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I might switch to Linux, gonna be hard tho when you got elitists and gatekeepers in the Linux instance
The linux community is 99% people that want to help you switch, and will go far, far beyond what's even reasonable to ask of someone in the way of help. And Linux is to the point of not needing any assistance to get installed on most hardware.
If that's your reason for not switching, it sounds like an excuse.
Man it is just not like that. At least for me I tried to switch to Linux a while back and had nothing but problems.
You also have to realize that most people coming from windows have years of experience with that operating system and learning something brand new can be a challenge.
On the Linux community site I agree there's a lot of people trying to help but very few of that trickles down to the end user. When you Google something you inevitably come up with some ancient forum thread that leads you to put some crazy ass command line command in without explaining literally any of it. The assumption is that if you're using Linux you should already be a master at the operating system.
I will say that install of the next went really really well for me I installed pop os which seems like it's the most user friendly option. But after a while you just want something to work. It is not too much to ask for there to be a gui implementation of something. And for there to be somewhere to go to ask a question without being fucking badgered by people who think just asking the question makes you a fucking dumbass.
You are correct, it's a warm and helpful community... except for the people who like the smell of their own farts.
Lemmy is better. But reddit is lousy with ignorant twats saying bullshit like "Linux is just a superior philosophy", but who have never written a line of C or C++ in their lives. They know nothing about system design or computing history. They make claims about windows that apply equally to linux, or vice versa. They use terminology in a nonsensical context. In short, smug fools. It's not unwelcoming so much as unappealing.
The best thing about Windows is that no-one is smug about using it.
That's a stretch. I mean, look at the community you're in. You go to the subreddit and it is chock full of smug cunts.