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mrvictory1 Jul 12, 2024

Comment on a YT video about Windows on ARM

Comment on a YT video about Windows on ARM - Lemmy.World

Installing OS, 10 years ago: Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github Installing OS today: Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github. Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0 [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0]

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papafoss Jul 12, 2024

I think the biggest shift in the last 20 years is troubleshooting in Linux and windows.

20 years ago and I had to troubleshoot issues and Linux. It genuinely required a good bit of computer knowledge to get it done. Sometimes hours of work to figure out how to get a webcam to work Or how to fix grub?

Windows back then used to be so easy. And there was usually something that would do a quick fix.

However, now and I run across a windows issue. It’s a nightmare. I can put hours of work into trying to fix a driver issue or an issue with updates and get nowhere. Then go to reinstall the operating system and have to spend more hours just to get it installed.

Now in Linux, not only do I rarely have issues but also fixing those issues are pretty straightforward. And if I can’t fix it a reinstall takes minutes and I’m back up and running in no time.

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andrewth09 Jul 12, 2024

Windows tries to obfuscate any useful information while Linux tries to give logs and man entries to walk the user through what went wrong.

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JustEnoughDucks

As a part-time sysadmin at my small company. We use Altium and Solidworks, so we need windows.

I have 10x more windows problems than Linux problems like a bug for around 5 or so people where a windows update would disable the microphone, but every single microphone menu and setting would say it is enabled and working properly. You HAD to use their troubleshooter (which they are now phasing out, wtf) in order for it to be auto fixed. So soon it will probably be replaced by something else that won’t fix the issue.

0 information online about it, 501 different way to fix audio issues, none of which work.

Nowadays the only problems that I have with Linux are slight bugs or user errors, honestly.