So I switched to Linux a couple of weeks ago, got fedora set up, connected to WiFi and then set up proprietary Nvidia drivers. It wanted to reboot to so whatever is needed with secure boot.
When it came back I couldn’t use the internet or get it to connect again.
I’m a software engineer and a massive nerd. It ain’t as easy as just switch and problem solved.
Now it did get me interested in setting it up again with Arch, but let’s not pretend Linux is anywhere near as user friendly as MacOS or Windows. It is for nerds and will always be that way because it doesn’t just work out of the box.
Kinda sick of seeing all the disingenuous arguments that are pro Linux.
neither fedora nor arch are ever seriously recommended as a beginner linux distribution though…
The reason you don’t see headlines mentioning Linux is because they are a tiny minority that nobody cares about.
Shit, another community I’m gonna need to block
If it’s always the case that there’s never been a better time to switch to Linux, and we can assume the trend will continue, that means that there will always be a near future time where it will be better to switch to Linux than it is right now. That means it’s better to switch to Linux later.
!This is a joke.!<
“This year is the year of Linux!”
Morgan Freeman voice: “It was in fact NOT the year of Linux … again”
- Conditions may apply.
The fact we’re still on Windows should tell you something about Linux.
It tells you more something about how lazy and lethargic the average consumer is. How hot and fast you can boil the water of that particular frog species before it even starts to think of jumping ship.
As long as X game with horrible anti-cheat and Y commercial software with a million dollar monopoly on its polish works the average windows user just does not care what Microsoft does.
Or the average consumer just doesn’t care enough about computers.
It may sound wack to the average tech fan, but there are plenty of people who never even visit the internet, let alone own a computer.
Not only that, but also the unnecessary removal of features that some people actually use and might even like…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_11
“internet explorer” -listed as the first one. -Linux fans love their out-dated tech.
I’d be more peeved by them gimping the taskbar. I tend to put mine on the side of the screen with the icon size turned down to minimum in Win 10.
I used to put my Taskbar on the left, set every window to be a separate selection in the Taskbar, add my Desktop folder to the taskbar, and then make the taskbar super wide so I could read all the open windows and select what I wanted.
ALL of those options were removed in 11.
Why did they remove WordPad? That just doesn’t make any sense to me.
Not used enough to justify the support cost
What’s to support? It’s WordPad, it’s pretty self-explanatory, and even if someone has a question, there’s the help file.
And I can’t see any reason for them to need to update it or anything, seems like it was fairly well polished for a simple word processor.
Support from the development side of things. Every feature Windows pack has a cost attached to it. Microsoft tends to prioritize features that are used by most users and prune the others to cut costs down.
Nah, they decided to prioritize a subscription to Microsoft 365/Word over a basically free simplified alternative that (used to) come with Windows.
It’s all about the $$$. They’ll take features away from you, and you’ll like it!
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Is there something you need it for that notepad and word can’t cover?
Shouldn’t need the full blown Word to make a simple text document with different fonts and basic page layout options. WordPad is very lightweight, not like removing it saves any notable storage space.
It’s not about storage space, it’s about maintaining two programs that do the same thing. With modern computers built for Windows 11 and not minimal spec, ram should be plentiful and cheap to add if needed. Any computer with tpm2 it shouldn’t matter with unless the build was bad to begin with.
No, it’s all about the $$$
Always has been.
@over_clox has the answer here. They got rid of Wordpad to drive people toward paying for Word.
Since leaving Windows for personal use in 2007, each and every new thing MS has done has validated that decision.
So if how good of a time it is to switch to Linux is always on an upward trajectory, then wouldn’t waiting to switch be the best thing to do?
I would say no. Because the tolerability of maintaining the status quo with Microsoft has been on an ever steepening downward trajectory.
care to diagram that sentence for me?
Doesn’t really need a diagram. They’re simply saying that, if you assume that the benefit/ease/etc. of switching to Linux is constantly increasing, then the best time to switch would always be at some later time, because it will always be easier/more beneficial/etc. in the future.
Micro$oft is the best advertsiter for Linux!
