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Why Are You Staying On Windows 11? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago by cordlessterry@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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Just dual boot...

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[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Windows is so unstable

[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I switched to Linux on a laptop of mine because an update to windows caused it to not boot.

Now I get to deal with my keyboard backlight not working, sometimes the keyboard freezing on resume, my Bluetooth not connecting on the first try, and my wifi sometimes not working, but it boots fine every time.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you tried different distros? Some hardware is supported better by different forks. I myself have an odd situation with an old laptop that got weird Bluetooth audio issues on stock Ubuntu, but having swapped it over to mint (which is supposedly just Ubuntu under the hood!) it works flawlessly.

[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

I have, it works better on Fedora than PopOS or ubuntu. There's actually a fix for the 17 inch version of my laptop in the main kernel, but it explicitly mentions the full model number so doesn't apply to my 13 inch version. I spent a long time trying and failing to figure out how to build a kernal with a patch for my model.

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now I get to deal with my keyboard backlight not working

Could I get that problem please? Pretty much any keyboard anymore comes with a backlight which I can't even imagine being useful to anyone who can type. If they provide a way to turn it off, it's via Windows-only software.

[–] stochasticity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I type in the dark sometimes. But it's not on by default either.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is pretty solid unless you are going way off the rails. There are a lot of reasons not to like it but stability is not one of them (unless you are talking about non changing)

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've always had issues with windows. Something always starts fucking up.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I haven't had issues since Windows XP came out (mostly)