Unpopular Opinion

I don't think you are being fair. There are a ton of issues that people experience with Windows but everyone just accepts it because Windows is seen as "Normal".

Any issue you experience in Linux is magnified by it being a different issue than the ones you are used to in Windows and your unfamiliarity with Linux.

One of the cool things about Linux is you actually have a hope of being able to fix issues yourself without waiting for a company to solve your problems.

I don't try to run Windows applications on Linux, but I imagine that could be frustrating. But that is a bit like being angry at your dog for not being a cat. You can buy your dog a cat costume but it's still just a good boy trying his best to do what you want.

You're not alone, but it's an unpopular opinion among geeks. I guess most of them are just bored and therefore love to tinker with these kind of issues. I value my time and prefer not to care about my OS doing things for me. I like to have the option to do so, if I need, but I shouldn't have too. Windows allows that, MacOS doesn't and Linux allows too much of that, even requires it.

Another part is the dopamine rush when an issue got solved. Obviously you don't get any if it works right away.

My windows 10 is running flawless since 2019 and it didn't slow down or get bloated. I have disabled a few options but that's about it. Meanwhile my coworker is fighting bad drivers every day. Not even talking about games that simply don't work at all.

I use Linux at work and it's great when you set up a VM to do one thing and then forget about it.

I've only had issues like this on a particular laptop. Luckily it was a work laptop so not a big deal but this thing hated Linux. It would have issues on almost every front like the audio device suddenly not working or it isn't able to change brightness or not being able to turn on because a mouse is plugged in. Weird shit like that. Sometimes it would lock up for no reason.

I've installed Linux on my personal laptop and only had a few minor issues. Any issue on my PC I try to fix because I use it so often but Wayland has automated a lot of the more annoying parts like having to stream audio through my mic on Discord.

It definitely has issues that can be frustrating. I was dealing with applications not hooking up to my audio properly but it turned out that pipewire needed a restart then it was good to go. I'm currently waiting for LCARSWM to be updated so I can test it out.

Fwiw, I switched to Linux a couple months back (pop_os!) and I've been very happy. I've had some minor issues (random gaming proton crashes, os freezes) and some learning experiences. Occasional fiddling with stuff seems required but not an every day thing. The benefits of Linux vastly outway the minor issues.

Enough Linux spam...

Let's watch this guy get crucified.

1. Zero awareness of what linux actually is or means.

2. No clue what DE they're using. Talks about "linux UI".

3. Clearly some borked distro problems, none of this would happen on any modern user-oriented distro.

4. Blatantly consumerist attitude towards a FOSS product.

To the last one, OP, go eat shit. You can pay Apple however much they ask you, and be their happy slave, or you can keep allowing windows to push their big fat aDs down your throat. Nobody has forced you to use linux.

Oh, and the more of such garbage users like you switch back to windows, the better for us. We're never planning to run this as s for-profit catering to every Karen's demands. We just kick Karens out of this bar while continuing enjoying our hard liquor.

Btw, all of this reads like a copypasta from like a decade ago, which I suspect it might just be.