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What are the main challenges in Linux adoption for New users, and how can it be addressed?
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One word : affordance
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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how it can be addressed?
Without turning Linux into "another Windows"? Well... you (kind of) can't -- Windows users are way too used with the idea of being spoonfed by the OS. And the only "real" way to address it is to tell Windows users to change their mentality and "embrace the new".