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I have primarily used Linux for ~15 years. At this point I honestly believe that it's less painful to switch from Windows to Linux than the other way around. I
by jeppester 5y ago
I have primarily used Linux for ~15 years. At this point I honestly believe that it's less painful to switch from Windows to Linux than the other way around.
It's obviously still painful to change habits. And I won't downplay how Linux can often be difficult to get working perfectly.
The problem with Windows is that it just feels downright user hostile. Ads here and there, MS products constantly pushed, wizards everywhere, taskbar icons for every piece of hardware. It's like you are renting your PC instead of owning it.
- rejectfinite 5y ago> taskbar icons for every piece of hardware What?
- aeldidi 5y agoFor example, my laptop (https://support.hp.com/ph-en/document/c07686423 https://support.hp.com/ph-en/document/c07686423 I think) has a taskbar icon for the touchpad and a taskbar icon for the AMD graphics. Neither of those things are custom parts, just default out of the factory.
- rejectfinite 5y agoYea those are the drivers :=)
- jeppester 5y agoI'm aware that Windows doesn't come with these out of the box, but they easily add up as you install drivers. On my gaming PC there are: - Two for audio (if we count the built in one and the one from the driver) - One for Bluetooth - One for fan management - One (or maybe two?) for graphics - One for driver updates. When logging in I can see these icons showing up one by one, obviously unnecessarily using resources and just cluttering the UI. Then when you click the icons they each use a different and often "loud" UI framework, some have embedded ads. Some icons you have to double click, others right click. You can close many of them, and even disable a lot of them - but not all. Overall it's just not a clean experience.