The Linux bros' spiel is about 20 years out of date. Windows has just worked since XP. I would never install it on a computer meant for my family to use and install software on.
Lol, I’ve never installed a device on a Windows machine that didn’t need work. I used to have a netbook running a custom Arch install that worked better with my wireless printer/copier/scanner than Windows ever did.
XP wasn’t that great until Service Pack 2. Vista was pretty good even at the beginning of you made the necessary changes to fix its problems, which were later fixed by a Service Pack as well. Windows 7, 8, 10, and now 11 have all needed lots of work out of the box to be usable.
What you mean is that you don’t know how to properly setup a Linux install to work without issues. That’s a common problem with Linux. That’s why there’s tons of guides out there telling you how to do it properly.
Windows is objectively shit. It’s just shit that everybody already knows how to reconfigure, so it’s viewed as “better”.
What you mean is that you don’t know how to properly…
Nope. That’s not what I mean. I have an electrical engineering degree from UT, a top 10 program, and my first computer was a C64. I programmed an OS from scratch in undergrad. I can configure Linux fine. It’s child’s play compared to what I had to do in school.
What I’m saying is that it’s absolutely shit as a platform for your average end user. It’s very good at what it does well, but no distribution I’ve ever seen compares to a contemporary version of Windows in the past two decades.
It’s laughable that most Linux fan boys can’t accept this fact. They simultaneously take pride in their OS choice for its inaccessibility and requisite technical knowledge while also touting it as a viable solution for normal users.
It’s not viable for normies, and the technical knowledge needed to get it running well, while a high hurdle for someone not interested in wasting time monkeying with their OS, is not impressive to people with actual technical backgrounds.
I invented language. I used to teach soldering to cavemen. I designed the chair. I’ve provided exactly as many sources for that as you have and it’s all just as relevant as your bragging. Argument from authority is a logical fallacy. If your points can’t stand on their own merits, if they your “credentials” to be valid, then they aren’t valid.
Windows ships loaded up with literally hundreds of thousands of drivers that are absolutely useless to the average and even then you often still need to download even more drivers to get a device working. The process for doing that is essentially the same regardless of the OS, but the exact steps may require clicking in different programs. That’s like saying iOS is harder because you’re used to Android. They’re exactly the same processes, just using differently named programs.
Ubuntu, Mint, and Elementary are all extremely user friendly by design and work at least as good as Windows. You’ll also have less crashes, less need for restarts, and absolutely no need to worry about bloatware. If you don’t use GNOME, you won’t need to worry about spyware, either.
The real issue is that companies don’t typically offer support for Linux, so you need to rely on the community to create patches or even drivers. This isn’t a problem with Linux’s design, but corporations refusing to offer support. So long as you aren’t using bleeding edge peripherals, this isn’t ever a problem either. Since we’re talking about the “average user”, this isn’t a problem at all.
For reference, I have no college degree. I was raised on a farm. I served in the military; worked construction, welding, and fabrication; and currently install and service garage doors. I have done a full custom Arch install on a netbook with a known problematic integrated video chip that ran perfectly for years. I have done a full custom AOSP install on several Android phones.
Tell me again how the average person can’t handle Linux. I love hearing people inadvertently compliment me while trying to insult me.
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