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Have you ever been disappointed with Linux? (libretechni.ca)
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Personally I haven't. While Linux is imperfect, choosing the right distro makes the rest of the experience straightforward. And with it's whole complexity, I find Linux more user friendly than Windows. Even driver issues, broken shadow file ownership and KDE specifics only made me more confident about my choice to use Linux after I solved everything.

OQB @pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There is very little stopping you.

You mean besides the huge time investment required to get to the point where you can meaningfully contribute?

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    Time investment is a barrier to entry.

    I say this as somebody who has already made the time investment required to learn how to program, and as somebody who keeps investing time to maintain and to improve their skills in that area. Expecting the average Linux user to do the same is ridiculous.

    Have you made that investment?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Let me remind you that you wrote that,

    People complain at something not working are missing the point.

    It’s open source. You spot something you don’t like, change it.

    Learn to code, contribute, fix things.

    There is very little stopping you.

    Do you think that you can fix something not working by writing documentation? Or do you think that you can fix something not working by testing? Or do you think that you can fix something not working by investing in visual elements? And so on and so forth.

    No. Obviously not. If you want to fix something not working, then you have to get your hands dirty with the source code

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