But I’m sick of people pretending like the issue is the user.
Oh, it’s certainly not. Linux wasn’t accessible to ordinary users for years. But it usually is, today, finally. And we’re justifiably quite excited about that. Many of us worked very hard to get to this point.
But it’s not the users fault if something doesn’t work.
That said, it is absolutely the manufacturers fault, when Linux drivers aren’t available. We can’t fix that.
When we’re talking about a show stopping issue due to lack of hardware drivers, we need to remember to encourage new users to stick to the safe path of a manufacturer pre-installed OS.
The reasons Windows, Mac, IOS, and Android avoid those kinds of issues is that the hardware shipped with the OS pre-installed by the manufacturer, who tested very carefully for those issues. Linux does equally well on hardware designed to run Linux.
No operating system is going to be issue free on proprietary hardware that wasn’t created with that OS in mind. Making a Hackintosh is fun, but it’s a lousy way to become an Apple user.
Pre-installed Linux is now an option, and it is the best option for new Linux adoption. I think we need to be more vocal about that, to help folks avoid those issues.
Oh, it’s certainly not. Linux wasn’t accessible to ordinary users for years. But it usually is, today, finally. And we’re justifiably quite excited about that. Many of us worked very hard to get to this point.
But it’s not the users fault if something doesn’t work.
That said, it is absolutely the manufacturers fault, when Linux drivers aren’t available. We can’t fix that.
When we’re talking about a show stopping issue due to lack of hardware drivers, we need to remember to encourage new users to stick to the safe path of a manufacturer pre-installed OS.
The reasons Windows, Mac, IOS, and Android avoid those kinds of issues is that the hardware shipped with the OS pre-installed by the manufacturer, who tested very carefully for those issues. Linux does equally well on hardware designed to run Linux.
No operating system is going to be issue free on proprietary hardware that wasn’t created with that OS in mind. Making a Hackintosh is fun, but it’s a lousy way to become an Apple user.
Pre-installed Linux is now an option, and it is the best option for new Linux adoption. I think we need to be more vocal about that, to help folks avoid those issues.
I’m sorry you had such a bad experience.