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    [–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

    Did you buy hardware with Linux pre-installed?

    No, It's not like there's an abundance of options for this around. Especially if you want something with a graphics card and you want to lay hands on it first to make sure the construction isn't shoddy. I just did a brief search for laptops with Linux on them and options were extremely limited. This is an unreasonable expectation to have as things stand.

    Or is AutoCAD one of your everyday tasks?

    Not every day but often. I've tried FreeCAD but it runs like ass on every system I've tried it on, and by ass I mean so slow it's completely unusuable. I finished the entire design I was wanting to do in Fusion360 in the time it took to get a single rectangle sketched in FreeCAD last time I tried it.

    We all have different definitions of “everyday”, but I haven’t had an issue web browsing on Linux in ages.

    If web browsing is your only need then you can do that on a toaster. It's not a good metric to suggest switching to Linux for most of the people looking to get off Windows. Another example of a recent problem I had was I couldn't open pdfs off my network storage because the application didn't understand the SMB in the path. Then there's the fact that my secure boot enrollment randomly disappeared which somehow prevented it from booting regardless of if secureboot was on or not and I had to start from scratch with a new install just to get going again.

    [–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

    No, It's not like there's an abundance of options for this around.

    Agreed. It's getting better, but there's a long way to go.

    But putting a new OS on something is always going to be a worse experience than pre-installed.

    For folks that can find and but something pre-installed that fits their use case, things are very nice, now. Considering most users who just want to surf and stream, it's a really good percentage of folks.

    AutoCad / Not every day but often

    Lucky guess, I suppose - but yes - that's a more common complaint, and still an unsolved problem. I wouldn't consider it a typical user's issue. I understand how that doesn't help you.

    Another example of a recent problem I had was I couldn't open pdfs off my network storage because the application didn't understand the SMB in the path.

    I've had mixed-to-bad luck with SMB, both on Windows and Linux. For a counterpoint, SMB has been utter shit on Mac, for me. Buy I agree, Linux SMB support should be made better, if possible.

    Then there's the fact that my secure boot enrollment randomly disappeared which somehow prevented it from booting regardless of if secureboot was on or not and I had to start from scratch with a new install just to get going again.

    At least pre-installed Linux should address this, once hardware available catches up to your needs. But again, since you need more hardware, that doesn't help you, today.

    Edit: To your point, I don't disagree that web browsing isn't the entirety of many people's computer experience. It's just funny to me how often AutoCad comes up. Maybe it'll be a moot point someday in the next few years.