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[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (19 children)

Well, the hypers have pushed technical distros like CachyOS to casual users, requiring them to go to terminal to install apps instead of pushing people toward user-friendly distros with GUIs that would make their computers and apps even easier to manage than on windows.

That's how we lose: by overestimating the tech-savviness of people and calling them stupid when they don't get it, as if everybody had a degree in computer ~~engineering~~ sciences.

We are the stupid ones. We are toxic.

[–] Nylonbojtel@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 month ago

@BaraCoded @cm0002
I’ve seen it and it’s so weird why would they recommend arch-based distro to beginners. I don’t know much about Cachy itself.
Immutable distros like Bazzite are the way, a beginner should not touch the os beyond installing some flatpaks.
Even Mint or Ubuntu would be better, just because they have large communities and many guides

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