It's amazing the hoops people will jump through to deal with Windows' bullshit but the moment Linux presents the slightest obstacle they write it off as "too hard to use."

[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

You say that like switching to Linux doesn't require jumping through a bunch of hoops.

I run both, and Windows is by far the most user friendly (ignoring Apple since they easily win the UI/UX competition). I didn't have to spend hours getting my gpu to work with Windows or to install on a RAID configuration.

Linux is great if you want to control your system, but most people don't want to fuck with it.

[–] Redkey@programming.dev -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I kind of agree with you but there's also the issue that when you have a problem with Windows, there are 30 people to tell you, "Here are the hoops, and here's how to jump through them," while on Linux there are often only 3-5 people, all telling you, "LOL wipe and replace your whole OS with the distro that I use because I don't have that specific problem."

[–] Tranus@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's the other way around. I often find only one source (if any) for configuring windows, and it's some registry edit that hasn't worked for years. On linux, there will be a dozen people providing multiple ways of getting it done, most of which work.

[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or is some Microsoft community post where the "experts" just copied and pasted the steps from the top Google result.

[–] clearleaf@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I wonder if any of those people know what 'sfc /scannow' is even supposed to do.