One thing where Windows has an advantage over KDE for non IT people, is applications can directly access network shares. Most KDE applications don’t even show the network in the file browse selector. So for sync or backup apps it only works with mounted shares. Which isn’t necessary in Windows. To mount a share in KDE it’s convoluted and a hack that is no good non IT users. If they expect good usability.
Non IT people need to back up too you know? And there are many more Windows users backing up compared to the number of IT pros.
Buy an off the shelf NAS for backups. Plug it in to your home router, and you are ready to back up. Unlike a USB drive, a NAS, such as a WD mycloud, is ready to use any time. Smart people like a convenient option. It’s often recommended.
Make it hard to manage, and sure, they’ll need to rely on someone else for help. But as we see on Windows, backing up to a share is easy.
One thing where Windows has an advantage over KDE for non IT people, is applications can directly access network shares. Most KDE applications don’t even show the network in the file browse selector. So for sync or backup apps it only works with mounted shares. Which isn’t necessary in Windows. To mount a share in KDE it’s convoluted and a hack that is no good non IT users. If they expect good usability.
How often do non-IT users have a network share? And if they do, how often do they manage it themselves?
Non IT people need to back up too you know? And there are many more Windows users backing up compared to the number of IT pros.
Buy an off the shelf NAS for backups. Plug it in to your home router, and you are ready to back up. Unlike a USB drive, a NAS, such as a WD mycloud, is ready to use any time. Smart people like a convenient option. It’s often recommended.
Make it hard to manage, and sure, they’ll need to rely on someone else for help. But as we see on Windows, backing up to a share is easy.
Why ever defend bad usability?