funny how peoples experience differs. Been using linux for years, and never had something break in a major way. I understand your point but would encourage you to try again someday.
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systemglitch@lemmy.world 11 months agoI find Linux always breaks on me, and eventually it breaks in a way I am unable to fix. Windows never does this to me, I am always able to fix an issue on Windows.
I would love if Linux was as easy to use, but my personal experience is quite the contrary.
Sure it is easy to set up and get running, but windows is even easier , and then the breaking happens… inevitable and everything time.
milo128@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Dultas@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, I’ve run on some old as dirt hardware and the only non recoverable issues I’ve had would cripple any OS because they were hardware failures.
xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
If you’d be open to try Linux again if it were less likely to break like that, look into the recent trend of what they commonly call “immutable” distributions. This should give you the ability to always switch back to a working OS if anything goes wrong (which should be much less likely in the first place). It’s similar in concept to Android or Chrome OS, from what I understand. I’m watching this space very closely because I’m concerned about experiencing the same thing as you if I switch to Linux, and not having the ability to fix the system myself.
prole@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Timeshift has saved my ass a few times
dudeguy@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Interestingly enough, the exact opposite happens to me. Just about every time I use Windows, it breaks horribly somehow and I can never seem to fix it without a complete reinstall. There’s just no way to get into its innards to fix things.
I’ve never had that kind of problem on Linux.
I imagine this sort of thing comes down to what platform you know.
PleasantAura@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Can confirm; this is exactly why I switched to Linux. After my fifth-ish reinstallation of Windows, Microsoft pushed an update that caused the OS to use 80-90% of my CPU and I couldn’t fix it because they locked down the service that was doing it despite it being entirely unrelated to my use of the computer (it was an Edge-related service that scanned web traffic for “optimization” if I remember right).
systemglitch@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Quite true.