„Hey youre good with computers. Can you fix my annoying Windows specific issue on my poorly setup laptop that has a bunch of other issues too?“
There is no operating system that doesn’t experience stupid problems. macOS probably has the least, but it makes up for that by being generally underwhelming.
The Windows specific issues that average users have are usually caused by bloatware that comes preinstalled on the machine or some obscure driver issue (which Linux can also have - maybe even more so than Windows).
MacOS has the least issues for me but I disagree with it being underwhelming. Might be an unpopular opinion in this community but I quite enjoy using it. It’s a fully fledged unix system with some really good software.
Even more unpopular opinion: any os is good, as long as you know how to use it.
2000ME would like to have a word with you.
Free Dos falls short in so many ways.
Honestly, all the issues I have personally found on linux were either fixable, or I knew the cause of. I cannot say the same of windows, even though I used windows for far longer.
It’s just that, in comparison, windows is a black box. And if something goes wrong, you may just be shit out of luck.
Also, when grub starts acting up and your machine doesn’t boot properly.
At this point I don’t help people with non Linux computer issues anymore. I’ll happily help people with Linux because I actually know how to. If a family member wants to build a pc I’ll help but if they want Windows on it, they have to figure out the licensing and installation hoop jumping themselves because this stuff is designed to be equally difficult to use for users of all skill levels. You’re either typing sfc /scannow or reinstalling when that doesn’t fix it. I’ll gladly take the obscure and user-fixable Linux issues over having to reinstall Windows once a year.
My family asks for help with their phones, which I’m happy to provide.
The problem is they always hand me an iPhone.
I feel like it’s a good idea to do a clean install every once in a while regardless of your OS. Shit gets cluttered, you have programs installed you’ll never use again, etc.
The trick is to keep a setup script maintained so the reinstall is painless.
And I’m not sure where you’re getting your info that installing or licensing Windows is a hassle. It’s much easier to do a clean install of Windows than it is for Linux, and the installer pretty much requires no configuration.
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