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    8 months ago

    I have never had any issues getting WLAN, sound, USB or anything to work if i didn’t build on minimal Arch or something super nerdy.

    Ubuntu, Debian, Pop!, Mint, all work perfectly well in these regards. Only thing you usually have to do something is for gaming. But even that has become very easy by installing wine and proton. Steam even lets you set force compatibility modes for every game.

    Debloating or preparing a clean Windows installation is more of a hassle and requires far more skill and research than setting up a working Linux system. Let alone the growing effort Microsoft puts into forcing users into Microsoft Accounts.

    If Linux works for you, Good for you. If Windows works for you, Good for you.

    I agree to that, but man, “Linux is too hard to set up” is straight up BS nowadays. And Microsoft and Windows do have many issues that need to be pointed out and criticized.

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        8 months ago

        I originally wanted to argue that you lack knowledge about Linux because educating yourself about debloating tools is actually more effort than I ever needed to put into a basic Linux installation with a regular distro, but then I recognized it’s actually you who’s lacking knowledge about Windows.

        Occasional issues with hardware drivers is something that happens with Windows, too. Just last week I set up a server for a client and it took me two days to get all the NICs ready due to driver issues. That shit happens. Occasionally. With both Windows and Linux.

        Edit: Autocorrect corrected