Re: The problem with not owning the software

Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
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At first glance, there is a lot about Windows that is way more
user-friendly than Linux. However, if you take something like Linux Mint
and compare it to Windows 11, you'd wonder _how_ Windows 11 is
friendlier. In Windows 11, some applications can't be removed and you
don't get an idea why. Some Windows components aren't even listed in the
applications so you have to wonder how to install or remove them. For
drivers, they're installed through Windows Update but if they don't work
right, you just have to know about the Device Manager which is
impossible to find on your own because they're phasing out the Control
Panel. Some programs are available through the Window Store, others
through the web which means that some are repairable and easily
uninstallable whereas the others aren't... and so on. For new users,
Linux Mint is actually _much_ simpler than Windows is.

  FWIW, IMO from a system management and system maintenace standpoint,
Windows 11 (and 10 for that matter) is not user-friendly at all.

  Actually I would be hard-pressed to come up with anything in Windows
11 (itself, not applications/software for it) which is user-friendly.

  I think regular users (not 'geeks' like us) just try to run their
'applications' on it till it breaks and then give it to some
acquaintance etc. or 'professional' to (try to) fix.

  Luckily, I have no such users in my circle of family, friends, etc..
Only one (heavy) Windows user, but he's an IT professional. Others are
mostly Apple users (phones, tablets, laptops, 'desktops'), who mostly
seem to get by without too many problems (or at least they don't bother
me with them :-)).