Tbh I think the biggest obstacle is installing Linux. Once it’s on a computer, I’ve seen people use it successfully, for probably like the last six years or more, but installing it is a whole different story. The graphical installers are pretty good, but for non-technical people, though that’s still very scary.
Even installing Windows is really scary for a lot of people, if it’s not the OS that comes on it from the factory it’s unlikely most people will use it.
Installing Linux is like 10 clicks nowadays. I remember even 10 years ago it was a lot more involved. The gaming focused distros even include GUI apps for common game related workarounds and 90% of the time anything else can be fixed with a couple copy pastes of terminal commands
That’s a huge difference! Linux is getting traction now because a major vendor (Valve) is selling a desirable device that comes with Linux pre-installed. We should be out there installing Linux for people who don’t know how! You can’t really expect everyone to know computer well enough to flash a new os on common hardware. Nothing is designed with making os swapping easy, friendly, or safe.
Tbh I think the biggest obstacle is installing Linux. Once it’s on a computer, I’ve seen people use it successfully, for probably like the last six years or more, but installing it is a whole different story. The graphical installers are pretty good, but for non-technical people, though that’s still very scary.
Even installing Windows is really scary for a lot of people, if it’s not the OS that comes on it from the factory it’s unlikely most people will use it.
Installing Linux is like 10 clicks nowadays. I remember even 10 years ago it was a lot more involved. The gaming focused distros even include GUI apps for common game related workarounds and 90% of the time anything else can be fixed with a couple copy pastes of terminal commands
If you’re technical enough for that, sure. The setup has gotten easier, but messing with install media and boot configs is still technical work.
That’s fair, but you still have to do that with Windows. Only difference is that most OEMs pre-install it for you.
I actually find the Windows installer to be much less intuitive than most distro installers.
That’s a huge difference! Linux is getting traction now because a major vendor (Valve) is selling a desirable device that comes with Linux pre-installed. We should be out there installing Linux for people who don’t know how! You can’t really expect everyone to know computer well enough to flash a new os on common hardware. Nothing is designed with making os swapping easy, friendly, or safe.