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When you talk to Linux admins, they don't try to claim that something you know very well on your platform doesn't work either. Windows folks, come out of woodwo

When you talk to Linux admins, they don't try to claim that something you know very well on your platform doesn't work either. Windows folks, come out of woodwork doing claims about things they have zero knowledge about. Or they heard about it 20 years ago and think that nothing changed since then, despite everything being overhauled every 2 years.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
> When you talk to Linux admins, they don't try to claim that something you know very well on your platform doesn't work either. In Windows land I don't have to know something very well to get reasonable help on it. Besides which, I know from personal experience that Linux Desktop people will assume all sorts of things about you. Quite often I will ask something like "is it possible to make X do Y?" and the response will be something like "you shouldn't do Y. Why do you want to do Y? You should do Z instead, I've only ever needed to do Z".
- vetinari 6y ago
  In Windows land, there's as much as incompetent advice as in Linux one. It is about people, not systems. > Quite often I will ask something like "is it possible to make X do Y?" and the response will be something like "you shouldn't do Y. Why do you want to do Y? You should do Z instead, I've only ever needed to do Z". Ever seen the answers in Microsoft Community? It is either this, or a complete misdirection, so some Microsoft contractor could prove his productivity, and in the end solving nothing. --- I'm using all three desktop systems: Linux, Mac and Windows. No, the grass is not greener on either side. Every single of them has its problems, and every one of them has its stronger points. However, "if you still can’t properly support 4K scaling in 2020" is complete nonsense.
  - tolien 6y ago
    > Ever seen the answers in Microsoft Community? It is either this, or a complete misdirection, so some Microsoft contractor could prove his productivity, and in the end solving nothing. Just reinstall Windows, that'll fix all your problems! (/s)

AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago

> When you talk to Linux admins, they don't try to claim that something you know very well on your platform doesn't work either. In Windows land I don't have to know something very well to get reasonable help on it. Besides which, I know from personal experience that Linux Desktop people will assume all sorts of things about you. Quite often I will ask something like "is it possible to make X do Y?" and the response will be something like "you shouldn't do Y. Why do you want to do Y? You should do Z instead, I've only ever needed to do Z".

vetinari 6y ago
In Windows land, there's as much as incompetent advice as in Linux one. It is about people, not systems. > Quite often I will ask something like "is it possible to make X do Y?" and the response will be something like "you shouldn't do Y. Why do you want to do Y? You should do Z instead, I've only ever needed to do Z". Ever seen the answers in Microsoft Community? It is either this, or a complete misdirection, so some Microsoft contractor could prove his productivity, and in the end solving nothing. --- I'm using all three desktop systems: Linux, Mac and Windows. No, the grass is not greener on either side. Every single of them has its problems, and every one of them has its stronger points. However, "if you still can’t properly support 4K scaling in 2020" is complete nonsense.
- tolien 6y ago
  > Ever seen the answers in Microsoft Community? It is either this, or a complete misdirection, so some Microsoft contractor could prove his productivity, and in the end solving nothing. Just reinstall Windows, that'll fix all your problems! (/s)