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minus-squareGray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSo, exactly the same as windows. Can you even order windows on a CD anymore?
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoSure, but an ordinary user does not have to install Windows since it is already there. This is Linux’s burden. IMO a lot of techies in this discussion are underestimating it.
minus-squareGray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoWho is going to pay Dell, HP, Acer, etc to install Linux? Just because MS can throw billions at these OEMs doesn’t make that “Linux’s burden”. See also Dell & Lenovo sell laptops with Ubuntu.
minus-squareCaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s no fault of Linux that end users can’t make bootable USBs. See Also: https://etcher.balena.io/
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo, in concrete terms, you are disputing that Fedora and Ubuntu make this chore much easier than Debian does? Or you just don’t care?
So, exactly the same as windows.
Can you even order windows on a CD anymore?
Sure, but an ordinary user does not have to install Windows since it is already there. This is Linux’s burden. IMO a lot of techies in this discussion are underestimating it.
Who is going to pay Dell, HP, Acer, etc to install Linux?
Just because MS can throw billions at these OEMs doesn’t make that “Linux’s burden”.
See also Dell & Lenovo sell laptops with Ubuntu.
It’s no fault of Linux that end users can’t make bootable USBs.
See Also:
https://etcher.balena.io/
So, in concrete terms, you are disputing that Fedora and Ubuntu make this chore much easier than Debian does? Or you just don’t care?