I believe that it's time to change the way that non Linux are reached. Since there is an image that Linux is hard to use, many are not willing to use it.
If we stop emphasize the technical side, which is important, and start putting the things that people really care about. And there are several distros that actually do very well on what people want on their software.
Distros like Ubuntu, Linux Mint and even Android have all what the average users wants on his or her OS. They are easy to use, and have all software that they need to do what they do on daily basis.
And this distros are technically sound, and stable. Since they can be configured to work just like the user wants, they won't get on the way of their work.
There should be more focus on what the distros bring to the table that makes them easy to use, and what it can be done with each distro. Linux needs to be part of the discussion, but as the engine that runs the distros.
At the end of the day, most users will interact little or not at all with the Linux core. On the usual activities that the average users does, there is no need to actually interact directly with Linux. The distro will do it for the user, and most of them do it without any direct user input quite well.
If the idea that using Linux is hard from the majority of users minds, half of the battle to get them to adopt Linux will be won. But we need them to at least give a Linux distro a chance, and what better if they interact with one directly for a few hours.
By letting them to do so, they can see by themselves that using several of Linux is not hard to do. They don't need to have much technical knowhow to use them. And if they need help there, help is just a quick Google search away.
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