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I'm a Poweruser of Linux since the late 90s and I can tell you that if you're a Windows or Mac poweruser with zero Linux experience, you're not going to have a good time in Linux.

Linux has come amazingly far, but I still wouldn't recommend it for everyone.

It's all about context. You're a power user so you're going to want to do advanced things, which requires total immersion in a completely different ecosystem.

But my 80 year old father on the other hand, he just wants to edit documents, scan images, browse facebook and play solitaire. He can run Fedora Silverblue with no problems.




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