It must be hard for Windows users to imagine that on Linux there are is no activation, no Microsoft account, no cloud backup, and no pop-up requesting that you install crapware when you plug in a peripheral.[0] You also own your disk encryption keys and are not assigned an identifier that can be used against you.[1]
Meanwhile Linux updates and upgrades have given me grief far more than Windows ones have, FWIW. As does the UX, all the time. As do a million other things I have no energy to list. Every OS has nonsense you have to wade through. It's just that love is blind, and Windows's feels like it's more out of spite than ignorance.
Do you happen to be running Ubuntu? They have made updates terrible in their effort to try and make snaps a thing. I experience far less grief on other distros.
>Stick to base community-developed distros like Arch, Debian and Fedora.
Since when is Fedora community developed? It's basically the testing arm of Red Hat and implements their corporate policies that will be added to Red Had in the near future. It's as corporate as it gets, just like Ubuntu.
drnick1 · · focus · HN ↗
[0] <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
[1] <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsof...
dataflow · · focus · HN ↗
0cf8612b2e1e · · focus · HN ↗
drnick1 · · focus · HN ↗
This. Ubuntu is the closest distro to Windows. Stick to base community-developed distros like Arch, Debian and Fedora.
PorciiVorbesc · · focus · HN ↗
Since when is Fedora community developed? It's basically the testing arm of Red Hat and implements their corporate policies that will be added to Red Had in the near future. It's as corporate as it gets, just like Ubuntu.