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Yet I continue to lose at least one whole day of my life per year trying to get some random wireless card working.

righthand 3y ago
How many cumulative days per year do you spend fighting Windows updates. Clicking through the marketing campaigns for Windows 11, updating registries, etc.?
- greggsy 3y ago
  None?
- jonathantf2 3y ago
  Zero - I run a script when I install the OS and it kills all of that. I've never once had a Windows Update break anything on any of the computers I own. I definitely shouldn't have to do set a load of regkeys to make the computer do what I want it to do but it certainly beats the experience of Linux on a desktop.
  - righthand 3y ago
    Except you (or whoever you took it from) had to make a script to accomplish it in the first place. Something an average user on old hardware won’t be willing to do on Windows. Not sure what’s wrong with the Linux desktop experience that you’d go to such great lengths. My DE has been stable and feature full for 6+ years now. And considering most people just run a browser most of the time now, Linux looks even better than the restricted non-user friendly marketing platform that Windows evolved into.
    - nightski 3y ago
      I never fight windows updates personally. Have not had an issue for several years at least and I use windows for several hours a day at least (without any custom scripts or modifications).
- raydev 3y ago
  Unlike the other person who replied to you, I don't have a script to disable anything. I spend zero cumulative hours thinking or worrying about updates, it's just always up to date. While I recall registry exploring in the 2000s, I haven't needed to do that in 10+ years.
gosub100 3y ago
That's amazing! I found the time-traveler from 2005. NDISwrapper is tricky, but trust me in a few years it gets better, and kernels will come pre-stocked with most chipsets and blob-firmware packages will be available from the package manager.
gaganyaan 3y ago
I haven't had to worry about wireless cards working in Linux in 15 years or more. What sort of hardware are you seeing these issues with?
- greggsy 3y ago
  Laptops and NUC style devices usually.

How many cumulative days per year do you spend fighting Windows updates. Clicking through the marketing campaigns for Windows 11, updating registries, etc.?

greggsy 3y ago
None?
jonathantf2 3y ago
Zero - I run a script when I install the OS and it kills all of that. I've never once had a Windows Update break anything on any of the computers I own. I definitely shouldn't have to do set a load of regkeys to make the computer do what I want it to do but it certainly beats the experience of Linux on a desktop.
- righthand 3y ago
  Except you (or whoever you took it from) had to make a script to accomplish it in the first place. Something an average user on old hardware won’t be willing to do on Windows. Not sure what’s wrong with the Linux desktop experience that you’d go to such great lengths. My DE has been stable and feature full for 6+ years now. And considering most people just run a browser most of the time now, Linux looks even better than the restricted non-user friendly marketing platform that Windows evolved into.
  - nightski 3y ago
    I never fight windows updates personally. Have not had an issue for several years at least and I use windows for several hours a day at least (without any custom scripts or modifications).
raydev 3y ago
Unlike the other person who replied to you, I don't have a script to disable anything. I spend zero cumulative hours thinking or worrying about updates, it's just always up to date. While I recall registry exploring in the 2000s, I haven't needed to do that in 10+ years.

gosub100 3y ago

That's amazing! I found the time-traveler from 2005. NDISwrapper is tricky, but trust me in a few years it gets better, and kernels will come pre-stocked with most chipsets and blob-firmware packages will be available from the package manager.

gaganyaan 3y ago

I haven't had to worry about wireless cards working in Linux in 15 years or more. What sort of hardware are you seeing these issues with?

greggsy 3y ago
Laptops and NUC style devices usually.