Who says linux is bad? At worst people say it’s too hard for them, but i never heard someone say it’s bad.

Usually people who installed it yesterday and are mad it doesn’t behave exactly like the OS they’ve been using for the last 20 years (which they also had to learn how to use)

TBF it does have a glaring lack of automation for way too much of the basics. Even hand holding distros like Mint will have you using the terminal for something windows just does with a double click.

FTR I prefer Linux over Windows but I still lose it every time installation instructions for some app have 4 pages of commands for the CLI instead of just running an installer that automates the BS.

Maybe 10 years ago, but for me installing anything is done with a single command (pacman or yay)

Are you using some sort of niche software?

Every piece of software that doesn’t come with the default repositories, which in many distros includes the ’niche’ software of vidcard drivers. Samba network sharing v1, disabled in both Windows and Linux, is a simple double click of the app feature to reenable in Windows. In Linux, you have to change entries in at least 2 files, assuming you can find correct instructions in the first place.