Today at work (where i can’t use linux) i was asked to do a really easy and repetitive task: Take screenshots from an e-learning course and paste it with the content text on a text document.
It sounds easy (not fun, just easy), well it wasn’t for several reasons:
1. Cntrl+Alt+$ARROW doesn’t go to any other desktop: there are no virtual desktops on windows, so you can’t change from one document to other just changing desktops, you need to search the application you need in the ones you have open.
2. A screenshot means a picture of the whole screen: You can’t take a screenshot from just the application you want, you need to shot the whole window and then edit the picture to just include the application you want.
3. Middle click doesn’t paste the selected text: You need to explicitly Copy and then paste, why!?
After i started with those problems i started thinking: is that what it feels for a windows user to use Linux? Why to people say Linux is harder if i’m finding so hard use windows? Is that Linux has make me lazy? Why do people prefer to use the slow and horrible mouse over the keyboard?
The good thing: Now i have some complainings to say to windows user when they start saying: “You need to make it that way in linux?”
P.D: If you are going to leave a comment saying: “You can use $3th_PARTY_APPLICATION in windows to do that” just don’t because then i will say: “Why do i need to make a research and install 3rth party applications if i can do it in linux out of the box?”
