Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

On 2025-02-25, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:55:55 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
>

If you can still get Windows or MacOS
running on the machine and it doesn't lock you out in any way, don't
bother with Linux. It's fine, but it's not always worth the struggle.

>
I think people are habituated to the kind of struggles you need to get
Windows working, so they discount those compared to effort on a Linux
installation. Because Linux is less familiar (even though the
configuration setups are better understood), that is somehow seen as a
greater struggle.

I'm the opposite. Windows is a pain in the butt to install and maintain, but
I attribute that partly (not fully) to my no longer being familiar with
Windows. Linux is extremely easy and fast to install and maintain. And it's
rock solid. (At least when using Intel GPUs with Xorg.)

I tried Zorin 17.2 — streamed a movie with it — but noticed it crapped out
with blotches (in dark scenes) in the video sometimes, when using my 10 year
old machine. I attribute that to Wayland as I don't have those issues with
Xorg in Firefox on the same machine and playing the same movie. (I was a
little surprised to see that Zorin is still based on Ubuntu 22.04 and will
be, apparently, for most of 2025, which is just an aside.)

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