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They hated him because he spoke the truth. I can't even get "simple" distros like mint or popos to run on my work laptop because the keyboard will just not work on boot 19 out of 20 times and no amount of googling or chatgpt was able to fix this. It just won't work.
On my gaming rig with an Nvidia card there were no fan controls and no VRR on wayland and x11 doesn't have proper multi monitor support. This sub is delusional, if they think that Linux is usable for the average Joe and I'm coming from an IT background and it's still too much of a hassle for me. I just want to get things done.
A Windows key is way cheaper from a time and effort standpoint isn't it? :D
Literally free for most people having a job or studying.
And there's also the fact that you can buy a second hand computer with a decent 8th gen CPU for around 200$ that includes a valid Windows license.