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You’re individual experience isn’t universal. Running Fedora 34 on X1 Carbon. Bliss. Linux is community driven, if somethings not working, try fix it?

Espressosaurus 5y ago
> I'm not a developer. I need to work. I just need a computer to work on and have video calls with a bluetooth mic. Not doable on Linux after spending $1500 on a new computer. > Linux has been built and used by brilliant mechanics, but it is time for Linux to be used by all.
selykg 5y ago
His point is that it's not ready for the average person. I would not expect the average person to switch from something that works out of the box to having to fiddle with trying to find an answer just to get where they were before. OP is 100% correct. I also love how you basically say "well it works for me" which is a common answer I seem to hear from so many Linux users. It's like customer support responding "well, I can't recreate the issue."
- bamboozled 5y ago
  I can honestly say that in recent times (last 2 years) I never had to fiddle with Fedora to get it working. It just works.
mschuster91 5y ago
> Linux is community driven, if somethings not working, try fix it? That works if you're 20 and studying at university. After wasting over half my awake day at work, the last thing I have energy left for is dealing with random bullshit and tracing down bugs.
- bamboozled 5y ago
  Also, most people don’t have great time management skills (myself included) so never really have any slack time.
istingray 5y ago
Replying here to say I agree with the other posters. I'm not a developer. I need a system to do my work. I need to do video calls using a bluetooth headset with a microphone. I'm not in a position to spend time "fixing". But I am in a position to pay. But Linux seems to have few options available to pay for polish. I would pay $500 this instant to have the ease of connectivity that Apple has on this Linux machine.
- bamboozled 5y ago
  Some days I spend 5 hours on the phone with my Bluetooth headset, I have no issues with it at all.
  - istingray 5y ago
    Glad to hear it, I hope this experience becomes the standard for Linux.

Espressosaurus 5y ago

> I'm not a developer. I need to work. I just need a computer to work on and have video calls with a bluetooth mic. Not doable on Linux after spending $1500 on a new computer. > Linux has been built and used by brilliant mechanics, but it is time for Linux to be used by all.

selykg 5y ago

His point is that it's not ready for the average person. I would not expect the average person to switch from something that works out of the box to having to fiddle with trying to find an answer just to get where they were before. OP is 100% correct. I also love how you basically say "well it works for me" which is a common answer I seem to hear from so many Linux users. It's like customer support responding "well, I can't recreate the issue."

bamboozled 5y ago
I can honestly say that in recent times (last 2 years) I never had to fiddle with Fedora to get it working. It just works.

mschuster91 5y ago

> Linux is community driven, if somethings not working, try fix it? That works if you're 20 and studying at university. After wasting over half my awake day at work, the last thing I have energy left for is dealing with random bullshit and tracing down bugs.

bamboozled 5y ago
Also, most people don’t have great time management skills (myself included) so never really have any slack time.

istingray 5y ago

Replying here to say I agree with the other posters. I'm not a developer. I need a system to do my work. I need to do video calls using a bluetooth headset with a microphone. I'm not in a position to spend time "fixing". But I am in a position to pay. But Linux seems to have few options available to pay for polish. I would pay $500 this instant to have the ease of connectivity that Apple has on this Linux machine.

bamboozled 5y ago
Some days I spend 5 hours on the phone with my Bluetooth headset, I have no issues with it at all.
- istingray 5y ago
  Glad to hear it, I hope this experience becomes the standard for Linux.