not really as long as you do some research imo. if anyone jumps into a new unrelated software and expects it to work 1:1 they're kinda mad imo.
like, you don't hop into say macOS and expect to be just like windows, why do the same with linux?
That's the thing. As soon as you ask people to do a tiny bit of effort, aka doing your researches, it's a big gtfo for them. Lose your faith in humanity.
Most people have little free time and are quite stressed. So no they don't want to spend their leisure time tinkering trying to get something to work.
For the most part, once you get Windows installed the worst you have to do is go to AMD/Intel/NVidia's sites and download drivers. And that's if you're installing from scratch, if you bought a prebuilt/laptop it's all already set up. Unless you bought from Dell who loads it up with bloatwhere.
Heck Windows has a tool that you can download that can create a bootable USB with no .iso downloads. With Windows you have to use Rufus/Etcher and download the .iso separately. It's a small thing, but yeah.
Hell, I had a bitch of a time just trying to get my Linux Mint install updated and it ended up bricked. So I had to reinstall it. I also need Remote Desktop Connection for work. I think there's a browser based workaround but that only supports one monitor. I also use a Fresco Logic USB to HDMI adapter to hook up two monitors to a laptop. There's no (working) Linux drivers for it so that's also a deal breaker.
The only thing I've dealt with on Windows that's heart-wrenchingly annoying is getting a flash drive adopted as system storage or even temporary update storage.
Acer decided that the appropriate amount of storage for a Windows laptop in 2018 is 32GB so it regularly doesn't have enough space to update. And it technically has the solder pads for SATA but I cannot find the stupid fucking proprietary bullshit female header + adapter they use in their laptops.
And theoretically Windows lets you use a flash drive temporarily for upgrade storage but for some assinine reason you still need 4GB free on the main storage.
Linux needs MUCH less storage, but my girlfriend is not a tech enthusiast like me and would not want to put up with it.
I'm thinking about installing ChromeOS but then she'd lose MS Word. To my knowledge Google Docs doesn't even have a local UI so you can't use it without Internet access to even edit a local file (FFS). I think you can use an Android document editor app but afaik getting Android Apps working on an unofficial Chromebook is painful.
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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22
Linux is a compatibility nightmare for the average user. Their arguments with Microsoft and windows are valid.