Luzzy is bunnygirl8h ago

People still saying "Linux is only free if you don't value your time" should update their calendars.

This sentence was first used in 1998. That's about 28 years ago.

In all that time Linux has evolved way past the point of offering several user-friendly "batteries - included" distros that allow you to set up a working environment in just a few minutes.

It has graphical installers, desktop environments, window managers, software repositories with thousands of pre-compiled binaries. All the compiler pipelines you can think of are available. And most importantly: it is secure and free of big tech company spyware.

Sure, you might still find that one peculiar laptop that needs a few extra steps to get Wi-Fi to work, maybe even the audio.
But cmon! Do you have any idea how many people fail to install windows because they are missing the Intel Rapid Storage driver?

There is a point when it stops being a problem of "Linux not having the driver" and it starts being an issue of "this piece of shit private company decided to make the most shitty proprietary drivers for this thing on purpose".

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Show threadMarta Threadbare

@meluzzy Windows is waaaaay easier*

*Said by people who never had to download, prepare and boot a windows install iso and drivers, and had someone else do that for them.

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Show threadLuzzy is bunnygirl8h ago
@cygnathreadbare Specially now that you need to open regedit during installation to enable a bunch of flags so that you can install it on a computer without TPM, secure boot, less than 4GB of RAM and no internet connection.
And then you need to get some chipset drivers in if you want it to detect that flashy new NVMe.
And run a bunch of scripts afterwards if you want to kill Copilot, delete all the built-in app garbage, the telemetry services and other junk.
Show threadMarta Threadbare7h ago
@meluzzy never tried win11 and already thought having to remember to remove the ethernet cable before installing win10 was annoying enough...