How I feel when symlinking a library to act as the "correct" version so my executables stop nagging. Spongebob angrily shouting "You are going to load my shared libraries, and you are going to like it!"
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[–] 11 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Let's just say that Linux invites tinkering, and there are consequences. If you install a mainstream (fedora), reliable (fedora) distro, and just do normal stuff, it's unlikely you'll encounter more issues than Windows. Or even a tenth of the issues.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    For me, the difference between Windows and Linux is that when I encounter a weird issue on Windows, I might decide to give up, while on Linux, I can always dig deeper if I have enough time

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I have a pair of old-ish but expensive Sony bluetooth over-the-ear headphones. On Windows, their microphone doesn't work. I've searched the web and apparently, that's just it, nothing I can do.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (6 children)

    Fedora without codecs? That's the reason I don't suggest it to normal users.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (5 children)

    Oh no, they have to run sudo dnf group install multimedia once in the terminal!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

    And add RPM Fusion. Which could give errors when updating to a new major release.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    Never happened to me, I think I must have updated 6-8 years of releases with zero issues, even moved the SSD to a new laptop with no problems

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (2 children)

    It happens if you update too early and the fusion repo isn't on par. But still stuff to troubleshoot for no reason, so no good for new users.

    Linux Mint is still the distro I suggest which provides a check to enable codecs when installing, even if I'm a Fedora user.

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