Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by jamaicahest on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:18AM (#25111864)

Did any of you replying actual read my comment or did you just auto-reply "buy a supported Linux laptop"? I said ". With Windows I can buy pretty much any laptop and expect it to work with", and you are saying "Just research if the laptop you want to buy works with Linux", you are completely missing the point. I do not want to have to bother researching if a specific laptop will run Linux and research if all the hardware in that particular laptop will work. I want to buy the laptop I like and I want Linux to support that laptop, since it is commodity hardware. Same as I expect of Windows and Windows delivers in this aspect.

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by dsr_ on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:00AM (#25112416)

I, too, would like to live in a world where I do not need to research if a particular laptop will work with Linux.

The reason I don't live in that world is because laptop manufacturers, in the general course of things, don't ship their laptops with Linux; they ship them with Windows.

The obvious answer is to buy from manufacturers who ship their laptops with Linux. You could try Dell or System76.

Incidentally, it would be nice to live in a world where I didn't have to check for MacOS compatibility; I could just buy MacOS from Apple and run it on whatever. The answer is very similar: if you want that experience, buy it from the laptop manufacturer that ships their machines with MacOS.

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by utxaa on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:15AM (#25113401)

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-t-ser...

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by cycomanic on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:38AM (#25112965)

Except that's not true, you can buy a laptop that has windows installed and it typically works. However trying to install windows yourself, you often run into all sorts of issues.

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by utxaa on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:54AM (#25113913)

windows installation have improved dramatically over the last 3 years.

i always have had a debian and a windows laptop. for at least 20 years. 95% of my time is on the debian one.

this year was the first time where i thought a windows laptop might be enough. i am waiting for the next release of the WSL2 and i think i'm jumping ship for good.

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