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Its because they want us to change to Linux. I know i sound like a typical lemmy user already but i changed to Mint a month ago and loving it. I've only used the terminal a couple or times but was not entirely necessary.
I find I'm forced to use terminal less on Linux than windows.
What the fuck, right? I’ve been on linux for more than a few years now, and I haven’t had any headaches equivalent to the shit windows was doing constantly. Like 80% of my files were made read-only and my privileges to change permissions were completely revoked for seemingly no reason. And that was just another, run of the mill issue.
sounds like a skill issue to me. if you were any good at computers, you would've stuck to windows. have you even read the manual?
Yeah I'm frequently having to open powershell/windows terminal or worse, attempt to navigate the shitshow of complexity that is the windows registry to do the most basic things.
I don't have to do that on my Linux machines.
Plus since MS fired most of their QA team, there's been the occasional crazy issue. My audio wasn't working for months after a windows update. I did a system restore, I uninstalled and reinstalled audio drivers, but nothing worked. Then months later, suddenly it did. That just isn't acceptable for a product that costs as much as Windows does, and continues making even more money by spying on the user and selling the information.
I feel like because of the decline in usability of windows since 7, and the perpetual improvements to Linux, we now see Linux being the easier (as in ease of use) choice.
If Dell/HP/others started putting Linux on most of their machines, I don't think it'd cause issues for most people at all.
yeah. Linux now isn't necessarily better than windows 7, but its a hell of a step up from windows 11.
and they fuck with the appearance enough; you could just tell people they're on windows still anf they might believe you.
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