Comment by 46493168
5 days ago
Really? When every thread about linux on a laptop includes comments like “palm rejection doesn’t work but I use an external mouse so I don’t care” and “the laptop gets hot in my backpack because sleep/suspend doesn’t work so I just power it down” you’re still not sure why people are using a windows or a mac?
At this point I’m beginning to suspect that linux users have stockholm syndrome. Or is Tux standing behind you with a gun?
I know, I know, you don’t have any of those problems. You have the Blessed Configuration that has the right tradeoffs for you. But like… most people don’t want to spend waking hours reading Archwiki to figure out why their wifi drops when they move from one room in their house to another…
most people don't have any of those problems.
what you need to consider is that only those people who actually do have problems will talk about them. the rest of us stay silent. also, linux users are more vocal, they don't stay silent about problems. that's what gets things fixed
People make choices based on information in the market. The question in the thread was “why are people using Mac and Windows?” One answer is: linux is not well known, and what is know is that Linux is a hassle.