Hyperreality

This isn’t fair.

There’s a bug in one of the most recent security updates on windows, something to do with the size of the recovery partition, so at the moment plenty of windows users aren’t updating or failing to update, and it’s not as if windows has fixed it yet either so most users are stuck waiting on it.

In other words: sometimes far too many updates, sometimes not enough (timely) updates, often broken updates.

I’ve hurt my hip. Leave me alone.

No, you’re retro! runs away sobbing

they’re literally producing drivers for their cards for Linux,

For some of their cards as the article mentions.

I’m not sure what else you want them to do.

Regularly release drivers for more of their graphic cards, including older ones like the GTX 10-series which are still incredibly popular.

No, that’s a genuinely good and well informed reason to not use windows.

How are you supposed to fine 7 vulernabilities in an hour anyways?

Threaten the interviewer with a knife until they give you at least 7 vulnerabilities. tapsheadmeme

https://www.howtogeek.com/805004/nvidia-releases-open-source-linux-gpu-drivers-with-a-catch

Also I don’t even bother with figuring out printers on Linux. I’m almost certain they all universally work

Almost.

And this is the problem. The linux community is basically an example of survivorship bias. People who had no significant issues or were able to solve them are understandably fans. People who ran into a weird issue that they couldn’t solve, are far more likely to give up or not be a member of the community anymore.

If your a Windows fan that fine but don’t pretend we don’t try to make it easy.

And then when someone does run into an issue, members of the community will often call them stupid. “They’ve run into an issue they can’t solve. Linux is easy! That must mean they’re stupid. I’ve never run into an issue I couldn’t solve, linux is easy, that must mean I’m smart.”

Vanity, it’s the Devil’s favourite sin.

It’s a similar attitude you’ll see in rich people, who overestimate how much talent was involved in their success, and underestimate how much luck was involved. “Why are they poor? They must be stupid. I’ve never had money issues, making money is easy if you’re smart like me.”

Here’s the thing. I am genuinely a fan of the philosophy of GNU. Which is why I want everyone to be welcomed into the community, helped when they do run into issues, rather than to have them face snarky comments from linux users who think they know more than they actually do.

I find it annoying that the community pretends otherwise.

Someone goes on a forum with their laptop with an nvidia card and a wifi card no one’s ever heard of, and more likely than not he’ll be told it’ll be easy to get linux running on it.

Hell, I was wrong. It’s not just that a lot of linux users don’t know much about windows, they also don’t seem to know about the issues people can face with linux on some less or non-compatible hardware.

You can be a linux fan and admit that companies like Nvidia, Realtek or HP often don’t give much of a shit about linux, but some pretend otherwise.

Let’s be real. It’s a lie that linux’s only requirement is a CPU. Wrong hardware, because some vendors don’t support linux properly or at all, and linux isn’t fun.

There are also ways to get around nvidia cards without good linux drivers or laptops with unsupported wifi cards.

The same thing can be said about plenty of configurations and linux. Plenty of laptops or the wrong nvidia card, and you’re likely to have to find a workaround too.

Hell, bypassing the TPM requirement is almost certainly easier than creating your own driver for an nvidia card or problemsolving wifi issues because your laptop’s network card manufacturer doesn’t give a fuck about linux users.

You can install windows in a brick wall.

You can use windows 11 without TPM. It’s just not made easy for casual users.

I know this is linuxmemes and that this will be an unpopular opinion, but a lot of the complaints about windows I see linux users make, are based on a lack of knowledge. Sure, MS doesn’t make it particularly easy, but linux isn’t always particularly easy to install or get working well for casual users either. Whether it’s linux or windows, a quick google goes a long way to solving most issues.

I’m behind the idea of GNU, but it’s weird how so many linux memes could easily be turned into equally ill informed pro-MS memes. Obviously, MS isn’t a nice company and I don’t think anyone’s a genuine MS fanboy, but still.

You should host the internet.

English isn’t serving you well. You should learn Chinese.

Are you having a problem learning Chinese? You chose Cantonese? Wrong dialect. Should be learning Mandarin, that will solve your issue.

You should just learn Chinese.

You have a sufficient ability to learn Chinese, you learnt how to speak the language you’re currently using.

Learning takes time, but me suggesting you ‘just’ learn Chinese isn’t stupid or unreasonable, especially as your inability to speak Chinese is limiting your audience and career opportunities, and not serving you well.

More like moving to France. For me it wouldn’t be an issue. My french isn’t bad and I learn languages quickly.

I assume that’s not true of everyone, just like everyone isn’t great at PC stuff.

Buying a house costs so much money and time that most people … Suggesting FOSS to replace “whatever commercial software they use” is the polar opposite, in that it’s literally free

Suggesting people ‘just’ buy a house is unhelpful, because it assumes they have enough money to do so.

Suggesting people ‘just’ use FOSS is often unhelpful, because it assumes they have sufficient computer abilities and/or have the time to learn how.

Some kid who’s just started writing his thesis and enjoys fiddling with stuff? Sure, recommend LaTex.

Some overstretched parent of two, who gets home at 8 and just needs to edit a powerpoint for a presentation at the end of the week? No, suggesting they install a piece of software, something they’ve never done before, and learn to use this piece of software they’ve never used, to finish something that needs to be done by the end of the night, and that they’re almost certainly going to be using in an office (ie. windows/office) environment? Not helpful.

Internet Explorer it is then!