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Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022) by jameshart on Sunday January 01, 2023 @11:59AM (#34208051)
If you have a windows install and your Ethernet card isn’t getting full performance a normal person will claim on your manufacturer’s warranty, or drop it off with the geek squad. They won’t ‘troubleshoot’.

If they’re running Linux, they can’t even do those things.

Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022) by ipaddr on Sunday January 01, 2023 @12:20PM (#34208316)
A normal person would have no clue they aren't getting full performance. If it's too slow they call the internet provider or buy a new computer or live with it and hate computers or ask a teckie friend.

If they can't login or the screen breaks they run to geek squad. Under no condition will they claim manufacture warranty on an internal part without a techie recommending this and removing the card/part for them