@JayneNZ :-
It's nothing to be ashamed of. You're in good company....
Many decide to take a look at Linux. Windows users, especially, expect to find a free, open-source version of Windows, complete with all the familiar items they're used to, where the GUI is king. Because Linux is rather more hands-on - editing config files in a text-editor, and running multiple commands in "the terminal" are just part & parcel of day-to-day living with Linux - this often overwhelms many who were thinking of making 'the switch'.
They decide to give it up as a bad job, and elect to stay with what they know. It's what they're used to - whether they really like it or not! - they're 'comfortable' with it.......and because of that, they feel 'safe'.
Me, I couldn't WAIT to kick Windoze into touch back in 2014. I'd had 13 years of XP, and was fed-up to the back teeth with Microsoft. Period. I wiped it out of my life, installed Ubuntu, and jumped-in at the deep end.....all in the space of a single night.
Yes, there was a 'learning-curve'. But much depends on the individual as to just how steep it really is....
Mike.
It's nothing to be ashamed of. You're in good company....
Many decide to take a look at Linux. Windows users, especially, expect to find a free, open-source version of Windows, complete with all the familiar items they're used to, where the GUI is king. Because Linux is rather more hands-on - editing config files in a text-editor, and running multiple commands in "the terminal" are just part & parcel of day-to-day living with Linux - this often overwhelms many who were thinking of making 'the switch'.
They decide to give it up as a bad job, and elect to stay with what they know. It's what they're used to - whether they really like it or not! - they're 'comfortable' with it.......and because of that, they feel 'safe'.
Me, I couldn't WAIT to kick Windoze into touch back in 2014. I'd had 13 years of XP, and was fed-up to the back teeth with Microsoft. Period. I wiped it out of my life, installed Ubuntu, and jumped-in at the deep end.....all in the space of a single night.
Yes, there was a 'learning-curve'. But much depends on the individual as to just how steep it really is....
Mike.
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