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Why is Linux so frustrating for some people?
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this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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I never undestood that point, i hear it quite a bit but for me its always the opposite. On linux if something dosen't work i can usually see a detailed log of what went wrong. On windows its usually an error message with barly any info, stuff like "Error code: 0x72AF9B5D1" or "IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" isn't very usefull.
Once again, you are capable of understanding what that log means. As am I, but getting a fatass log is mostly overwhelming for most. Any larger Program that average people are using aren’t giving those weird errors, that’s mostly smaller stuff. Usually windows and Mac gives you some general troubleshooting tips right off the bat or even tries to fix it for you (even though the windows auto-troubleshoot is hot garbage)