i used linux many times on desktop and always had problems so i left.
some of them are,needing to compile kernel module for my laptop fans speed control and enrolling it in MOK, ms office 365 not working,and most recently on my latest trying of linux just today. kubuntu refusing to boot after i installed it with luks2 encryption.
so i just use windows 11 now .
For me it is ms office and some cad software. For as much as I’d be willing to use libreoffice, I have to exchange files regularly with office users. With family, I have very little free time. So I need things to work with no tinkering. I settled in macOS but the OS is getting worse with each new upgrade
Wanted to repurpose an old Surface Pro as a music station in my shed (think tech moan vibes). Basically a nice touch interface to access my NAS where I’ve ripped my CD collection, with an slim external dvd-writer for actual CDs and I also planned to use it for Spotify.
Spent many hours looking at different distros, but getting the touchscreen, Bluetooth and drivers working was not easy. In the end I reverted to windows 11 with de-bloat, and it works great.
I feel like the popular community distros like cachyos usually support that sht better than the ones you think would like the main big corporation ones.
It is extremely difficult basically on all distros, I have tried several. You need the surface linux kernel installed, and then tons of tweaking, and I still have not gotten the pen to work, for example. If you want to use linux, it is best to use something else than a surface pro. In my case, I use it both for portable drawing and computering stuff, so there are no good alternatives on the market.
My list of complaints about Linux is long, but the list about windows is written in bold letters. Windows is not an option for me. My only option is to distrohop from time to time.
You’re probably going to have to give up something. Look before you leap.
My friend was so fed up with windows cooking his idle laptop I didn’t argue with his quick answer to “are you sure you want to go all in right away, not dual boot?” when asked to walk him through setup.
Turns out the something was every specific piece of software he simply must have for his art commissions (the one company doesn’t do stylus pressure right on linux for no real reason), and the one game he was really into at the time.My first experience with Linux was going to an event at my school for installing Linux (in the 2000s), I went there with a working windows xp netbook and left with a computer that wouldn’t boot, because the install process somehow took hours and the person lending their USB drive needed it back. It was a while after that before I was willing to try again, but I was deterred by a variety and volume of some bullshit or other that took way too much time and attention to get things even half working, and all the gaslighting and excuses about it online (an OS doesn’t not suck just because the reason it sucks can be blamed on a third party).
It’s genuinely way better now though and is on all my computers, the shit Windows pulled was somehow even worse and made me more angry than all of that, everything generally just works now and if it doesn’t it’s much easier to figure out how to fix. Point being, for anyone in this situation, give it a few years, see how things go.
Linux in the early 2000s was just…fucking god awful.
all that pain paid off for today though.
It’s not that I dislike Linux, I love it, but I have motor disabilities that AutoHotkey is very, very, very good at accommodating. Python/autokey et al can’t compare.
ms office 365 not working,
That’s a feature, not a bug. Just skip Microslop and use LibreOffice
The only way I would use windows is if I was paid. Linux can be a hassle but after using windows recently goddamn that shit sucks I fucking hate it, bloat, ads everywhere, laggy AF, not customisable at all, file manager that doesn’t work… a little hassle is a small price to pay
Same. The time it takes to do basic shit. I used a Win 11 machine in an office with regularly reset login credentials. Meaning every Monday I had to stare at the low spec machine chugging along while windows 11 demanded up to 5 minutes to “get my user ready for me”. Heck, loggin into my user overall. Up to 20 seconds to check my password and load the desktop. Come on.
I used a Windows PC recently and had forgotten that when you download a large file, the download gets stuck at 100% for a moment (or minutes on a weak machine!) because it has to hash the new file, check the hash with Defender, and send the hash to Microsoft.
The only way I would use windows is if I was paid
How much, though? Let’s say yearly. Don’t forget this also applies to servers. Don’t try to get sneaky with android.
100k, if you’re offering me a job!
That’s all because you used a manufacturer’s version. When I’d get a new laptop for a user at work, I’d fire it up so Windows activated, then wipe it and install from a plain ISO.
Here’s where lemmy never fails to downvote like hell: I don’t have the problems you’re talking about, never have. It’s like people think I’m lying.
This is after installing from an iso, I had to build some software in windows so I used a vm
All your problems with Linux are because you used the wrong distro.
I know there’s no /s but I hope you have a better idea on why you might get downvoted.
All your problems with Linux are because you used the wrong distro.
Most people have no interest in installing ten different distros to figure out which one works for them.
I’m surprised those people exist
Lemmy takes a big ol’ shit on Windows, but the fact of the matter is that Windows is easy and it works.
I used Linux when I was a broke grad student many years ago. I use Windows now because I don’t want to mess with some obscure settings in every mainstream application that was really meant to run on Windows.
I admit there’s some one-time fiddling with the OS to remove the bloat and telemetry, but I don’t see all that turning itself back on like so many nay-sayers bring up.
I’m just lazy, and Windows just works.
Edit: To be clear, part of the problem is also having to find alternatives to applications, because the normal ones are all meant for Windows.
I make music and my music plugin library doesn’t like Linux. Also professional visual creative programs are not ported yet, and I don’t wanna use gimp etc.
I’m ready, but for creatives, it doesn’t seem to be there yet.
With modern ai I wouldnt be suprised if someone already ported it over or remade them opensource, downside is with ai its all made to that one persons needs, not overtime to many peoples, so it becomes intutive only for that person who directed the ai and confusing for everyone else
Unfortunately, similar experience here on the visual side of things. Adobe is an absolutely terrible company and the apps are full of slopware nowadays, but the FOSS alternatives feel half baked
I also have a few programs I rely on that were probably coded 20 years ago and barely run on modern OSs, but I somehow got them working. Now I’m afraid to touch them 💀
I hear affinity suite is coming to Linux. Like it’s ACTIVLY being worked on. Its like 85% of photoshop and illustrator.
Am creative professional and have been working with Linux and FOSS apps for years now.
Sick! Youre living the dream
I was on & off with Linux for decades. It was usually some minor problem that would take a weekend to fix, often driver or audio-video related. And GRUB errors were an early end to many experiments.
But about 3 years ago, Windows started crashing and I couldn’t figure it out. After much troubleshooting, I finally installed Linux Mint and have had no real problems.
I’d also say AI, used with caution to troubleshoot, is a better tool than google search by a country mile.
it sucks
hate windows all you want… it works and it works consistently and it works with almost everything.
I’m using Mint as my daily driver, and to this day Bluetooth mics STILL don’t work on my setup. I use my phone for audio whenever I have any sort of call or meeting. This sort of issue is why I would not recommend Linux as a daily driver to non-techies. There’s just too many minor things that don’t work flawlessly that I’d end up being tech support for.
I didn’t always want to have to fix 2-3 things just so I can do 1 thing. Don’t get me wrong, I dislike Windows, but things just work and I rarely have issues.
