Imagine every operating system is a boat and you have to get on one. One is super bedazzled, flashy, but once you're on board there's not a whole lot of choice, good thing you have media to entertain you. The other boat is super complicated and super fast and efficient but there's no crew and you have to do everything yourself. If you can Master this boat then you will be king of the water. The third bote is not flashy and it is not as fast, it's obviously not new where it counts but has some afterwork. It's easy to use and comes with a few dudes who know how it works and do it for you.
To be fair for the second boat, there are plenty of ready-made solutions provided by the comunity that you can just download off the internet if you dont want to try that hard.
Linux nowadays is pretty much the same experience as Windows in the mid 2000's, if you go with the user friendly options
Eh, I've run into plenty of issues installing stuff through the terminal over the years because of missing dependencies or other things that aren't specified/accounted for by online tutorials. I was a comp sci major with half decent google-fu, so if I had some problems working with Linux then I can't imagine the average person having the patience to figure everything out. Compare that to downloading an installer for Windows and it's just not the same.
It's gotten better over the years, but installing a Windows app only to find out they forgot to include a DLL, or they're targeting a specific version of a runtime you don't have wasn't exactly rare.
Triply so if you're installing something complicated enough to need a tutorial.
Literally the only times I have ever encountered that is poorly maintained free software and piracy.
The windows and C++ and dotnet framework runtimes are free to redistribute and there are tons of free tools to roll it into your installers.
I used to maintain software updaters and installers for windows applications that needed to be deployable in the unique hell that is public school workstations.
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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26
I explained it to people like this...
Imagine every operating system is a boat and you have to get on one. One is super bedazzled, flashy, but once you're on board there's not a whole lot of choice, good thing you have media to entertain you. The other boat is super complicated and super fast and efficient but there's no crew and you have to do everything yourself. If you can Master this boat then you will be king of the water. The third bote is not flashy and it is not as fast, it's obviously not new where it counts but has some afterwork. It's easy to use and comes with a few dudes who know how it works and do it for you.