Re:Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
by louthy on Sunday January 07, 2024 @01:41PM
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> But getting everything right is still an hour or better process, post-install, in 2024…
… for someone who knows what they’re doing. Anyone non-technical would be terrified of the steps needed to get a Linux install into a good state for their machine. It could easily take them days to get a setup that's sound (depending on the level of driver support for their hardware).
To be fair, one of the installs I did was Raspberry PI OS (funnily enough for a Raspberry PI!) - and that was the smoothest Linux install I’ve ever had.
So having a distro tuned to the hardware really does go a long way!
… for someone who knows what they’re doing. Anyone non-technical would be terrified of the steps needed to get a Linux install into a good state for their machine. It could easily take them days to get a setup that's sound (depending on the level of driver support for their hardware).
To be fair, one of the installs I did was Raspberry PI OS (funnily enough for a Raspberry PI!) - and that was the smoothest Linux install I’ve ever had.
So having a distro tuned to the hardware really does go a long way!