“Linux is so easy and great, my mouse didn’t even work and I have it unplugged to this day, and I can’t even play minecraft!” - I use every OS and have arch on my gaming pc (dual booted I’ll admit), but this is both one of the worst articles advocating for desktop Linux and one of the best at the same time, because it shows the harsh truth a lot of people experience and us Linux users don’t even want to admit exists.

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amatecha 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I used to concede that yeah, Linux is more hassle than the average person is going to feel like dealing with, but at this point, Windows is so damn bad that you could grab literally any Linux distro and have an easier time with it, and even better, it won't delete all your stuff in the middle of the night due to a forced update either.

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IshKebab 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I agree. Yet another "Linux is great! The only issues I had were A, B, C, D, E...".

I also use every OS and Windows 11 is still the most hassle free and reliable (at least if you install the IoT version using Rufus). I still have to use X because Wayland has a couple of remaining issues. Also most distros inexplicably use Gnome despite KDE being significantly better. Why?

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mixmastamyk 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Windows is great… you only need to… install the IoT version using Rufus"

Oh and tweak 24 settings with these powershell scripts, and better run them after every update to ensure they weren't changed back on purpose. Otherwise, totally hassle free.

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Krssst 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

LTSC IoT version has the bullshit stripped out so it's a viable OS. Also, it's not sold to regular people, only companies can buy it for some reason.

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IshKebab 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nope. I tweaked one setting via the GUI (to get the taskbar back to the left where it rightfully belongs). Literally everything else I've left as-is. The IoT edition doesn't come with any bloatware and Rufus does a couple of other tweaks automatically.

	▲	mixmastamyk 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But you should, if you have any self-respect.</privacy>

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lunar_rover 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

KDE 5 wasn't much better than GNOME 3, it's the main reason behind GNOME default I think. It's only til KDE 6 they got back up on their feet and solved the most egregious design issues, many more still linger.

GNOME/Red Hat for a long time is the only one even trying to figure out a solution for some of the longstanding issues like application distribution and sandboxing. Those rant articles about GNOME unfortunately went nowhere since the other desktops were all stuck. KDE Discover eventually supported Flatpak which was advocated by GNOME for years, SteamOS using Flatpak ended up being the decisive push.

GNOME having better enterprise support can be another factor.

	▲	cromka 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I find Gnome way more visually appealing as well. Saying this as a KDE developer, too.