Windows doesn't "just work"
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I think Windows is successful because it creates a nice Enterprise environment, where companies can easily get into investing into new apps to use in their offices. I think that's why it's successful.
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You just get forced update while you're in the middle of work and random settings resets.
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I get what you are saying, and Windows is absolutely frustrating at times but so is Linux and especially MacOS.
I'm no developer but I do really get that Windows isn't the best suited OS for some development work, but calling it barely usable in general is just ridiculous.
It's certainly not impossible to troubleshoot either. You just need to learn it, like how you have to learn any OS.
I won't argue that it isn't rubbish, that's fair enough. There is a lot of bullshit with Windows and Microsoft
The main reason Linux clients are largly missing in most IT environments is that managing it on a scale comparable to Windows clients is hard. Afaik there isn't a great way to push out configuration, policies, certificates. And making it all be seamless.
Unmanaged windows clients might be quite bad, but together with stuff like active directory it just works really well for authentication and is part of a good ecosystem that in general just works. The various admin tools for Active Directory are quite annoying to use since they haven't been developed in years and are missing obvious features. Fortunately you can just use Powershell.
I really really wish Linux were better in these enterprise aspects, I wish we could pivot more to Linux for all users or at least for those that don't need specialized software like CAD. There is a large possibility that the majority of our users would riot if we did that though.
For the record I personally like Linux a lot and would absolutely run exclusively Linux if windows wasn't my work. I will probably get my home pc on Linux someday, but I haven't yet because it's simply just so much easier for me to fix Windows when it breaks compared to fixing Linux which always turns into a huge rabbit hole for me. It's also just in general annoying to switch OS since I have TBs of data on it.
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Also I’m am very curious as to how you even got a bluescreen. I don’t even remember when I last saw one.
That's the thing - I wasn't really doing anything. I had my web browser open, had steam running in the background. I moved my mouse around and then got jumpscared with a blue screen saying "unexpected store exception". I even managed to catch the blue screen on camera and send it to my friend to make that "windows just works" joke.
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Sure, all software has vulnerabilities, I just don't think people will bother to exploit my particular software combination since it's rare
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NixOS is not special there. It runs the same software as any other Linux distro.
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You seem to have mistaken me for someone who gives a shit about a random, lazy Internet stranger. If you're too damn lazy to look something up that has been well documented for many years that's your problem, not mine.
I won't "argue" with you about anything, nor will I provide you sources that show thunder isn't caused by Thor's hammer, the moon causes tides, or that Ivermectin doesn't cure Covid,
Enjoy your principled ignorance, you've earned it.
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Wifi works great on every distro I tried
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i almost forget how much it sucks whenever i'm not forced to use it for a while.
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With a Wi-Fi adapter on Desktop?
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Yes, on these distros that i remember: arch, fedora and mint
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The problem with Windows is that it is not build to be parametrised. Anyone a bit tech-savy will be frustrated by the inability to tune it effectively for its need.
The problem with Linux is that it is not tech-normie friendly. Sure it has distribution easy to use and pre-parametrised so anyone with basic computer skill can use it. But people with basic computer skill don't have computers with Linux. Anyone who just want to use a computer has to first learn how to install an OS. -
you have to change the init configurations for every single game you download (even if it’s just for enabling gamemode)
I haven't had to do this for a single game I've played. Am I lucky? What does "gamemode" do? (Am I missing out on something?)
The worst I've had to do to get a game to work was change to "Proton Experimental" in the compat settings for one game that had basically just launched. (I also remember the EA launcher being terrible when I played "It Takes Two" with my partner, but I don't remember what was terrible about it and also remember them having problems on Windows so I don't know if it should count or not, lol). My partner is still using Windows, and we game together a lot, and honestly I think they have games crash far more often than I do. Games take longer to launch for me though - "Processing Vulkan Shaders" takes up to a minute or two if it is the first launch since boot of a larger game. No idea what happens if I skip it, so I don't.
It's honestly been such a breath of fresh air, I am so grateful for the talented people making this shit work so well, especially in the last several years.
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I've had an issue where nvidia drivers stopped working. For half a day while the update was rolling in. Thankfully linux has super easy rollback feature that automagically activates when you force restart using the power button.
Seriously, ever since I went to "shitty, always broken tinkerers toy not a real os for real people" linux, I have not had to use the switch on my psu. Seems it's literally only there for windows.
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That still doesn’t solve 99.9% of my issues, it just tries to solve something I already have a solution for: a KVM.
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The problem with Linux is that it is not tech-normie friendly.
That probably was true 15 years ago. That is absolutely not true now. This misconception stems from the fact that most tech normies have a lot of experience with Windows through job, so people assume Windows is friendly, but in reality they just know how it works.
Learning how to use Linux is dead easy. It's not popular because it's not pre installed, as you said, but it's not because the OS is bad, it's because Linux doesn't have multibillion corporation behind it to make sure its everywhere. -
You should have the end of my comment with more attention. That's not my point you counter here.
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Bluetooth is so bad on Windows. You cannot simply "reconnect" a headset
You have to unpair and pair each time you want to use it.
This was with Intel Bluetooth too which works extremely well, under Linux and Macos.
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For me just works is MacOS, I very rarely have an actual issue unless I am trying to customize something and it won't let me, which isn't an issue, it is the way it is designed.
But I recently started using Fedora XCFE spin, it really feels just as stable as I remember windows being and a lot more flexible than both mac and windows which is the entire point in using it, ethical reasons aside.
Except for compatibility there is no reason I would choose to use Windows for anything really. If I want 100% stable then MacOS is the obvious choice. Otherwise Fedora is running great even tho I had to replace some drivers etc at first, and I am almost at a faster workflow than I had in MacOS after just a few days, so I will probably surpass it soon and make it my daily driver (unless it starts acting up too often, can't afford to spend time troubleshooting).
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I'm not unsatisfied and I very much appreciate the work put into proton, but it's rather lame how common it is to have small problems that require tweaking. Just a few days ago I had to do the gamemode thingy(which slightly improves performance and tends to fix some performance issues) on Elden ring since I was getting small but noticeable stutters when moving about, and that's a verified game.
I don't mind putting in a bit of work to get something specific I want set up, but there's a reason people want things to just work when it comes to their pastimes, and I feel Linux is still a bit far from that.
PS: I have no idea if Bazzite and other gaming distros have this issues, I use a general use one.
