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by AnIdiotOnTheNet 1541 days ago
Then Desktop Linux is a useless concept anyways, KDE and GNOME devs can all go home because Chromebooks are already everything 'most people' need or want, right?

Perhaps attitudes like this towards potential users are another reason Linux Desktop still doesn't have much buy in.
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akselmo 1541 days ago
What attitude am i conveying? I really dont know, english is not my first language.

I just dont think that most people just care what the thing is running as long as it does the job. Computers are an appliance to many, just like a toaster. If the functionality is close to what theyre used to (windows or mac) then there shouldnt be big adaptility problems until they want to go deeper into the device than web browsing.

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bobthepanda 1541 days ago
no, people care about having to change things. the average person on HN is not representative of the general population.

The keyword in your statement is "close" but normal people who use the computer as an appliance have extremely low tolerance for "close."

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akselmo 1540 days ago
Youre right. But then again i dont believe many would care if they can get their basic things done.

I also understand there are people who just are not willing to learn new things.

I hope i dont sound like im trying to push linux to people. I want people to have choice of many instead of choice of two when they go buy a new PC. And maybe some would be curious enough to try something new.

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