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> "Linux doesn't come close to Windows in terms of reliability..." I can't tell if you being extremely sarcastic or lack experience running both of these OS's.

> "Linux doesn't come close to Windows in terms of reliability..." I can't tell if you being extremely sarcastic or lack experience running both of these OS's...

xmprt 4y ago
Linux is quite reliable. Maybe even more reliable in day to day use. However it occasionally breaks for me in very subtle ways and when it does break, I have to use technical skills to resolve the issue. That doesn't happen to me on Windows or MacOS. For those reasons, I don't think I'd suggest Linux to anyone who I didn't feel would be able to resolve issues on their own.
- asddubs 4y ago
  I haven't really found windows to be that reliable, although I don't use it a lot. Lots of weird little issues and googling dll names, but maybe I'm just unlucky. a while back i tried installing vscode and it was literally just an all black window, until i installed directx or something along those lines. and that's just off the top of my head
- californical 4y ago
  I got my parents on Linux Mint after their desktop died, which I fixed, but they didn’t want to buy a new Windows license. They are absolutely not tech savvy, but only use the internet and some super basic document editing & viewing. They got used to the system quickly and used it for 4 years, until the OS went out of LTS and I told them not to use it anymore… but still, they have no idea what a terminal is, no tech savvy, but still used it for their basic use-case for 4 straight years without issue! I didn’t even have to help them after the initial install. Couldn’t have been easier.
  - heavyset_go 4y ago
    My experience, as well. I just set up my parents' Linux desktops to look and act like the systems they were used to and it's been fine for them for years. They've even added printers and scanners to their systems without my help.
  - xmprt 4y ago
    I think it works for either very tech savvy (who tinker but know how to fix things) or completely not tech savvy people (who will never tinker and use the computer for very basic things). If you're medium tech savvy then you run the risk of knowing how to break something but not fix it.
jeroenhd 4y ago
Installing regular OS upgrades has in turn broken, fixed, and broken hibernation again on my PC. Sound is another adventure that either goes great or it's a constant game of cat and mouse. My Windows 10 install may be full of spyware I need to block, but the software works pretty flawlessly in comparison. With the terrible state of Nvidia's drivers, my Linux install has kernel panicked more often than my Windows box has BSOD'd.

> "Linux doesn't come close to Windows in terms of reliability..." I can't tell if you being extremely sarcastic or lack experience running both of these OS's...

xmprt 4y ago

Linux is quite reliable. Maybe even more reliable in day to day use. However it occasionally breaks for me in very subtle ways and when it does break, I have to use technical skills to resolve the issue. That doesn't happen to me on Windows or MacOS. For those reasons, I don't think I'd suggest Linux to anyone who I didn't feel would be able to resolve issues on their own.

asddubs 4y ago
I haven't really found windows to be that reliable, although I don't use it a lot. Lots of weird little issues and googling dll names, but maybe I'm just unlucky. a while back i tried installing vscode and it was literally just an all black window, until i installed directx or something along those lines. and that's just off the top of my head
californical 4y ago
I got my parents on Linux Mint after their desktop died, which I fixed, but they didn’t want to buy a new Windows license. They are absolutely not tech savvy, but only use the internet and some super basic document editing & viewing. They got used to the system quickly and used it for 4 years, until the OS went out of LTS and I told them not to use it anymore… but still, they have no idea what a terminal is, no tech savvy, but still used it for their basic use-case for 4 straight years without issue! I didn’t even have to help them after the initial install. Couldn’t have been easier.
- heavyset_go 4y ago
  My experience, as well. I just set up my parents' Linux desktops to look and act like the systems they were used to and it's been fine for them for years. They've even added printers and scanners to their systems without my help.
- xmprt 4y ago
  I think it works for either very tech savvy (who tinker but know how to fix things) or completely not tech savvy people (who will never tinker and use the computer for very basic things). If you're medium tech savvy then you run the risk of knowing how to break something but not fix it.

jeroenhd 4y ago

Installing regular OS upgrades has in turn broken, fixed, and broken hibernation again on my PC. Sound is another adventure that either goes great or it's a constant game of cat and mouse. My Windows 10 install may be full of spyware I need to block, but the software works pretty flawlessly in comparison. With the terrible state of Nvidia's drivers, my Linux install has kernel panicked more often than my Windows box has BSOD'd.