It seems the average people are constantly being brainwashed by the Linux community about Linux being the perfect replacement to Windows. Many Linux fanatics go on about how great Linux is and how much it has been improved over the years to be the perfect OS desktop alternative to Windows. I don’t necessarily disagree with them on this but I do think that Linux or Ubuntu is still not yet ready for an average grandma or grandpa.

If I were to go ahead and install Ubuntu as their desktop, naturally they’ll have a tough time moving around the system because it’s design is more complex than Windows. It’s less user friendly in many ways and a perfect example for this is if an issue arises, for example, network related. On windows, wireless networking is very straightforward and I personally have not had any issue with it and if there are any issues with it, it guides and points the user through a series of steps to check/confirm whether their settings are correct.

On Ubuntu however, if the wireless does not work out of the box, you’re in for a big surprise.

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