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Wherever the bootloader is open, none of that really tends to matter. > Additionally, let's not pretend Windows is the paragon of user freedom. False dichotom

• gjsman-1000 2y ago
  Fair dichotomy when modern computers have very hit-and-miss Linux compatibility. Who cares if the bootloader's unlocked when sleep doesn't work?
  • zdragnar 2y ago
    I've been using Linux on laptops almost exclusively for years. I made two exceptions: 1) one job required mac laptops. The user experience was, for my tastes, subpar, and the performance was the same or worse. 2) I keep a windows install around for the rare case of playing a game. It really isn't that hard to look up hardware compatibility online, and of the three OSs, windows is easily the worst. Booting occasionally fails, sometimes reboot will shut down, or the shut down option will reboot instead. I've had less problems running Linux (currently fedora) than anything else in the last, I dunno, 8 years?
    • gjsman-1000 2y ago
      > It really isn't that hard to look up hardware compatibility online Code for, “buy a new computer.” In which case my point stands even stronger: who cares if the boot loader is locked, if I can just buy a different computer with it unlocked? Also, good for you that Linux works. That’s not anywhere close to universal.
      • zdragnar 2y ago
        It may, however, be far more common than you expect.