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Additionally, what changes are necessary for you to be able to use Linux full time?

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[โ€“] catshit_dogfart@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I am literally a Linux system admin, I bang on a command line interface for a living.

But I don't use Linux at home, it's just so much work. Every single thing is complicated. Last time I really tried in earnest to switch to a full Linux setup I was somewhere in the middle of a quick and easy 24-step process to get my webcam working, compiling the drivers from a modified source - and it was just a moment that broke me. Like, I've been working on this for an hour and I know I can do it but this is stuff I don't even think about with windows.

So I broke down and bought Windows 10. It's what I was trying to avoid, being a tight ass and didn't want to buy an new OS.

I just don't have the patience to troubleshoot every tiny thing like a big endeavor. I can, I just don't want to. Everything I install, every peripheral I connect, it's always a big deal getting it to work. Heck with that, not worth the trouble.

[โ€“] ikidd@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

And here I use Windows and get into a blind rage within 5 minutes at how much fucking around there is getting devices working properly, and then they just drop out for no apparent reason.

[โ€“] Communist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think anything like this has really been the case for a long time. How long ago was this?

[โ€“] somedaysoon@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bullshit... I honestly can't believe half the comments here... so much conjecture, straight up bullshit, or opinions outdated by like 10+ years. Yours is another... if you are actually familiar with Linux, there is absolutely no way that you would put up with the lack of control and customization, the god-awful workflows, and knowing there are ads and telemetry data being sent from Windows.