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[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Linux doesn't suck. What sucks is using anything new after using something else for years. As a long time Linux user I am used to its idiosyncrasies and having to use Windows or Mac is painful.

[โ€“] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I generally agree with you and I am trying to love Linux. But itโ€™s hard when even the RBG keyboard doesnโ€™t work. Just one example. Not gonna go on a rant. But yeah. On windows that stuff just works.

And itโ€™s the small things that eventually turn people away.

[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

On windows that stuff just works.

Not really, it "just works" after you install some sort of proprietary crap software that is a couple of hundred MB from the hardware vendor, that opens up a few security holes and is never patched and is constantly in your system tray.

[โ€“] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

I would phrase it as "this vendor refuses you support me as a customer". It's not Linux that doesn't play well with X device, is X device manufacturer making the conscious decision of not caring.

Similarly to how Apple watch doesn't work with Android phones.

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