Linux is too hard
Linux is too hard
The indoctrination of windows is extreme. Windows is just as hard as linux, harder even with all the layers of obscurity.
And yet... linux is hard, and users decry RTFM as "not growing the userbase"
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I mean, people are gonna bite my head off for this, but most non technical folks are turned off by someone calling them stupid... That's what "RTFM" sounds like. I think there needs to be a culture change to drive adoption, but stuff like the Steam Deck is helping a lot.
Even technical folks aren't huge fans of RTFM.
If I'm doing something incredibly interesting, and I'm asking for help, I should RTFM.
If I'm doing something routine, we can (and usually do, now), make it simple enough not to need a manual.
These days, they could even just ATFAI (like Ask The Fucking AI) and would arrive at desired destination.
The thing that prevents adoption is the human fear of change.
Hot take among what often seems to be an "AI is the devil!" crowd.
😄yes, but to be honest, I, for example, learned practically all coding I can by reading code together with AI
And as it is code, I see what happens when I compile/execute it and can uncover hallucinations like this.
Of course, my code is at first vibe programming with many small commits, but as soon as it is working, I clean up by rebasing and double checking all commits to be consistent.
And it generally helps me well with my Linux issues, as it is pretty good parsing the arch wiki
I think the troll users are getting old and grey at this point. People people are willing to help.
Make Local LUGs Great Again.
My brain had to work hard to pull that acronym from the depths lol.