Is this because Linux became so good or because Windows 11 is so terrible?

I guess a bit of both.

CuriouslyC a day ago | parent | next [-]

Pretty sure it's because Windows has gotten worse. I ditched windows recently because it was flagging bit torrent software as malware and deleting it (utorrent, qbittorrent, deluge, all directly from official sources), and when I tried to turn the setting off in the control panel it wouldn't allow me to. A few minutes later it popped up an advertising notification for a F2P windows store game.

Linux hasn't necessarily gotten better, sadly. My install was unusable due to video issues, I had to boot a recover console to fix it. I also had to fix some issues with X desktop effects glitching after waking from suspend, making the desktop environment nearly unusable. Otherwise, Linux performs a lot better on my system than Windows.

	▲	pndy a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> I ditched windows recently because it was flagging bit torrent software as malware and deleting it W10 once removed CCleaner from my system because it was an older version. I kept it that way because it was the last version at the time that didn't come with telemetry.
	▲	saintfire a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Obviously everyone has their own experience but any Arch(-based) distro I've used has just worked out of the box following a simple Calamares install. I've had nothing but bad experiences with Debian installs and I'm curious if this is where a lot of issues are coming from when people switch to Mint or Ubuntu when they hear it's the "beginner distro"

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IshKebab a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Windows 11 is great if you install the IoT LTSC version. Better than Windows 10.

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fsflover a day ago | parent [-]

Except all those perfectly working devices which aren't supported for no reason, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43977038

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IshKebab a day ago | parent [-]

9 years of updates it not at all out of line with Mac, iOS, Android etc:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/some-macs-are-gettin...

Maybe a few more years would have been good but I can't really blame Microsoft for requiring modern hardware support eventually.

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fsflover a day ago | parent [-]

They don't allow to install their next OS on capable hardware. This is not fine.

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IshKebab 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Neither does Apple or Google. I'm not saying it's great but singling out Microsoft here when they're actually the best option out there (apart from Linux) seems silly.

	▲	fsflover 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not "singling out Microsoft". I reply about Windows in a topic about GNU/Linux. So I compare them. > when they're actually the best option out there (apart from Linux) Most people on HN disagree with you, judging by comments here.