Rob Braxman can't recommend MX to newbies.

[danielson]

+2, ... to @Eadwine Rose and freedom first!

Had no intention to criticize Tom's report which was good.
Just didn't give me a sense of enthusiasm.

Given the number of comments on his Youtube, will be curious to see how Rob handles his next comments on Linux distros.

VPN definitely not the way to go, but at least as a mostly Linux server "geek" he did not show any bias.

[radonrose]

I can't understand why "Linux newbie" still means someone who is new to Linux, but has casually used Windows for tens of thousands of hours.

There are more and more people who start using a personal computer later in their lives, than there were 20 years ago.
People are forming opinions regarding technology at an earlier age than they did 20 years ago.
Therefore, there are more and more "pure newbies" at using a PC who want to chose an OS according to their needs.

The "Windows lookalike" edge is less and less relevant.

[GerardV]

Dedoimedo, on the other hand gave the KDE version a very positive review, 9/5 of 10 no less!

[Adrian]

What does newbie mean though? I was newbie when I started with MEPIS almost 18 years ago, it went well. I don't think MX is harder than MEPIS was at that time, it certainly has more features and improvements. So a newbie like I was 18 years ago would not like MX? Are we talking about computer-phobic people or people who have the courage and are able to install an operating system? I find this "not recommended to newbie" insulting to newbies, not to MX... maybe newbies that listen to this kind of reviews should not use MX anyway. I see this as a win-win.

[anticapitalista]

... I find this "not recommended to newbie" insulting to newbies ...

Totally agree with you Adrian.

[paul1149]

I think the MX tools would be very helpful to newbies, especially MXPI. Does Mint have anything like that?

[anti-ewaste]

I think there's a difference between newbie, which implies there is a learning curve of some kind, (at some point you are no longer new) and people who expect zero learning. In the case of the latter they really just want to stay with what they "know," or essentially are conditioned for/used to - isn't that why Windows lookalike UI out of the box is "needed"? That effectively mean resistance to deliberate learning, and learning by definition always involves something new. Todays consumer facing product culture prompts people to assume it is always zero learning as if tech is an extension of nature.

Heck I haven't even learned that much, but where maybe someone may give up because there isn't a pretty GUI solution I have been able to get something done doing a little one time research, the minimum to do what I need. I have no doubt in my Windows days I wasted way more time on non-essential stuff.