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  • madcaesar@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldMany such cases.
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    11 days ago

    You’re 100% right.

    Linux Mint is not hard to learn at all, it’s almost identical to windows.

    The problem is the random ass shit you have to debug that the average user will not do and conclude Linux sucks.

    IE if you have an Nvidia card, which shit loads of people do, you will struggle with bullshit just having two monitors…

    If you have Logitech devices, which shit load of people do, you won’t have drivers and you’ll have to fuck around dealing with shit.

    In addition to other quirky shit that happens on Linux some not really Linux fault and some just is.

    That said one of the good things about chat gtp / ai is that they are actually really helpful at debugging Linux.

    So yea… Linux isn’t just plug and play, the way windows is. Windows steals your data and has shit loads of bloat but just like cellphones the average person doesn’t give a shit nor does he understand how / why windows is awful.


















  • Yea… The biggest wtf moment was

    1. Logitech doesn’t have Linux drivers… I didn’t know this before switching. It’s not really Linux’s fault, but users won’t care. The fact that something as basic as a mouse and keyboard need tinkering sucks

    2. Nvdia drivers are wonky and buggy it took me 2h to configure my two monitor setup. Again, really not Linux’s fault, but people won’t care

    3. Same random bugs like suspend not working, or extern drives randomly mounting, it’s little things

    So yea… I like Linux way better than Windows now, but “just switch everything works” simply isn’t true and we have to be honest.