want a smart decision tree of options we can take. What we don't want is entering a script in terminal that could fail because we forgot a dash or transcribe a forward slash to a backslash.
Also, what you consider "basic" is relative. Your knowledge of computers is vastly different across the world.
I had a forum member on Reddit call me an idiot because I didn't know what sudo was. Does that make me "basic"?
I'm obviously going to be downvoted for this, but the second you ask me to use the terminal is the second the OS is not ready.
Last week I reinstalled Windows after trying MintOS. I have a 54" Ultrawide screen monitor and I wanted the windows to snap in 3 sections.
I spent a few hours in terminal trying to install something after trying everything in flatpak. Windows 11 split screens out of the box. It can even tile. You can even use hotkeys to snap left and right.
In order for normies like me to switch, you have to make the OS at as easy to use as Windows. Don't make us use terminal like I'm on DOS.
Some of us have older processors that is more powerful than some current gen processors yet Microsoft decided that it's too old and won't let you install it.
Tiny11 is a community driven OS. I have been using it for years and has never given me any problems. If your computer is not able to legitimately upgrade to Win11, you can either spend money to buy a newer computer or install Tiny11.
My 6 year old kid loves anything about car and enjoyed Marks video. While driving him from school, he asked me why we can tell it's a wall but the cars can't. It sparked a 20 minutes discussion on car safety and why we need seat belts.
Thank you for this info. While very informative if you understand the context, your reverse spin is unnecessary and might deter someone from making a decision if they don't see your humor.
Also Lemmy is unlikely to remove this content even if it's worded correctly.
I don't want thousands of solutions. I need 1 that works out of the box for the OS I just installed. Also, why are there thousands of tiling solutions? How do I parse through all of them to know which one to install? Out of the thousand of solutions, which one will become abandonware or already abandoned?
I don't disagree with you. I'm 100% onboard with your assessment on someone like me. A normie.
The argument here is that this meme suggests that Linux wasn't ready for normies 15 years ago and is ready now(2025). My argument is it is not. Normies do not use terminal. We want intuitive UX. We want a smart decision tree of options we can take. What we don't want is entering a script in terminal that could fail because we forgot a dash or transcribe a forward slash to a backslash.
Also, what you consider "basic" is relative. Your knowledge of computers is vastly different across the world.
I had a forum member on Reddit call me an idiot because I didn't know what sudo was. Does that make me "basic"?