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What you mean by user friendly? I am noob in Linux and Fedora , Ubuntu, Zorin OS , Linux Mint all of them were really easy to use and very user friendly.
I love Linux, been using it daily for well over a decade but simple stuff people take for granted like gaming, drivers, wi-fi, touchpads, secureboot, Adobe, Office, printing and device syncing alongside the ever ongoing dependency hell can be an issue for some.
I don't think I've met anyone else in meatspace who uses Linux as a desktop or laptop. Installing a novel OS isn't something people tend to do and comes with risks.
The worry is that Lemmy is then not so much a replacemt for Reddit and more of replacement for r/Linux and related subs.
Whilst it's nice to go online and tell people how amazing and easy I'm finding it is running Gentoo on old hardware with public binhosts I would also like access to a majority of communities who won't know what that means.
I really see Linux more user friendly than windows, windows is a mess, their settings are like noodles, Linux is as clear and simple as a smartphone, I installed Linux on my wife's and children's laptop, and they never complained or asked how to use it. I really don't understand what people mean by Linux isn't user friendly.
my sister didn't even know what a file browser was until highschool. "normal" people are extremely computer-illiterate. they need everything spoonfed or it won't happen at all. there's a reason windows updates happen automatically, most people won't close their chrome tabs if left to their own devices, let alone turn off the PC, or god forbid doing updates manually. then factor in troubleshooting if the niche software you need for class or gaming doesn't work right away and Linux becomes impossible for most people. it's easy for those of us who are passionate about this tech to forget how difficult and unintuitive even the simplest things can be, but for people who get no joy from looking at a computer screen, every second they have to be sitting there is abrasive and draining.
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I hope that didn't come across as talking down on normal people, I'd totally be the same way if tech wasn't my main hobby/passion, and there's plenty that normies can do that I miss out on cause it's not my focus