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> , linux often has me "under the hood" trying to fix stuff that is literally never an issue on another OS. no, on other OSes you just cannot fix it. e.g. for

> , linux often has me "under the hood" trying to fix stuff that is literally never an issue on another OS. no, on other OSes you just cannot fix it. e.g. for instance on my computer I have a win32 install and for some reason on it the ethernet network speed seems locked to 100mbit-ish while on linux I get my gigabit ethernet performance. what can I do to debug this on windows when i tried the usual install / remove drivers, etc etc ? absolutely nothing, I just learn to live with the issue like most people on that OS.

jameshart 4y ago
If you have a windows install and your Ethernet card isn’t getting full performance a normal person will claim on your manufacturer’s warranty, or drop it off with the geek squad. They won’t ‘troubleshoot’. If they’re running Linux, they can’t even do those things.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  A normal person would have no clue they aren't getting full performance. If it's too slow they call the internet provider or buy a new computer or live with it and hate computers or ask a teckie friend. If they can't login or the screen breaks they run to geek squad. Under no condition will they claim manufacture warranty on an internal part without a techie recommending this and removing the card/part for them
incone123 4y ago
I had an issue with a wifi card in my self-built win 10 PC and I'd agree there's nothing I could do myself to fix it. I'm not competent to even help write drivers but at least in theory the Linux community could write me a new one if the same issue happened on Linux. But the reason I'm on windows in the first place is that I left Linux several years ago when I bought a second monitor and Linux would sometimes work great but sometimes fail to display anything on either of them at startup. That just was not useable. I tried again about a year after and same issue - I would like to go back to Linux but I don't have time to roll the dice on being able to start work in the morning or have to ssh in from another device to figure out what happened to my display.

jameshart 4y ago

If you have a windows install and your Ethernet card isn’t getting full performance a normal person will claim on your manufacturer’s warranty, or drop it off with the geek squad. They won’t ‘troubleshoot’. If they’re running Linux, they can’t even do those things.

ipaddr 4y ago
A normal person would have no clue they aren't getting full performance. If it's too slow they call the internet provider or buy a new computer or live with it and hate computers or ask a teckie friend. If they can't login or the screen breaks they run to geek squad. Under no condition will they claim manufacture warranty on an internal part without a techie recommending this and removing the card/part for them

incone123 4y ago

I had an issue with a wifi card in my self-built win 10 PC and I'd agree there's nothing I could do myself to fix it. I'm not competent to even help write drivers but at least in theory the Linux community could write me a new one if the same issue happened on Linux. But the reason I'm on windows in the first place is that I left Linux several years ago when I bought a second monitor and Linux would sometimes work great but sometimes fail to display anything on either of them at startup. That just was not useable. I tried again about a year after and same issue - I would like to go back to Linux but I don't have time to roll the dice on being able to start work in the morning or have to ssh in from another device to figure out what happened to my display.