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Scotty Trees

@sarahjamielewis Thank god for Linux! Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc, there are so many alternatives to Windows out there!

22 May at 3:13 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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geoffl

@scottytrees They're still not suitable for the huge number of users who expect things to just work (touchpads, graphics, scanners, etc). Or want to easily install the software they need without going through dozens of tutorials that don't work because your setup isn't *identical* to the person who wrote it.

I dual boot Windows and Ubuntu. I use Windows to get stuff done quickly and Ubuntu when I've got ample time to tinker. Windows boots faster too.

22 May at 8:45 | Open on mastodon.me.uk
dieTasse

@geoffl
they are. Or are very close. I installed it for my sis and she had no issue whatsoever. For people that need a browser and maybe picture gallery, Linux is already good out of the box. Now we need more laptops with preinstalled linux and maybe support included.
@scottytrees

22 May at 9:13 | Open on floss.social
geoffl

@dieTasse @scottytrees When I installed Ubuntu on my laptop the touchpad failed to work, the screen was refreshing at a much lower rate, the USB scanner failed to work. I still can't get it to scan at full resolution and have now given up. I use Windows to scan stuff. And why is Ubuntu so slow to boot? Windows 10 from a full shutdown is faster.

22 May at 9:24 | Open on mastodon.me.uk
dieTasse

@geoffl
to be honest ubuntu is the worst. I also always had issues with ubuntu. If you want ubuntu based system install pop os, its very refined. Or very stable is fedora. But its also that you are installing linux on unsupported hardware. You wouldn't also install windows on macbook and expected it to work. The linux disadvantage is that it will likely work and then people blame linux if it dont.
@scottytrees

22 May at 9:45 | Open on floss.social
NicoRey

@scottytrees @sarahjamielewis unfortunatly not, if you need (have to) to work with adobe product. I am fed up swaping from #Linux to #Windows all time.

22 May at 9:23 | Open on mamot.fr
jack will miss this server

@scottytrees @sarahjamielewis there are not "good alternatives" as they are not accessible. Good for you if you're lucky enough not to rely on screenreaders etc to use a computer though!

22 May at 14:50 | Open on strangeobject.space
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