Luzzy is bunnygirl7h 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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@meluzzy for the most part these days it's about as time consuming for the average user as windows or mac. sure you can get deep in the woods, but you can on the others as well. For just doin your average surfing, office like work or of late even gaming, mostly it's just as seamless. Except it wont just do whatever it wants with updates, adding unasked for apps, and call home constantly. Exceptions I'm sure apply if you pick a more terminal centric or oddball special purpose distro.
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