| > You seem to take someone calling this a "meme" as saying it's not real. My take on this was that this is generally a moot way of discussing a complex software setup because it usually doesn't get any more specific than that. It shouldn't come as a surprise that a certain tech stack neither works for everybody nor nobody, be it Linux- or Windows-land. > I didn't say "Windows always works for me", but rather that these imagined conversations about issues like these aren't a regular fixture among Windows users Might have misread that then. Likewise yes Linux definitely isn't a flawless experience compared to OSX or Windows, but I do however think that Windows is getting worse in that regard since a few years now (less internal QA because of telemetry?), there were a few pretty severe issues with updates, while at the same time Linux is making progress. Which brings me back to > It's not a joke as much as it's just something that is and something that naturally happens in an ecosystem where nothing is made to work with anything else. That is the root cause indeed with Linux, the user space really. It's not coordinated by a central authority, so you don't get a smooth experience combining arbitrary components in arbitrary versions. This is where distros come into play. They go through the pain to pick a combination of components at a certain version and make them work together with a sledgehammer. If you only ever use the package manager to install software, you will have an experience on par with windows or osx, but it's love it or leave it. Need anything that's not offered there and you have a good chance of messing things up. Regarding your last point: My bet is on the web, eventually casual users only need a browser, which even linux can manage to offer you without blowing up, but then a Chromebook is probably what people go with. |