It's generally repeated by people who are aware that Linux exists but haven't actually used it since kernel 2.6 and in turn makes errant assumptions like the terminal is anymore necessary in Linux than it is in Windows in 2024. These people annoy the shit out of me.

While reading, I was thinking about the time it took me the last time I installed Linux, and I agreed with the author: it took me several hours.

Then I remembered why it took me so long: I wanted to install the most minimal Void Linux configuration possible with graphical session on a 16 years old laptop that was already too underpowered to run Windows XP when it got out, so I pondered every package installation (do I really need this to make it work? It's 10 MB, that's a bit heavy...) and had to tinker a bit with the drivers to get it to work just right.

Installing Fedora on my main laptop however took 15 minutes, from booting to having a functional system, 20 if you count the iso download and the copy on a USB stick.

Hardware issues have been fading more and more. Just recently saw a small survey in a Linux channel with about 1000 responses. And about 50% retired no issues with hardware plus a lot more that only had 1 issue (there are still some vendors who don't offer compatibility like AMD or Intel). So most people don't actually need to download drivers, it's all in the kernel.

Thanks a lot Leo! You’re ruining it for everyone

Which games do you play? In my experience the only ones that haven't worked are ones with a hefty (kernel-level) anti cheat or similar. Proton is surprisingly good at emulating windows games!

ah haha so as someone who stopped at 7, because 8 was too invasive:

your games won't run there for long, dear. soon, more will run on Linux.

I would do the same, but then I'd have to go back to Win10's laughably awful implementation of HDR support, and I can't have that. So instead I downloaded SoundSwitch to fix your first issue, and installed StartAllBack to fix the second (you could also simply pin the Control Panel to the Start menu).

Enterprise / Pro don't need subscriptions. There are subscriptions, but you can also purchase a straight up license

I own a consumer version (home) and I've never once seen an ad. They did turn on copilot once, but I disabled it in less than a minute and I've never seen it since.

This said, windows 11 just sucks compared to 10. They moved the start bar to the center to copy Mac (I moved that back ages ago, though). They also stripped all the great start menu tiles away, so it's just kind of... barren now.

I just don't see any significant way 11 is better than 10. That's why it sucks.

Edit: Wait since when can you get a subscription to windows? The pro version of 11 is a one time fee of $5-10 if you buy a key online. It's dirt cheap.

I work on IT support and all of our clients use enterprise. It's not just the Ads.
Microsoft has slowly been dumbing down it's apps and the OS. Removing features that where good for office users.
Access to settings is a joke. It's a bad OS. I fell like they've gone backwards, again.
My pet peeve right now is why can't the taskbar be placed on the sides? It had that functionality before.

I installed Linux Mint on an old laptop five years ago, it was pretty easy to set up. If you're coming from Windows, you shouldn't have much of a problem. It's pretty intuitive. I think I was using the Cinnamon desktop environment, which I'm sure has only improved since then.

Even if you don’t use Linux, play HOTS over League

I find I'm forced to use terminal less on Linux than windows.

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