Andrew CunninghamJul 9, 2024
This whole thread is worth a read, this is why I cannot really indulge “why are you not recommending Linux??” people commenting on Ars articles even as Windows 11 slowly deteriorates. Especially when you’re just plunking it down on Any Old Laptop, you too will run into a long list of quality-of-life things like this.
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/112758328573810478
Show threadGabriel Viso CarreraJul 9, 2024
@andrew_writes @dangillmor @mcc and the amount of reply guys that are telling that those problems are more an Ubuntu problem, or that she should try X or Y other alternatives are making those problems WORSE and more evident.
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@gabriel @andrew_writes @dangillmor Note: I do believe not using Ubuntu, or using a *different* Ubuntu (eg well-established 22.04 rather than 23.04 or 24.04 at release), would have solved some significant portion of my issues! But it's easier to say that than it is to switch to another distro.
Jul 9, 2024 at 11:58pmTusky
Show threadAndrew CunninghamJul 10, 2024
@mcc @gabriel @dangillmor my problem is I’m often running on brand new hardware so I *need* to run whatever’s newest which causes its own problems 🙂
Show threadGabriel Viso CarreraJul 10, 2024

@andrew_writes @mcc @dangillmor I'm on that boat too, but the fact that I use X or Y Linux and P or Q hardware choices doesn't make the problem go away, and doesn't entitle me to make a recommendation, or place "better choices if you knew" as a solution.

What the reply guys do is to shift the responsibility from the product to the user, which in other areas is a form of victim-blaming.

Show threadAndrew CunninghamJul 10, 2024
@mcc @gabriel @dangillmor but even like a 10 year old 4th-gen Intel Dell XPS, I installed a couple distros a year or so ago to find an alternate to windows on it and there’s weird graphics tearing all over the place, feels like there’s always something
Show threadGabriel Viso CarreraJul 10, 2024

@andrew_writes @mcc @dangillmor yes. There is always something, and there'll be always something unless the different products related to Linux (DEs, Distributions, init managers,...) put some consensus and focus on some areas. Those are not problems for a user to solve.

That's why I think so passionately that telling someone "Try Fedora" or "I use Arch btw" is essentially adding insult to injury.