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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Ah yes notoriously flakey hardware support. Like Microsoft doesn't used it to power their entire cloud platform. The hardware support argument is dying tbh used to be true about 20 years ago

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Nope, still true of the last time I tried Linux last year. The sound system stopped working after every reboot, and clicking the distro's built-in update button completely trashed the system.

But it doesn't have an AI button in the corner, so I guess that solves my problem!

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Maybe try another distro?

Also I’m curious. What distro were you testing with?

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe suggest a solution instead of a fucking entire new OS. It’s like the “just move” people.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago

I think the problem here is that a majority of the power to change lies in Microsoft's hands. It's their OS, and there's not a whole ton we can do to halt their constant, greedy arrogance.

So, switching to Linux isn't the easiest "solve all your problems" solution, but in the long run it simply removes a lot of stress of constantly wondering what stupidity Microsoft is going to force on you next because they "know better" and figuring out how to counter it with some hacky fix. (But also knowing no matter how hard you try, the thing is built to profit off of you.)

If somehow we could make Windows feel like it was OURS instead of THEIRS again, I'm sure people would be all for it.

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