• phillaholic@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I don’t really agree with that conclusion. Linux is as old as windows and it had ample time to gain market share. Most people don’t want to tinker. I’ve posted recently about trying Linux for the first time in over a decade and how much worse the Ubuntu experience was than a decade ago. Meanwhile windows has gotten far easier to install and get going.

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      9 months ago

      Really. Because it is all bloatware, all the settings menu’s are all over the place, things get jammed in your face ( Use this new thing we made so we can own you even more ) and other nonsense.

      A fresh install of Linux takes me far under 30 minutes. Most of them work out of the box.

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        9 months ago

        I just installed windows 11 in 15 mins on a 5 year old laptop for donation. The one with Linux had an unusable trackpad with no sensitivity setting, and some sort of flat pack installer system that I gave up on mostly because of the trackpad not allowing me to scroll more than a page and a half at a time. U until was easier 15 years ago.

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          9 months ago

          Good for you. You can use whatever you want. Linux works for me.

          Have you tried a fresh install on the laptop with Linux. May help at times