To his point, that requires effort and just not interested.
And I use Linux every day for servers - ESXI, NAS, Proxmox, etc - because it’s fantastic for those uses.
But a desktop replacement is a much bigger thing to tackle, and I’m not interested in spending time on that. I’ve done some (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint) and ran into issues just doing what I consider basic things on a test machine.
Windows has its issues, for sure, but all the basic tools are there out of the gate - my 10 year old Logi mouse just works (doesn’t on Mint), RDP to/from any machine just works (doesn’t on Ubuntu), etc. And I only found out by running those distros as a desktop on hardware.
This is the gap we have getting people to switch. Regular users don’t have our interest in getting things to work - to them a PC is the tool for doing the things they want to do, and tinkering with the PC isn’t part of that.
Being in IT for most of my career ruined me on troubleshooting and fixing my own stuff. If it just works without needing to fix it then that’s all I really want.
I have an Ubuntu server that required a decent amount of tinkering to get going but it’s more of an appliance I use for Plex, music, and audiobooks. I just don’t have the desire to tinker when I have time to play.
There are websites where you can demo distros. You don’t have to download or install, and can just check them out from the browser.
To his point, that requires effort and just not interested.
And I use Linux every day for servers - ESXI, NAS, Proxmox, etc - because it’s fantastic for those uses.
But a desktop replacement is a much bigger thing to tackle, and I’m not interested in spending time on that. I’ve done some (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint) and ran into issues just doing what I consider basic things on a test machine.
Windows has its issues, for sure, but all the basic tools are there out of the gate - my 10 year old Logi mouse just works (doesn’t on Mint), RDP to/from any machine just works (doesn’t on Ubuntu), etc. And I only found out by running those distros as a desktop on hardware.
This is the gap we have getting people to switch. Regular users don’t have our interest in getting things to work - to them a PC is the tool for doing the things they want to do, and tinkering with the PC isn’t part of that.
Being in IT for most of my career ruined me on troubleshooting and fixing my own stuff. If it just works without needing to fix it then that’s all I really want.
I have an Ubuntu server that required a decent amount of tinkering to get going but it’s more of an appliance I use for Plex, music, and audiobooks. I just don’t have the desire to tinker when I have time to play.