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You also generally do not have to download a bunch of drivers or spend six hours in the command line hand-assembling the goddamn operating system.
It’s sad that this is still the perspective people have on Linux in a lot of places. This describes a small handful of distros that are often the choice for those that know what they’re getting into.
It's generally repeated by people who are aware that Linux exists but haven't actually used it since kernel 2.6 and in turn makes errant assumptions like the terminal is anymore necessary in Linux than it is in Windows in 2024. These people annoy the shit out of me.
seriously. Linux is user friendly for office drones now, windows is getting worse for everyone by the day
While reading, I was thinking about the time it took me the last time I installed Linux, and I agreed with the author: it took me several hours.
Then I remembered why it took me so long: I wanted to install the most minimal Void Linux configuration possible with graphical session on a 16 years old laptop that was already too underpowered to run Windows XP when it got out, so I pondered every package installation (do I really need this to make it work? It's 10 MB, that's a bit heavy...) and had to tinker a bit with the drivers to get it to work just right.
Installing Fedora on my main laptop however took 15 minutes, from booting to having a functional system, 20 if you count the iso download and the copy on a USB stick.
Hardware issues have been fading more and more. Just recently saw a small survey in a Linux channel with about 1000 responses. And about 50% retired no issues with hardware plus a lot more that only had 1 issue (there are still some vendors who don't offer compatibility like AMD or Intel). So most people don't actually need to download drivers, it's all in the kernel.
It's called a reputation. It's not fixed overnight. It's not "sad", it's transitory.
because you are still using it, so they can push you over.
Thanks a lot Leo! You’re ruining it for everyone
The thumbnail causes a neat rumbling illusion on my screen when scrolling past ^^
Omg I just noticed that lol
Because it's windows?
install Linux andnret rid of this bullshit
I very much switched to yahoo, cuz google just didn't let me find anything. I am running windows 11, they're still updating the somewhat older but less shitty builds of it
Because it tries so hard to get into you