Lol no, there are far too many problems still with linux. I recently did a dual boot setup to run arch and windows 11 on the same machine, and was saddened to learn that the process would be just as horrible and impenetrable for your average user as it was literally like 15 years ago. It’s just one example, but linux on non linux certified hardware is still far too often running into some kind of issue.
Modern user-friendly distros allow a simple graphical install from liveUSB and manage everything, including GRUB configuration, for you. You just select drive, click “install”, reboot and see both Linux and Windows available.
I recently installed windows 11. I needed to search the internet for fixing the update system, use cmd and copying lines of code that i don’t understand.
Lol no, there are far too many problems still with linux. I recently did a dual boot setup to run arch and windows 11 on the same machine, and was saddened to learn that the process would be just as horrible and impenetrable for your average user as it was literally like 15 years ago. It’s just one example, but linux on non linux certified hardware is still far too often running into some kind of issue.
Why would average user install Arch?
Modern user-friendly distros allow a simple graphical install from liveUSB and manage everything, including GRUB configuration, for you. You just select drive, click “install”, reboot and see both Linux and Windows available.
And then Windows yoinks your bootloader back and your Linux boot option poofs…
More of a Windows issue than anything, but still annoying af.
It is annoying. You can avoid by installing Linux on a different hard drive. Obviously not always an optiion but maybe.
Ideally, you should install Linux on a separate physical drive, then this never happens.
But yes, not applicable for everyone. In any case, this can be trivially fixed if you went through this once before.
I had it on a separate drive and this happened to me some how. Perhaps it was my own fuck up, it was a while ago.
Just resulted in me nuking Windows anyhow, and it’s been fine ever since 🤷♀️
Maybe the BIOS/UEFI prioritized wrong drive? Or something gone wrong with GRUB.
Anyhow, congrats on ditching this shithole altogether!
“I installed the distro known for being a bitch to install and it was a bitch to install”
In other news, water is wet!
What the hell is “linux certified” hardware? Why would an average user install arch? Is this a troll post? Are you a real person?
Dude Arch Linux is not particularly for beginners. Try Linux Mint, it’s slogan is literally “It just works” and is designed with this tenet in mind.
Dont blame your stupid decisions on the tech ya dingus
Thats like the best rant ever. Installing the most “sketchy” distro and blaming linux. Lol.
I recently installed windows 11. I needed to search the internet for fixing the update system, use cmd and copying lines of code that i don’t understand.