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Lemmy is feeling like Linux, and that's bad. Is Lemmy doomed because of the abstract-ness of it? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by BloodSoakedDoilies@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My experience with Lemmy feels like my experience with Linux. I'm a nerd at heart and have played with a thousand variants of Linux over the decades. But as much as Linux is sold as the next Windows/MacOS, it never gets to that level. Trying to get people to understand the quirks of Linux (and why they are "better") has been an act in futility. Linux just isn't user-friendly, no matter the variant.

I see so many posts of people trying to understand what Lemmy is, what an instance is, why usernames are not unique (unless you include the server name - like email), etc. I just see it all as a huge hurdle to overcoming Reddit.

I'd be thrilled to be wrong.

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[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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