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Did none of the commenters read the sixth point?

The built in "app stores" that come on Linux distros are also complete jokes, the ones I've tried to use anyways.

The most obvious bait to be was 1 hour install time. Windows 11 took 2 hours to install, CachyOS took like 5 minutes. I imagine Arch is similar, there is simply no way. Lol

The performance comments were a dead giveaway.

Nobody's complaints with setting Linux up are that it runs slowly.

It may not run much of anything until you sort out your drivers properly, but it will do everything incorrectly LIGHTNING fast, compared to Windows.

#2 gave it away because you'd have to royally screw something up in Arch to get KDE to lag like that lol.

It might be minimalist but it's not unperformant out of box.

They had us in the first 83%.

" Here sweetie. Play with this nice green round toy and don't worry anymore. "

Man that subreddit is a trip. Really funny to actively hate FOSS on ideological grounds because you just love corporations and markets so much.

I feel like he's gonna get banned for posting this on that subreddit lmao

OP's joke sadly isn't completely wrong. Some of these are actual pain points on Linux:

Theming is a mess on Linux the moment you mix QT and GTK (and that is pretty common as not everything exists for each toolkit).

File explorers are notoriously shit compared to the Windows Explorer which works well and intuitively for most users (including me). I use PCManFM-Qt now. But I tried a lot before finding this rough gem. And it still does crash once per quarter and often switches to the root folder collapsing the tree when sub folder content changes.

The freedom of choice is indeed bought with the burden of choice on Linux. There are usually multiple choices when searching for a new application. Usually most of them are crap. Some are barely usable. And one or two are actually somewhat production ready. When you're new to the ecosystem, it's impossible to know what to look for. Inexperienced users better describe their use case to AI and have it generate a nice overview of options with pros and cons because traditional web search is pretty dead by now.

I play on Gentoo btw.

I know this is satire but Arch is like the worst distro for a newbie...

I'm sitting here reading these comments as the low-end Dell laptop I just picked up for software testing is booting up and updating Windows. For logistic reasons, had to pick one up today, so had the pleasure of dealing with Best Buy sales staff 🙄

From powering it up, it's been 1.5 hours with updates and multiple restarts. Half of it was spent showing a progress indicator with a carousel slideshow of all the great AI tools I have no interest in using. Then it insisted on signing in with a Microsoft cloud account.

It's been eons since I actually ran a fresh copy of Windows. Amazed people still put up with all this nonsense.

To be fair I have done all of those to Linux PCs. Who here has never blown up a Linux install? Ubuntu is not even immune to tinkering.

had us in the first half ngl

As much as people hate on Windows, Microsoft very clearly put their software in front of people to learn where the pain points are and fix them. Maybe Linux desktops should do likewise because some of them are a usability joke and it hurts uptake. I was playing around with Ubuntu 26.x with KDE last night and there is so much noise and grit in the UI I wonder what is going on with it.

Might just be tired but the twist at the end 100% got me lmao

The second issue was too blatant, I knew I was getting the old 4chan bait and switch

I can use most any operating system. I can even enjoy most of them. Understand the “why” of it and even Apple has amazing answers to “we solved X by doing Y.”

Then there’s windows. It does things differently than everyone else, which does have merit in theory. But if you have had decades to prove your point and still haven’t….maybe you’re just fucking wrong.

I love this copypasta, I love my linux, I hate my windows. But let's be honest with ourselves for a second and completely ignore the punchline of this meme.

Those ARE valid criticisms of linux distros. Arch is not for casuals so you should be aware what you're getting into before stepping in, however your everyday-consumer-facing distros like Mint are still far from providing a fully comfortable day to day experience.

Again, I love my Mint, I'm never going back to windows, I'm a technical person and I had to use AI to help me run my nonograms game without it injecting cocaine into my CPU.

Windows' "app store" is a joke but that's a good thing.

Wait, windows ships with Dolphin these days?

Haven't used Windows in a hot minute, do you actually have to install WLAN drivers manually there?

/r/linuxsucks101

This is the most deranged Linux sub in existence. I got banned there for trying to straighten up misinformation.

It's the worst of the worst

Q: How do I solve this problem in Windows?

A: Oh, I have no problem, have you tried reinstalling?

Q: How do I solve this problem in Linux?

A: I use Linux, why not use that?

My Ubuntu mini PC still doesn't play videos with hardware acceleration from Firefox. Absolutely given up with it. Probably something to do with Snaps which can go and fuck themselves.