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I definitely roll my eyes when people say that on Windows everything "just works". I have to fix (or just deal with the fact that I cannot do anything about it

I definitely roll my eyes when people say that on Windows everything "just works". I have to fix (or just deal with the fact that I cannot do anything about it) just as many things that break or go wrong with Windows as I do with Linux. Hacking around with the registry is just that. A hack job to roughly get Windows to behave until the next update breaks it. At least on Linux you have the whole system open to you and can roll back changes or apply patches with much more control.

craftinator 7y ago
Even after a decade as a Windows power user, touching the registry is absolutely a last resort option; the number of side effects, unintended consequences, and chances of registry corruption are crazy. There's no solid documentation! I'd rather (and have) make changes to the kernel on my Linux box, edit drivers, mess with the boot sequence. You can read about what each thing does, make backups, and like you said, just restore a previous state. So much more straightforward than messing with vague hex values...
stinos 7y ago
But for some people it just does work. Without the need for any hacks, just some tweaking of settings. So when I see people saying they roll there eyes when they they see those claims, I say: think a bit further, consider other factors. Like, it depends on what you do with it perhaps, on the hardware?
- kemotep 7y ago
  I agree that for some people, they stick with Windows because their hardware and software does just work. Compatibility with the things you do is important. However we are in a thread about how Windows 10 search just up an broke and whose only permanent fix is to disable part of it in the registry. The search function barely works compared to alternatives too. People can absolutely stick with Windows but I was referring to people who argue that they cannot try alternatives because they don't "just work" and you have use a command line and do all this configuration stuff. I have less problems on Linux and most of them are of my own creation, trying to run software in wine or use hardware with non-free drivers. It helps to adapt to doing things the Linux way when using Linux instead of contiuing to operate in a Windows mindset.
  - stinos 7y ago
    people who argue that they cannot try alternatives because they don't "just work" Fair enough, but your argumentation still sounds like 'works for me so it's all fine' which is the main point I was addressing. I.e. it's not because you have less problems on linux that others do as well, and hence they could make a rather valid argument that they gave up trying. Which doesn't mean all people complaining like that are right of course. It's never so black/white.

craftinator 7y ago

Even after a decade as a Windows power user, touching the registry is absolutely a last resort option; the number of side effects, unintended consequences, and chances of registry corruption are crazy. There's no solid documentation! I'd rather (and have) make changes to the kernel on my Linux box, edit drivers, mess with the boot sequence. You can read about what each thing does, make backups, and like you said, just restore a previous state. So much more straightforward than messing with vague hex values...

stinos 7y ago

But for some people it just does work. Without the need for any hacks, just some tweaking of settings. So when I see people saying they roll there eyes when they they see those claims, I say: think a bit further, consider other factors. Like, it depends on what you do with it perhaps, on the hardware?

kemotep 7y ago
I agree that for some people, they stick with Windows because their hardware and software does just work. Compatibility with the things you do is important. However we are in a thread about how Windows 10 search just up an broke and whose only permanent fix is to disable part of it in the registry. The search function barely works compared to alternatives too. People can absolutely stick with Windows but I was referring to people who argue that they cannot try alternatives because they don't "just work" and you have use a command line and do all this configuration stuff. I have less problems on Linux and most of them are of my own creation, trying to run software in wine or use hardware with non-free drivers. It helps to adapt to doing things the Linux way when using Linux instead of contiuing to operate in a Windows mindset.
- stinos 7y ago
  people who argue that they cannot try alternatives because they don't "just work" Fair enough, but your argumentation still sounds like 'works for me so it's all fine' which is the main point I was addressing. I.e. it's not because you have less problems on linux that others do as well, and hence they could make a rather valid argument that they gave up trying. Which doesn't mean all people complaining like that are right of course. It's never so black/white.