> if I used a different platform, I could avoid this hassle completely? Where is this mythical platform? If something like this happened on Windows, you'd jus

> if I used a different platform, I could avoid this hassle completely? Where is this mythical platform? If something like this happened on Windows, you'd just end up clicking around arbitrary settings, googling desperately, and rebooting over and over again, until you reinstalled the entire OS. That option is also available with Linux.