Re: The problem with not owning the software

On 1/4/2025 10:38 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

On 2025-01-04 10:29, DFS wrote:

On 1/4/2025 10:01 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
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At first glance, there is a lot about Windows that is way more user- friendly than Linux. However, if you take something like Linux Mint and compare it to Windows 11, you'd wonder _how_ Windows 11 is friendlier. In Windows 11, some applications can't be removed and you don't get an idea why. Some Windows components aren't even listed in the applications so you have to wonder how to install or remove them. For drivers, they're installed through Windows Update but if they don't work right, you just have to know about the Device Manager which is impossible to find on your own because they're phasing out the Control Panel. Some programs are available through the Window Store, others through the web which means that some are repairable and easily uninstallable whereas the others aren't... and so on. For new users, Linux Mint is actually _much_ simpler than Windows is.

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Right-click on the Win11 Start button.

 You missed the point: there is inconsistency.

Which Linux distro offers perfect consistency?
I agree there is significant overlap/duplication/confusion between Win10/11 Settings and Control Panel.  Either it was too much work to migrate all the Control Panel functionality at once to Settings, or they left Control Panel intact for a while because of the massive installed base that expects it.

Why would you update through Windows Update but manage through Device Manager?

That's how it's done in ALL operating systems, right?

Why would Device Manager be listed by right-clicking the Start button (by the way, how would anyone know it's there?

How does anyone know to right-click on a desktop or taskbar or icon or file?  You just do it as part of OS usage and discovery - since Windows 95.

) but not in the Settings?

It's right there:  Settings | Bluetooth and Devices
(which is an odd combo)

People are likely to be more lost in Windows than in Linux Mint.

Maybe.  Maybe not.
I haven't picked apart a GuhNoo distro in years, but it's always entertaining to find glaring distro bugs, even in 2025.
Apparently GuhNoo devs get so distracted by their long blue hair and uncomfortable ball-tucking that they can't focus on the unpleasant task of testing.