Comment by billy99k
13 days ago
I could also say the Linux desktop creators are the problem as well. It's so buggy, it makes it impossible for me to switch.
13 days ago
I could also say the Linux desktop creators are the problem as well. It's so buggy, it makes it impossible for me to switch.
This doesn't make any sense as there is not a linux desktop but multiples and the major ones have been less buggy than windows for the most part of the last 20 years.
Hardware support is where Linux used to struggle. Nowadays things aren't perfect but much better. Basically it means you need to figure out which hardware to buy based on available support, before making the purchase.
I am willing to concede this might be true, but I personally have never checked Linux support before through 3 generations of desktops. Intel/Nvidia twice and then AMD/AMD.
Because support is generally great.
Until you get some Windows apologist who points out that their proprietary touchscreen that has multiple layers of DRM doesn't have Linux drivers and therefore Linux doesn't have good hardware support.
You have to be careful in the same way that you can't expect to wipe an M series Mac and stick Windows on it.
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All of them will work. What "support". What is this nonsense. Seriously.
What desktop and which distro? In the past, there have been times where a bug showed up for me over the years, especially before 2018. Currently tho, Debian 13 + KDE - zero issues.
> I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas
Yes, but what is the cost or perceived cost to the user to try? This “clever” response proves nothing, sadly
Well we know the actual cost of doing nothing.
Debian, Ubuntu, Suse, and Fedora have had a bug free desktop experience for years. If you stick to the default repositories and use last year's hardware everything just works.
Honestly, that’s a 2016 argument. I flipped a few contact centers over to Linux desktops and had very few issues. If anything we probably spent 5x the resources getting Windows 11 certified internally.
Microsoft knows it, but they don’t care about windows. When IBM started offering Macs to employees, they figured out that the support burden was very low, significantly lower than windows, even with users having years of windows experience.
Intune was supposed to be the answer to that, making Windows management MDM like. But for their most entrenched enterprise customers, they can’t really switch without co-managing with Configuration Manager. Most of the people behind that product are laid off or otherwise attrited, as there’s no path to a subscription service.
Who are these “creators”? Can you point to them? Is there a legal entity?
Which “the” Linux desktop? GNOME? KDE? xfce? Cinnamon? COSMIC?
This question reinforces the point IMO
I'd stupidly assume that having a choice and control over the experience is empowering, and watching a couple of YouTube videos titled "which Linux distribution is best for me" isn't too hard?
Or is it in your opinion?
If it is maybe they better stay on the "shut up and do how I say, puppet" OS.
That linux has an awesome rich and diverse range of desktop experiences?