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linux is a bad operating system,and windows is better. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by aol@sopuli.xyz to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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windows is easier to use,harder to break ,all apps and games support it natively.

hardware acceleration works on browsers on it unlike linux(yes it even works with nvidia)

nvidia drivers are perfect.

all hardware ever made for computers works on it.

everyone knows it.

it has real excutable forum. the .exe and is easy to give apps in it.

its very fast with modern ssds. laptops and pcs dont get sold without an ssd anymore so thats not a problem.

adobe apps work ,ms office works. kernel anti cheat apps work.

and you can use it without ever touching the terminal .

it has many sources to troubleshoot online and even ai is better at windows than linux (bec linux always changes) and you generally dont need to troubleshoot stuff just works.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Your effort is appreciated. Just to add in a few things from my experience - in dabbling with LLMs I needed to use WSL in Windows (wonder what OS that is). I found it too slow because it's a virtual machine, so that was the final push towards putting Linux on and just running things direct. Not my first time with Linux, but this time ti stuck because Linux is that good now for new users. A few months ago I finally reclaimed the space Windows had been using, as I don't need it anymore. Another point in this journey, my Nvidia gpu worked the first boot up, no issues at all. In fact I can't say I've had any hardware issues with any computers that I've put Linux on. Windows, on the other hand... well, there was a time when Windows would work on just about anything, but the days of sticking in a 98SE CD to pull a driver that works is long gone.

[–] kaidenshi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks, but now looking at OP's post and comment history I wish I hadn't wasted the five minutes typing all of that out. Still, fighting disinformation whether troll-based or actual ignorance is sometimes worth the effort.

And oh yeah, don't tell OP that Microsoft supports and encourages the use of Linux both on the desktop via WSL and in the cloud with Azure. OP might blow a gasket!