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Precisely why I have not used Linux on my laptop/desktop since like 15 years ago. I love to tinker and troubleshoot but I prefer to to be getting paid for it.

• freedomben 3y ago
  A lot has changed in the last 15 years. Unless you're doing something crazy (like trying to play sound, haha jk that's a throwback joke to the old days), there's nothing you need to tinker with these days (though of course it's there if you change your mind). Fedora, Ubuntu, and some others are very stable and "just works".
  • slimsag 3y ago
    That wasn't my experience ~11 months ago [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32891879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32891879
  • dehrmann 3y ago
    A year or two ago, I remember HiDPI still being a hassle.
    • freedomben 3y ago
      Yeah fair HiDPI is still a bit of a hassle. Not hard, but not out of the box either. Excepting 4k, which is fine out of the box. the pain comes in if you need fractional scaling.
  • RosanaAnaDana 3y ago
    I've done 3 new computer builds in the previous 6 months. Both Linux installs were an 'it just works experience'. The windows box has been a total pain in the ass and I've had to reinstall multiple times. Linux is a better out of the box experience than Windows.