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@declarer7@neckbeard.xyz
You are wise not to trust me. I would have given you a hug.

@cowanon
No. I've seen her. Believe it or not, she's a good god-fearing conservative woman.

@lapin @saitei @vera @neko@neckbeard.xyz @roboneko@neckbeard.xyz @sjw@neckbeard.xyz @verita84 @MischievousTomato @straw @LoliHat @Suzu @Tamamo
How is :archlinux: childish stuff compared to Mint?

@saitei @vera @neko@neckbeard.xyz @roboneko@neckbeard.xyz @sjw@neckbeard.xyz @verita84 @MischievousTomato @straw @LoliHat @Suzu @Tamamo
It has evolved a lot in the last 10 years I've experienced it, but it is still far from being ready to steal Windows users.

@roboneko@neckbeard.xyz @saitei @vera @neko@neckbeard.xyz @sjw@neckbeard.xyz @verita84 @MischievousTomato @straw @LoliHat @Suzu @Tamamo

When Windows Firewall comes up with a pop-up, you've got enough information to understand what it wants from you right then and there, and you know that it's not an error, the system is working as intended, and it gives you confidence that you're probably not gonna destroy everything by saying Allow.

In Linux it's exactly the opposite. It gives you the feeling that your system is broken in some way. The instructions are as vague and incomplete as an BSOD message, and it forces you into actions to "fix" it that feel like it's not what the system intended for you to do. So a new user will absolutely be scared they they'll make things worse by trying to "fix" it. So instead, guess what they'll do? They'll go back to Windows, leaving idiots like yourself wondering why no one wants to use Linux.

Linux is a great OS. But don't try to give me crap like it's user friendly. It is not.

@roboneko@neckbeard.xyz @saitei @vera @neko@neckbeard.xyz @sjw@neckbeard.xyz @verita84 @MischievousTomato @straw @LoliHat @Suzu @Tamamo

This "don't need to" mindset is the most retarded and dangerous mentality to have. That's how you fuck up your system. If you keep "don't need to understand" your way through all instructions, that's how you get malware and fuck up everything.

@LoliHat @saitei @vera @neko@neckbeard.xyz @roboneko@neckbeard.xyz @sjw@neckbeard.xyz @verita84 @MischievousTomato @straw @Suzu @Tamamo
This. I still look for answers on a few separate pages to make sure the advice is reliable and correct.

@roboneko@neckbeard.xyz @saitei @vera @neko@neckbeard.xyz @sjw@neckbeard.xyz @verita84 @MischievousTomato @straw @LoliHat @Suzu @Tamamo
It looks obvious to you, but for an Windows user it won't be.
He won't know what Samba is. He won't understand why he needs to add firewall rules, when Windows Firewall just asks the user when the program starts and he worst of all, he won't know what user groups are or if he's supposed to even mess with that. Some will even be afraid they might wreck their install with changing the wrong settings.

@s8n @nonetrix
Good to know. I usually just press it repeatedly, but not fast enough to qualify as mashing.

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