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    22 days ago

    Installing drivers can be an ordeal.

    When something doesn’t work, it’s always on you to identify exactly why it’s not working so that you can find the specific instance where someone else has dealt with that specific issue and solved it for your specific hardware and specific install of Linux.

    The layout is different from Windows and MacOS in most instances, so it can cause some disconnect for your computer muscle memory when you are switching from one of those to Linux.

    Simple things like telling Bluetooth to always start as active for your Bluetooth peripherals is not immediately obvious and causes onboarding hiccups.

    Some things simply do not work.

    All of that being said, I have Linux certifications. I use Linux as servers in my home lab. I use Linux as my daily driver on all of my personal computers. I’m willing to put up with those to not have to deal with microslop.

    Linux is not as raw as it used to be. It is much more of a refined thing, and if you’re willing to put in three to six weeks to get used to the differences, then you’re going to have a fun and wonderful time using Linux as your daily driver.

    It’s a different way of using your computer. Kind of like using a manual transmission vehicle versus an automatic.




  • And one major thing that Linux also does that Windows does not is Linux will never install an application on your computer that you didn’t explicitly tell it to install.

    I have uninstalled nopilot on work computers so many times. I run scripts to manually disable and remove it and prevent Windows from installing nopilot, and Windows updates, reverts what I did, and then reinstalls fucking nopilot, and then sneakily launches it in the taskbar where I can’t easily see that it’s running to begin with.

    Voluntarily running windows at this point is kind of like voluntarily allowing yourself to be sexually assaulted.

    Only weirdos and sad people who don’t know that it could easily not be like that continue to put up with it.