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The End of Windows 10 is looming. The world needs a simpler, easy, quick, snackable alternative

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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you're still missing the point though. People that see a computer as an appliance don't want or need many different options and can be overwhelmed by the choice. We need a Linux Basic of some sort that all of us coalesce around to recommend to non-technical users, that is designed to be absolutely bulletproof and unbreakable. I'd say it should be immutable to prevent any accidental fluffery, have flatpaks as the main software installation method (snaps can go to hell and appimages just suck for updating) and come with a productivity suite pre-installed as well as typical codecs so things like streaming services work OOTB. Mint could have been such a choice, but it's just still too niggly for users with no technical skills and no inkling to learn them. We need an "it just works" distro goshdarnit!!

[–] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No, we shouldn't be encouraging people to use tools they don't bother to understand how to use.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 hours ago

People have lives ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's awesome that us tech-minded nerds can get under the hood, mess with it and customise to our preferences. We can then make it simple and easy for the folks that just need a computer.

If we want Linux to succeed more broadly, than it needs to be accessible to everyone.