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  The title and the first few minutes of the video are definitely meant to be a joke. But after a few minutes Mutahar changes to a very normal discussion. Whether he's wrong or right I don't think the entire video is meant to be an April Fool's joke.

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  It quite literally is a barrier to entry. That is what "barrier to entry" means. It is something that prevents potential users from giving the OS a serious shot. Literally my closest friend is an example of this. After a lot of convincing, I talked them into installing Linux Mint on a separate partition. I guided them through the process and asked them to use it as a daily OS for a week. They did so, and came back to me with essentially the same complaints I laid out in this post. They...

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  I agree with all of this. I am an experienced Windows user who wants to use an OS I can actually feel good about supporting, that respects privacy and isn't run by a greedy corporation. My Windows experience does not translate to Linux literacy. But that doesn't change the fact that advocating for Linux to become easier to use, even potentially as easy to use as something like Windows, should be something we can all agree would be a positive change. Retaining the best parts of Linux and...

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  Don't know if you're talking to me or Mutahar, but this is exactly what people can't stand about some Linux users. It's why the stereotype of "gatekeeper" Linux users exists. Because instead of engaging with the discussion in any way, you got triggered and decided to yell insults over the internet. That's pretty fucking sad. And to be clear, I don't like Mutahar much either. He's very biased and I usually don't watch his stuff. I was bored and clicked...