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had us in the first half ngl
Q: How do I solve this problem in Windows?
A: Oh, I have no problem, have you tried reinstalling?
Q: How do I solve this problem in <distro> Linux?
A: I use <otherdistro> Linux, why not use that?
My Ubuntu mini PC still doesn’t play videos with hardware acceleration from Firefox. Absolutely given up with it. Probably something to do with Snaps which can go and fuck themselves.
Don’t use ubuntu. That said - on debian it’d probably be a non-free codecs package? VLC also comes with a good set of additional codecs IIRC.
Debian is much more friendly today
Windows’ “app store” is a joke but that’s a good thing.
Winget and scoop are adequate, but those are probably catering to 1% of Windows users.
Going Arch for a first distro. Must have gotten advice from a Redditor lol
Having an opinion based exclusively on the title. Must be a redditor lol
Linux got seamless. It’s not bad now.
To be fair. I had similar experience installing arch probably 15 years ago.
Well the software installation was never bad in Linux.
The worst you could find, was that the software you want does not exist for Linux and wine doesn’t work for this Software.
Arch burned me way too hard. I am using Nixos now BTW
To be fair I have done all of those to Linux PCs. Who here has never blown up a Linux install? Ubuntu is not even immune to tinkering.
I just rebased my install of Aurora to Kinonite, which I had rebased from Kinonite this morning. Simply because I had nothing better to do while waiting for my first cup of tea, and it seemed like a fun idea.
So, suck it Linux! I do want I want!
Did none of the commenters read the sixth point?
That’s why negative news sells so well.
You just have to have a good rage bait title and can write literally anything under it and the discussion will be about fantasies manifested in peoples heads based on the title.
How is that possible? Is that a fake post, never posted to r/linuxsucks101 or has the mod there not read to paint 6 either?
Most probably just read the title, saw the list and thought that’s too much reading
Really looks like that haha
/r/linuxsucks101
This is the most deranged Linux sub in existence. I got banned there for trying to straighten up misinformation.
It’s the worst of the worst
You get banned for not posting hate posts there. Pretty fascinating hate echo chamber.
Maybe don’t start with the diy distro then?
I know this is satire but Arch is like the worst distro for a newbie…
Not for a newbie who wants to learn. Arch is actually not difficult at all, just time consuming. If you do a manual install, you have to read about every step and make choices.
Thats how you learn your system. After install, you know exactly what files you modified and where they are if you want to make further changes.
I think it’s a beautiful system. Its not for people who just want a windows replacement though. It’s for people who wants to know their system.
People don’t realize the power that comes from actually knowing how your system works. It’s the same as learning any skill. It gives a feeling of confidence and comfort.
I just bought a laptop with windows 11 on it and I’m currently working my way through installing arch. I’ve been using Bazzite for a while on my desktop now but I still don’t really understand a lot of the systems so I’m wanting to really dig in to it and understand why things are installed and where they are and stuff.
Not for a newbie who wants to learn. Arch is actually not difficult at all, just time consuming.
Yeah but that is an issue. It’s perfectly legitimate to want stuff to just work and get to what I want to do.
You kinda implying I have a character defect for “not wanting to learn” lol. Humanity actually needs an easy to use open operating system.
Also I assume most of the reasons for why an OS does the things they way it does is tech debt lol.
It depends. in-VM test drive? By all means, yes. as main OS? Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you’re doing is worth it?
Yes it’s worth it many times over. I learned Linux on arch like 15 years ago. :) Its been paying off enormously during my career and private hobby life. Last windows I ran at home was windows 7.
Glad to know. Still, it’s not something I’d recommend to someone who hasn’t tried Linux before.
No I agree, unless they are interested in learning.
Literally 1984 (sorry, had to)
I’ve gotten this comment 10 times over the last year or so. :)
Depends on the newbie, if the person has some terminal experience it’s ok. If it’s an ipad kid, it’s going to be tough, there’s a lot of new abstraction to understand at every step.
It’s not just ipad kids. Those who just want to work and not mess with the system are better off with Mint or Zorin. If you have to google how to install VLC then an OS has already lost for productivity.
But that’s how you learn though, and the ability to know how to type shit in a box is a good skill to have if you have a computer.
And ironically, AI fixes almost all these problems. Just pull up Deep Seek, drop in whatever the console throws at you and you can get back the answer free of charge. These days the hardest part of bash is remembering that Ctrl+V should be Shift+Ctrl+V.
Don’t, under any circumstances, do that. This is an anti-advice.
Worse than NixOS?
Nah. Arch is not noob friendly per se but with CachyOS installing and getting most of what you need to run is very easy. Experience with Steam and Proton is painless. Things can get harder when you are starting to dig deeper.
My experience with Nixos was 90% editing config files, 10% trying to play any game and failing.
Mint and Zorin have been flawless for me.
Installing Mint on my laptop actually fixed a longstanding issue with the speakers. They were working fine for ages on Wibdows, then some reason they just stopped working. Windows could not detect any speakers. It was to a point that I assumed hardware failure, and opened the laptop and traced the audio output to identify a blown sm cap or something, then gave up. It wasn’t until I installed Mint and it made a startup noise that I was like “wtf” because I thought it would never speak again. Turns out windows was just borked.
Installing Zorin on an old thinkcentre desktop just worked perfectly, despite my deep suspicion. I got it set up to meet my workflow perfectly in less time than I would have spent reinstalling windows and getting it dialed in just the way I like.
Is Arch “better”? Maybe, to some people. Could I make it work? It’s possible? Instead of tweaking arch to meet my requirements, could I rather spend my free time gardening or patting the cat? Absolutely.
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Wow, so much coping with half-truths and whole lies.
You didn’t read the last line. They were talking about windows
Made me chuckle. My journey started as Windows to Ubuntu and liked it. Tried Arch, fled back to Ubuntu. Hid there a long time.
I can use most any operating system. I can even enjoy most of them. Understand the “why” of it and even Apple has amazing answers to “we solved X by doing Y.”
Then there’s windows. It does things differently than everyone else, which does have merit in theory. But if you have had decades to prove your point and still haven’t….maybe you’re just fucking wrong.
Skill issues at play here lol
