Sunday, April 23, 2023

Linux isnt hard, it's relative


A lot of people dont even know that Linux exists others that know it exists and dont know much about it think it’s extremely difficult, which it isnt. It depends on what you’re trying to do with your computer. There’s many factors that can lead you to having problems as computers and people are complex.

If all you’re doing is trying to install a Linux distribution for browsing the internet or word processing you’ll have no problems. Even gaming isnt so hard anymore, though the difficulty level goes up when you try to do things like gaming. With anything new you have to be willing to go out of your comfort zone and learn. Any new tool, you have to learn how to use.

One problem that prevents people from learning about Linux is a lot of
people dont want to go through the trouble of installing a Linux distribution. I imagine no one would have any problem using it if it was already on their computer. I think more companies should make it more accessible and sell computers with a Linux distribution preinstalled. Some do like Dell, though they dont make the option prominent. A lot of the Linux Laptops and such I saw had premium price tags. There should be Linux laptops for average joe.

The difficulty level of installing a Linux distribution depends on what distribution you’re installing. Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint are fairly easy. The most difficult part is knowing how to put an ISO onto a flash drive and booting from it. This can be difficult for some people as it’s not always clear what key to press when your computer boots to select a different boot device as it differs between computer manufactures. So some people think it’s hard because of that. Not really a Linux distributions fault but just a fact of computer design. Like I said, computers are complex. People are complex. People lack certain knowledge and not every computer uses the same key to boot from. That’s just an example of one step someone would have trouble with installing Linux to their computer.

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