[GoblinSlayer]

Anybody who is good with computers should be able to install linux, it's easier than to install windows, because you don't need to jump through capitalist dark patterns.

>Sooner or later there will be an issue that will need to be solved with opening up a terminal and entering a set of esoteric commands.

That's what I did to export drivers from previous windows installation in suspicion of regression.

[extraisland]

> Anybody who is good with computers should be able to install linux

Installation is not the same as support and isn't the same as trouble shooting.

That why people distro hop. They keep on installing thinking that distro X will solve there problem. It may do, but it frequently has it own problems.

> That's what I did to export drivers from previous windows installation in suspicion of regression.

Which is unusual situation. It isn't unusual situation in Linux.

[GoblinSlayer]

>Installation is not the same as support and isn't the same as trouble shooting.

The meme is still alive that windows accumulates garbage and becomes slower with time, so you need to reinstall it periodically. Reinstallation is also how you fix regressions, because ms is busy with cloud services.

>It isn't unusual situation in Linux.

As I remember, on linux I have an ample choice of kernel versions, but I didn't encounter regressions. For windows intel provides only the latest drivers.

[extraisland]

> The meme is still alive that windows accumulates garbage and becomes slower with time, so you need to reinstall it periodically.

I've not needed to worry about this since Windows XP. Which was what? 25 years ago almost.

> Reinstallation is also how you fix regressions, because ms is busy with cloud services.

I've never had hardware regressions with Windows. I've had plenty of weird and annoying bugs return with Linux.

e.g. My Dell 6410 has an issue where the wifi card would die after suspend with kernel 6.1. However it would get fixed by a patch, and then get unfixed the next patch.

> As I remember, on linux I have an ample choice of kernel versions, but I didn't encounter regressions. For windows intel provides only the latest drivers.

"Swings and Roundabout".

Again. It is a pretty niche problem. I've had plenty of weird hardware regressions with the Kernel. Recently there was a AMD HDMI audio bug, IIRC it was kernel related.

[josephg]

I’ve had the same experience. Never had a regression with windows. Had plenty with Linux.

One Linux kernel version broke hdmi audio and another fixed it. Recently a change to power management has made my Intel Ethernet controller stop working about an hour after the computer boots up. And so on. Each time I’ve needed to pouring through forums trying to find the right fix. That or pin an older version which worked correctly.

[GoblinSlayer]

>I've never had hardware regressions with Windows.

Until recently I didn't either. Windows resizing to 640x480 when display turns off and sound resetting to 100% after a toast notification.

>It is a pretty niche problem.

I think hdmi audio is a niche problem. What do you even use it for? With linux you can at least try a different version, with windows you have to just eat it.