I need an OS, not another hobby.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20260207193448/https://www.theverge.com/report/875077/linux-was-a-mistake
I need an OS, not another hobby.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20260207193448/https://www.theverge.com/report/875077/linux-was-a-mistake
I know that many of us have had success for a long time on linux, but this is a tech reporter, so they’re more tech-savvy than the average bear, and they’re referencing very real and concrete usability issues they had genuinely trying to use linux. I’m not sure downvotes and ridicule are the best position for us to take, here, if we’re looking to convince folks to make the switch.
They’re a “tech reporter” in the sense that they write puff pieces about Spotify, etc.
I don’t think that’s always the case.
I suspect we agree on the tech skills of the average tech reporter, but I have a lower estimation of the technical skills of the average person.
Every job has their D-student employees. Tell me everyone you’ve worked with has been good at their jobs.
Tech reporter… Going back. As in not their first dip. As a tech reporter, they should have known better the first time. That the took a second stab still not knowing. Really makes one question their credentials.
If you’re that base of a user, that you don’t understand that going in. It isn’t a software problem. It’s PEBKAC. And no one should ever recommend a person of that low skill ever try to install on their own. If you want everything to work, buy a system made to run the software. System 76, tuxedo, etc.
Would it be nice if opensouce devs could make some of the most proprietary, custom hardware designed to only work with windows run under Linux? Sure, is it a flaw of Linux that it doesn’t? No. Not unless it’s a flaw of Windows that Microsoft doesn’t support modern apple hardware.
I don’t agree, tech reporter who depends on certain tech for his job will continue advocating for that tech because it’s how he gets paid. Tech savvy my arse.
Is Verge taking money from Apple and Microsoft? Or do you just mean for access?
They do it for free for a variety of reasons.
Capitalist news is unsurprisingly based on serving capital.
Not even that, he depends on their system so won’t leave it. His job depends on their software so he is tied to it and won’t make any real effort to get away from it.
I’m not entirely sure this is true? If everyone migrated to Linux, tech publications like the verge would become more important, not less, because they wouldn’t have the company that publishes the software to compete with for page views.