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Weird, right? I feel like I grew up in the perfect generation, where I started with MS-DOS and Windows ‘95. We had to KNOW how things worked in order to get games and other software running. Had to know how to install, how to fix driver issues, how to configure things, etc. Even (re)install a complete OS.
But tech these days ‘just works’. A lot of software is one click installs, with no real user interaction needed. And everything else is easily accessed on the web or a phone app. Windows itself is also much more reliable, so even that doesn’t require much knowledge.
It’s made everything available to a much wider audience, but it also means people don’t need to develop actual skills in this area. A good example is my dad. He never figured out how to do things on our Windows ‘95 PC, but he loves his iPad because it’s so easy toddlers can use it.
That's why everyone should use Linux.
To not get anything done except setting up the OS till 3am
Doing my first linux install on a main PC (after a decade of managing a headless server). Honestly, getting the trackpad to scroll at the right speed has been something of a hobby of mine lately.
Meanwhile on Windows, you leave everything on default and deal with it.
For me, Linux isn't a time sink cause nothing works right out of the box, but because everything can be optimized.
Linux Mint is really just the easiest for people who want to leave everything on default. If you ever want to get into Linux, I would recommend checking out Mint. Literally anything is better than WIndows.
It's not 2007 any more.
I don’t appreciate getting called out like that
"First boot is so much quicker than Windows!"
"Wanna talk about the setup that comes after that to get everything working as it should?"
"Oh no, we don't talk about that."
Yeah, you fire up a brand new Windows PC, spend a few minutes creating an account etc, then leave it to it's own devices for an hour or so to update itself.
It's really not a big deal.
yuck
Then don't create an account, it isn't so difficult, even on a home edition.
Do you not have a password etc on your computer?
most "just works" distros have really intuitive installers though, I'd even say it's easier than windows, if not for the mandated Microsoft bullshit on all computers by default like secure boot and TPM
Or you could useArch and spend a few days just for installation
archinstallYou could but it takes the fun out of Arch. Okay maybe if your at your tent installation of arch or you already known how Linux works yeah it makes sense but if you want to learn it's not the most optimal