781
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Geert@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] cgarret3@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Ya’ll are nuts. I logged in to a windows 10 pc after ~1 year so that I could flash a SD card. Windows immediately updates and literally bricked an ssd. How is that “general computing”

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because that is not a common experience in the least bit. Windows 10/11, as far as general usage (Internet, media, games) works 99.95% well for those use cases. I haven't got a blue screen or had to reinstall an OS for like...idk 6 or 7 years now. You might not like the level of customization or data collection, but most folks don't care about that.

Meanwhile on Linux desktop (servers and infrastructure excluded) nerds (I use deprecatingly) get excited about idempotent updates so snap can't break their shit because fuck usability, or gpl god must be appeased.

As someone who uses Linux servers and software all day Windows gives them normal user a far far more stable experience on the desktop.

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of older people I know only use their PC every few months and get frustrated by the involuntary updated.

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't got a blue screen or had to reinstall an OS for like...idk 6 or 7 years now

Also note that blue screens are almost always bad drivers, which isn't a fault of Windows itself as the drivers are written by device manufacturers. It's like blaming a Linux distro for crashibg all the time when the issues are actually entirely caused by the closed-source Nvidia driver.

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of drivers should be provided by the os though, for instance the touchpad on my controller works fine as a mouse only on Linux... (I know it's a niche case but it's just an example)

[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 year ago

There's two types of drivers shipped with OSes.

There's generic drivers, for example any USB keyboard or mouse can use a generic driver. That's usually developed by the OS developer, so for example Microsoft wrote a driver for this, there's a driver in the Linux kernel, etc.

The other type are drivers for specific hardware. On Linux, sometimes this is written by contributors, while other times the manufacturer itself writes the drivers (eg Intel wrote a lot of the kernel drivers for their hardware like CPUs, network cards, etc). On Windows, these are almost always written by the device manufacturers.

The generic drivers are usually very solid but have limited features since they have to work for a large range of devices. It's the manufacturer-written ones that tend to be buggy.

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's managed to completely mess up my efi partition to the point where I had to boot from a live usb to be able to do anything... (after going less than a month without booting into windows)

this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
781 points (95.2% liked)

linuxmemes

21210 readers
41 users here now

Hint: :q!


Sister communities:


Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
  • These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
  • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
  • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.

  • Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    founded 1 year ago
    MODERATORS