Transient Punk @ transientpunk @sh.itjust.works

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I seem to remember my foils curling pretty immediately 20 years ago too...

Edit: this comment has been making me feel so old all day

xxd man page

There shouldn't be any...

You're right. But you do have to be willing to continue learning.

Same for Pop if I'm remembering correctly

"I don't want to learn something new, therefore Windows is better."

I was learning to code, but stopped bothering with that shortly after.

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I'm trying to prepare for all this by reading The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme

Yeah, Linux is pretty easy and user friendly for day to day use for the vast majority of users, since most people spend all their time in a browser anyway. It's just that hurdle of getting it installed. The people who use it without issue are usually those that know nothing about Linux, and the very experienced. It's the people in the middle that have trouble, they know enough to get themselves in trouble, but not enough to solve the problems they run into.

That's pretty much where ChromeOS comes in. Linux out of the box, and the same tinkerers will still get into trouble and blame Linux, but when they reset the machine, it's back to Linux. Same story as Windows. If it comes preloaded, the end user will be happy with it, but the tinkerers always overestimate their skills/understanding.

I feel like every time I've had to fix someone's Linux install, it was caused by someone trying to add software that they don't need, but are used to using in Windows.

Most recently a friend needed to update Linux Mint, and a TeamViewer ppa was preventing the upgrade from completing. Not a difficult fix, but something that comes up often in my experience.

The really Insidious part of Windows getting worse is that since they are the defacto desktop operating system, people get used to the terrible way things are done, and get confused when another OS does it differently. It's so frustrating, because your end up with threads like this as a result... ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Just make sure you keep the laser printer away from areas that you occupy regularly/while you use it. They offgas small amounts of ozone, which is toxic. Not to mention that breathing in the toner is pretty terrible too.

Obviously I disagree with your main point, but, considering I have been a Linux only user (in my personal life) for over a decade, it's only natural that I would consider it easy to use and intuitive, as such, I won't even try to argue against that assertion.

With that said, if you want to make a point against something just working, you may want to choose something other than printers as evidence of how bad Linux is. Printers are universally terrible on every OS.

Anecdotally, I have had far fewer issues with printers on Linux than I have had with printers on Windows. But, most of the "tech support" I do for printers is from people who are arguably tech illiterate and using Windows. So, I'd again consider that a wash that doesn't really add weight to either side of the argument.

tl;dr: printers are universally terrible and we should all stop using them anyway

I maybe booted up Linux three or four times over the years

I'm not a stranger to Linux

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That makes sense, considering Microsoft shoehorned the Linux kernel into NT. It's been several years since I've tried to look at a Linux filesystem from Windows, so I'm not surprised they've updated it now. I do wonder if it can see ZFS or BTRFS, but I don't care enough to look into it lol.

Yeah, that is really sad. I'm actually due for a new laptop soon, I'm just very thankful that Framework exists now.

Yup, exactly what they said. But I didn't know any better at the time. These days I would just fix that myself rather than send it to them

Windows requires extra software to read Linux filesystems. I guess that was too hard for OP. Like you said though, a live USB is the way to go.

"I don't want to learn something new, therefore Windows is better."

Wouldn't that have been easier to type than all that filler?

Not sure why, but your comment made me think about the first machine I switched to Linux. It was a laptop who's fan eventually had a bad bearing and needed to be replaced. Luckily it was still under warranty, so I sent the laptop in to get the fan replaced, and received my laptop back with Windows installed on it... I was so livid.