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Sometimes I wonder how people think Linux is harder than windows. It feels like every time I use windows I'm constantly fighting my computer to do anything.
I guess most non-technical people are always fighting their computer. It is really hard to watch my grandma do anything on any device, but she's managing windows pretty well compared to her android phone (with accessibility settings), because she has used it the longest. Even the tech-savvy Windows users are probably used to some windows quirks and work around them, just like GNU/Linux users open a terminal as a reflex. And if anything is different, it will always feel like fighting your OS. I think the problem is the change, not the OS
The issues I have with windows are caused by restrictions in what I am allowed to do for the most part, and that simply doesn't exist for me with Linux. Getting used to a new os is definitely difficult though. When I first switched to linux, the only reason I didn't give up was because I couldn't figure out how to burn windows onto a flash drive from a Linux machine.
Okay, that is hilarious