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What are the silliest reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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The best one I've ever heard is they like the Microsoft wallpapers. Yes i told them you can use them on linux too. But they argued with me that they wouldn't be compatible.

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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (7 children)

I just quasi ran into storage issues. have 1 qnap with 16tb raid1... NTFS

I can't for the life of me get it to connect to Linux, detects it being connected, won't display as a drive.

I stupidly installed bazzite, which is stupidly restrictive (so I've learned) on fstab... found out after I had to boot into grub to edit fstab back since it wouldnt let me edit the file since bazzite revoked me root access? ok... that was the deal breaker for me (with bazzite, not Linux)

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Okay hear me out... When you say all those words in a sentence, I have honestly no idea what you are saying. But furthermore it looks like it didn't work (or so I think). That is the reason why people (me included) don't dare to switch

    It looks like a hassle, it takes time to learn, people don't want to back up 2 their files (I know, I don't get that either), they don't want to think about "bazzite" or "fstab", partition the drive for dual boot or search hours looking for a solution.

    The people with no or limited knowledge about computers want to open their laptop, start edge or chrome (I know I know) and watch cat movies on Instagram.

    I really wanna make the jump, but the unknown with all possible hassle is holding me back.

    And apparently mint is super easy, but it will take time and courage!

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    can confirm. I can understand how to make things work as I need it to in Linux, but I figured I'd try bazzote because people were saying how great it is. knowing how to manipulate Linux how I want, and using bazzite because very annoying because of the restrictions which I didn't read about before hand. I wasn't blaming Linux as a whole, just bazzitr specifically for trying to protect me. essentially they let me break it, but wouldn't let me fix it.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Really it depends what you use your computer for. If you're a casual user, and all you do is browse the web, watch videos, and play games, the transition is no worse than moving from Windows to Mac. There are some small quirks to get used to, but anybody should be able to figure out 90% of it in a matter of minutes.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    When you say all those words in a sentence, I have honestly no idea what you are saying.

    ya know. I've read this a lot directed at me.. I clearly have a communication issue. I'll reread everything and try to figure myself out .

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