Comment on Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it

phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I agree. But people also need to be ready for some of the Linux bullshit brings. I’ve switched recently and it’s never 100% smooth sailing. But at least no tracking and proprietary bullshit.

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  • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, this can be an unpopular opinion on Lemmy, because there’s a giant Linux circlejerk. But the unfortunate reality is that changing to Linux does have some major stumbling blocks. The “switching is so easy, just do it” crowd totally glosses over it, but that’s kind of rhetoric doesn’t help long term adoption. Because if some new user has only heard “switching is so easy” and immediately runs into issues, they’ll be more likely to go “well if it’s super easy and I can’t figure it out, I guess it’s just not for me” and abandon things.

    There’s also a very vocal (and toxic) part of the Linux community that basically just screams “RTFM” at every newbie question. New users shouldn’t be expected to dig into a 350 page technical document just to learn the basics of their new OS.

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    • madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yea… The biggest wtf moment was

      1. Logitech doesn’t have Linux drivers… I didn’t know this before switching. It’s not really Linux’s fault, but users won’t care. The fact that something as basic as a mouse and keyboard need tinkering sucks

      2. Nvdia drivers are wonky and buggy it took me 2h to configure my two monitor setup. Again, really not Linux’s fault, but people won’t care

      3. Same random bugs like suspend not working, or extern drives randomly mounting, it’s little things

      So yea… I like Linux way better than Windows now, but “just switch everything works” simply isn’t true and we have to be honest.

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  • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bullshit like what? That most stuff just does as advertised?

    Yeah, there will be technical issues here and there, but are you really going to claim widows doesn’t have technical issues?

    I’ve been doing Linux desktop for over 25 years now and every time I look at windows it’s always because of some bullshit technical issue and I always have to wonder why people pay for that shit

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