Fuck Micro$oft
It's time to switch to Linux! Because it's free as in freedom.
this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2024
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People always say this as if you don't spend time doing stuff on Windows.
I use Linux specifically because it saves me all the time it takes trying to get things to work properly in Windows. Printers, USB drives, multiple hard drives, encrypted volumes - all of these give me less trouble in Linux than in Windows. And when it comes to software, the usual experience in Windows is to click on the icon and then wait around a minute or two to see whether it registered, then go and check the Task Manager, kill the process if necessary and try relaunching, etc. On Linux you click the icon and the program pops up.
I just unplugged my SO's PC to clean it and reconnected everything, and during startup, it spammed me w/ endless popups saying it "recognized X device" or whatever (it's all the same equipment...). I just wanted to make sure the network was back up, but it kept covering the little popup window where the wifi settings were. I've never had this issue on Linux, on startup, things just work, no stupid popups telling me about it.
I haven't done any encrypted volumes on Windows, but the rest have been about the same on Linux vs Windows. I had to install a driver for my Brother printer on Linux, but other than that, everything is smooth, just plug it in and it'll probably just work (and Windows will "detect drivers" or whatever and spam popups to tell you about it).
So yeah, Linux just works for me, whereas Windows seems to constantly want attention. Both work fine, Linux is just less annoying.