I find this mildly infuriating, I only use Windows for work, I even personally purchased Windows 11. Local account and disabled as much as I could. I personally do not like Windows or Windows in general.
Well, now I do an update and they throw this up like I need to walk thru these steps (again). Not even a “Skip”/“Don’t remind me again”. Windows is not what it used to be and after disabling half the Microsoft stuff I’d expect not to be bothered again. It’s really a built in ad more then anything.
2023-08 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5029351)
Linux has a host of there problems, like checking if your laptops hardware is compatible. Which isn’t a thing for Windows.
Having to chose a distro also sucks. You have to make pro and con lists and shit. With this distro my WAN card might work, but this distro has more of the programs I need on there package manager and this distro has newer packages but fewer…
This is the point most users quit Linux, before Installation
Those people would not fare well installing Windows either. 99% of users have it done for them.
Also, if you compare apples for apples and look at PCs with Linux preinstalled (Dell does it, among others), Linux doesn’t have these problems.
Come to think of it, it’s the dead opposite. I have a heap of machines happily running Linux at home that Windows 11 will straight-up refuse to install on.
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I use Fedora on my Thinkpad T470s and my fingerprint reader and WAN card do not work. I got the fingerprint reader to work by following lengthy tutorials which do include custom repos and manual editing of the PAM configuration. The WAN card is just dead in the water.
Even getting the fingerprint reader to work would be to complicated for at least 90% of PC users. And it could break with any update as it is a custom driver which doesn’t get updated anymore
sure there’s a little bit of learning and set up at the beginning, but the rewards vastly outweigh the cons. If you change your mindset a little bit you’ll see the variety of distributions as a blessing rather than a curse, as you’re not locked into only having a single OS to choose from, and it can new a lot of fun trying out all the different styles and setups. Ultimately though as long as you choose one which has a largish support community then it doesn’t matter really which one you choose.
Yeah, but with Laptops there will always be a time you have to open up the terminal and punch in 20 commands from a sketchy tutorial from 2015 to maybe get your fingerprint reader to work. How realistic is that for the 90% of user population which do not work in IT?
Distro hopping is not a popular sport and is not representative of Linux as a diverse ecosystem at all.
Nobody said a word about distro hoping so I don’t know what your point is