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>For Linux to take over it needs not only to match but to surpass its competition (MacOS, Windows) in term of simplicity and ease of use. And right now it is fa
by distrill 11y ago
>For Linux to take over it needs not only to match but to surpass its competition (MacOS, Windows) in term of simplicity and ease of use. And right now it is far far far behind.
This should be your entire point.
While I am far from a linux expert, I have been using linux as my daily driver for a few years now. I have never even had to think about even potentially 'compiling my own drivers'. The UI is only as limited as the UI you happen to have chosen. And there are very few differences in syntax you'll find between the different distributions, mainly surrounding package management and (with decreasing frequency) init options (which a beginner won't be touching anyway).
To be sure, there are many things getting in the way of linux becoming a friendly desktop option for the family. But good lord you picked the few things that AREN'T wrong with it to complain about.
- 0xcde4c3db 11y ago> I have never even had to think about even potentially 'compiling my own drivers'. You got lucky. In the past several years I've had to do this for two laptops that I've owned: one for the Wi-Fi (RTL8723AU in a Lenovo Yoga 11s; this eventually made it into staging, but it's in staging for a reason: the code sucks), one for the touchpad (in an Acer C720).
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoThe C720 is a Chromebook. Hardly a fair argument, yes?
- pavanky 11y agoOr use Archlinux and let AUR take care of it (it is still compiling them under the hood, but it is automated).
- phkahler 11y agoYou really should verify that your chosen Linux distribution fully supports the hardware you want to buy. Seriously. You're putting two things together without checking compatibility. This step is done for you when Windows or OSX is preloaded on a machine. Do more research and less compiling drivers ;-)
- 0xcde4c3db 11y agoThat's my point; the post I replied to was suggesting that it's not a concern anymore. I'm not saying it was some kind of terrible burden for me.