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> Luckily, it takes all of 30 minutes to just wipe your hard drive and install Ubuntu on your ThinkPad and you'd be much better off for it. But how long it tak

by ttty 8y ago

> Luckily, it takes all of 30 minutes to just wipe your hard drive and install Ubuntu on your ThinkPad and you'd be much better off for it. But how long it takes to fix all drivers and other Linux issues (WiFi, sounds, video, mouse...)? I used a few Linux versions last year and none could do the switch window feature without breaking (alt tab on Windows).

swebs 8y ago
Everything in Linux worked out of the box for me. I only had to click a checkbox saying I wanted to use Nvidia proprietary drivers. Meanwhile, installing Windows is a pain in the ass. I had to go to Realtek's site on a separate machine to get ethernet drivers before I could even use the internet. Then I had to go to Nvidia's site to get the GPU driver. Rinse and repeat for various exes on various sites for everything you need. Package management is a joke, so good luck installing all the software you need since you're about to go on a scavenger hunt through somewhat questionable download sites. Then spend hours trying to disable all the spying and forced updates, only for your settings to get reset in the next big release.
codemusings 8y ago
> I used a few Linux versions last year and none could do the switch window feature without breaking (alt tab on Windows). This is Windows specific and completely idiotic IMHO. Just like on macOS you can switch windows belonging to a single application with a certain key combination (in Gnome it's Alt + the key left to the 1 key). Of course it's a hassle to fix some driver issues, although this has drastically improved over the last 10 years. These days it's usually more firmware that leaves you hanging. But at least I don't have to jump through a ton of hoops to get the most basic development software installed. Unless you do Windows specific development or you're forced by your corporate environment I don't really see any advantages to Windows.
b1r6 8y ago
It will all work out of the box. :)

by ttty 8y ago

swebs 8y ago

Everything in Linux worked out of the box for me. I only had to click a checkbox saying I wanted to use Nvidia proprietary drivers. Meanwhile, installing Windows is a pain in the ass. I had to go to Realtek's site on a separate machine to get ethernet drivers before I could even use the internet. Then I had to go to Nvidia's site to get the GPU driver. Rinse and repeat for various exes on various sites for everything you need. Package management is a joke, so good luck installing all the software you need since you're about to go on a scavenger hunt through somewhat questionable download sites. Then spend hours trying to disable all the spying and forced updates, only for your settings to get reset in the next big release.

codemusings 8y ago

> I used a few Linux versions last year and none could do the switch window feature without breaking (alt tab on Windows). This is Windows specific and completely idiotic IMHO. Just like on macOS you can switch windows belonging to a single application with a certain key combination (in Gnome it's Alt + the key left to the 1 key). Of course it's a hassle to fix some driver issues, although this has drastically improved over the last 10 years. These days it's usually more firmware that leaves you hanging. But at least I don't have to jump through a ton of hoops to get the most basic development software installed. Unless you do Windows specific development or you're forced by your corporate environment I don't really see any advantages to Windows.

b1r6 8y ago

It will all work out of the box. :)