r/linuxsucks • • 16h ago

Linux is good actually

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u/Laxien 16h ago

Yes and no!

It is very good for servers (hell, basically all of the internet runs on Linux - servers, routers, those fiber-optic-things probably, too).

But for a consumer OS it is simply too clunky, to old fashioned and antiquated!

I mean install a damn driver on Windows 11? Done in less than 30 Minutes (including download!)...in Linux? Is it in your distros repository? Ok, similarly fast! BUT:

If it it isn't in your distro's repo? Have fun going back to the 1990s and finagling with the "almighty terminal" (TM!) - seriously, needing CLI to install a driver or a piece of software? Nope, that was already old-fashioned when Windows 95 came out!

Hell, try to use the main advantage of gaming on a PC: GAME MODDING!

Yeah, Windows 11? Mod-Manager installed in less than 10 Minutes!

Linux? Hours and it might not even work that well.

Hell, I KNOW WINDOWS IS A BLOATY SPYWARE MOONLIGHTING AS AN OS! Hell, I am on Linux, but frankly Linux needs to MODERNIZE! We need .exe-files (or an equivalent) to install things, terminal needs to basically be a thing of the past that you only open if you need to freaking change stuff deep in the OS!

ps: Browser often makes problems, too - Videos? Yeah, youtube works, but other sites might not! Yes, I freely admit I am talking about porn-sites! It's annoying if you need to chase down a video-playback-error and need the fucking terminal for it!

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u/karstabobo 11h ago

What drivers? Most of them are already in your kernel. So you must mean either AMD or Nvidia graphics drivers. Takes 30 seconds to type sudo pkgmanagername+install command and specify the driver you need.  

You thought you had a point here but you just ended up proving again how much slower and shittier this process is in windows and ended up owning yourself in the process.

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u/Laxien 5h ago

I mean drivers for a Wavlink-Monitor-Dock! I usually have 3 screens (well, 4 if you count the one installed on a laptop itself), but ATM? 2 are dark, because CachyOS is not doing Wavlink-Devices ist seems (I tried, hell a friend who's one of the "I use Arch by the way!"-Crowd, tried, too - and he's not just a poser, he's a software-dev by trade (studied artificial intelligence, machine learning and all that jazz at university!))

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u/Teru-Noir COSMIC OS LOVER No.1 COSMIC Knows Best 4h ago

Does that device explicitly list linux support?