When windows needs fixing, people take it to the best buy genius bar or whatever
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SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months agoWhile true, how much troubleshooting does windows require? Because as I sometimes use windows, it’s not that much less work to get it to do what you want it to do, or solve issues, than linux.
Especially since it feels like windows tries to fight you every step of the way.
echo64@lemmy.world 11 months ago
AProfessional@lemmy.world 11 months ago
[deleted]echo64@lemmy.world 11 months ago
you don’t, normal people take their shit to the best buy when it’s broken
CeeBee@lemmy.world 11 months ago
While true, how much troubleshooting does windows require?
A surprising amount
canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Linux is easily fixed but the problem is that the issues that crop up needing to be fixed are generally not pain points on Windows. The first Arch install I did this year was busted and I thought I had broken my networking setup because it wouldn’t connect, but the issue was that the system clock was wrong. Something like that may pop up in Windows but you can quickly press the sync time and date button in the settings and it’ll sort itself out, while Arch requires a lot more work than just that, especially if it has no connectivity.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
…I’ve certainly had that issue on windows as well. I had to manually set the time. Windows sync at least didn’t use to always work.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve been using Linux for like 15 years and Arch for about a decade. I’ve never had an issue where the system time prevents the network connection from working. That’s odd.
canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
It makes sense because all of our cryptography is based around time limits. If the system time can’t verify the cryptographic signatures it’s not going to validate any certs since the time doesn’t line up properly.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, true.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Every district has ntp setup by default. New users shouldn’t use Arch…
canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Yeah and old users shouldn’t be fucking snobs, yet here we are.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Most distributions require little to no troubleshooting, and if they do, someone has probably already posted the solution online. It’s pretty rare these days that you run into a problem that someone else hasn’t and you’re stuck figuring it out yourself.
The only pain point is trying to find the Linux equivalent of the Windows apps that you commonly use. Web browsers are the exact same, but that’s about it. A fair amount of apps to offer Linux counterparts though.