You don’t understand. The average Windows user has no clue what a CLI even is and has certainly never edited the registry. If something isn’t working they learn to live with it or call a tech savvy friend.
Edit: Windows is like an iPhone. They work for their users’ use cases out of the box. They are for people that want to just do stuff, not tinker with technology. I never have to mess with the settings on my Windows boxes once I have them configured the way I want. Like, ever.
Oh I understand. I’m the person who reaches for a terminal for my Windows user relatives, when they ask nicely.
Lately though, they just live with it, or they go learn some CLI if they care enough, because Windows throws them all kinds (variety) of crap that Linux doesn’t have trouble with anymore.
(Edit: The frequency of Windows issue is fine. But the variety of Windows corner cases makes casual “I’ve seen that” friend support not work as much anymore for me. I used to be able to help my friends more when Windows was a lot worse, ironically.)
I never have to mess with the settings on my Windows boxes once I have them configured the way I want. Like, ever.
Yeah. Same here. For both my Windows and Linux boxes. Though if I’m comparing, my Windows box is the only one that demands technical support every so often.
And that’s genuinely a big change. Us tinkerers are using threads like this one to come to terms with it.
And we realized we should sort of quietly wave the “all clear” for folks who wanted to switch but couldn’t.
Then we give ourselves permission to go back to pretending Windows users are happy and don’t need our help, for another couple of years.
You don’t understand. The average Windows user has no clue what a CLI even is and has certainly never edited the registry. If something isn’t working they learn to live with it or call a tech savvy friend.
Edit: Windows is like an iPhone. They work for their users’ use cases out of the box. They are for people that want to just do stuff, not tinker with technology. I never have to mess with the settings on my Windows boxes once I have them configured the way I want. Like, ever.
Oh I understand. I’m the person who reaches for a terminal for my Windows user relatives, when they ask nicely.
Lately though, they just live with it, or they go learn some CLI if they care enough, because Windows throws them all kinds (variety) of crap that Linux doesn’t have trouble with anymore.
(Edit: The frequency of Windows issue is fine. But the variety of Windows corner cases makes casual “I’ve seen that” friend support not work as much anymore for me. I used to be able to help my friends more when Windows was a lot worse, ironically.)
Yeah. Same here. For both my Windows and Linux boxes. Though if I’m comparing, my Windows box is the only one that demands technical support every so often.
And that’s genuinely a big change. Us tinkerers are using threads like this one to come to terms with it.
And we realized we should sort of quietly wave the “all clear” for folks who wanted to switch but couldn’t.
Then we give ourselves permission to go back to pretending Windows users are happy and don’t need our help, for another couple of years.