• FunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 hours ago

    Windows absolutely does not design their UI as if the user is clueless

    It is more userfriendly, than most linux desktop environments…

    But they got 2 settings menus, and several others hidden away. Sometimes the crashes without any explanation or obscure non userfriendly error codes

    Games are sometimes installed where you decide

    Other times its in APPDATA which for some reason is a hidden folder… why!?

    Its full of old legacy code incl legacy programs and so on. Useless bloat.

    My mother asked me about finding files on her computer yesterday. Word documents. She has been working an office , on windows for like 30 years… but now word uses the cloud.

    Anyways

    My biggest problem with linux is a lot of programs are just “installed” and who the fuck knows where

    And a lot of programs save data into some folder… who the fuck knows where

    So many hidden folders with obscure or meaningless names. What does more letters cost? Make it easier for the user… nobody knows what’s in folders named:

    Etc

    Local (all folders are local ffs)

    Lib64

    Run

    Srv

    Lib

    Opt

    Sbin

    Var

    They probably make sense for some linux kernel developers but my software utilize some of these and IMO the names should make sense for everyone, seeing as MY files are in some of them

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Welp. Certainly can’t argue with any of that. I’ve said the same thing myself on many of your points.