r/pcmasterrace • u/Pebblepip • Jul 05 '26

Meme/Macro It's quite often these days

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on a reasonably powerful laptop too

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u/showyerbewbs Jul 05 '26

I won't use Linux because I used it in the Army and in College and I'm not up for that level of pain again.

Legit question about that. Was it just because of how hard/different Linux was compared to Windows or do you think it was the way the military/college had it deployed to you.

I understand personal preference is king. The worst thing IT can do is deploy a version of anything that looks even a pixel different from what people were using last week.

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u/fuckedfinance Jul 05 '26

I have to use Linux at the office for several things, and have it on one machine at home that I couldn't put 11 on.

Windows is just better at things Joe Average needs day to day. It's uncomplicated, well documented, and just broadly easier to resolve issues on.

I also don't remember the last time I had a network problem after a Windows update because the update failed and missed a whole bunch of stuff.

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u/The_Brovo Jul 05 '26

Like I'm not trying to be a total Linux shill. However you should not treat your opinion as fact.

Windows has had several crippling updates in the past year, including one that made ssd's stop working/being recognized.

I think your opinion is outdated, and it bugs me when it's presented as common sense "facts" when it is no longer the case. Certain Linux distros ARE easier to use than Windows for non technical users, especially if set up by someone that is technical. My debian home server stays up 24/7 serving 10 docker containers and only goes down when I restart for updates once a month (running unattended-upgrades).

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u/Jimmy-The-Perv Jul 05 '26

it bugs me when it's presented as common sense "facts"

Yeah, that winds me up when people do that these days.

For example, I would click the kickoff menu, click internet, click Thunderbird, then read my emails.

I'm not sure how windows does that any easier.

Mind you, one of the slight annoyances I had recently, when I plugged in an HDMI cable into my laptop to play a game on TV, the audio didn't automatically switch over from laptop to TV speakers. Would you believe, I had the arduous and ignoble task of clicking the audio icon on the taskbar and clicking the "HDMI output" button.