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The second episode of LTT's Linux challenge is out.

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[–] newhoa@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 years ago (1 children)

With his setup, I'm amazed that anything is working at all. It's impressive that it's working as well as it is.

And yeah, the false expectations part. It's a pitfall for most people. It would actually be really interesting to watch someone who only grew up using Linux try and switch to Windows. I wonder how much more or less confusing it would be to them. That would be a good way to compare what is a true problem and what is just expectations. Windows has tons of quirks and bad design that people have normalized and learned to live with and have become non issues.

[–] tmpod 3 points 3 years ago

It would actually be really interesting to watch someone who only grew up using Linux try and switch to Windows.

For sure!

Like another commenter was saying too, they are just applying a Windows mentality on a Linux installation. If you go with a Windows mentality to macOS you'll also have issues and vice-versa. The view they are showing isn't great...
It's also clear Luke has knows what his doing more than Linus, so at least we're seeing a less confusing side of the story.