I had issues with drivers, like I would have to find them somewhere on the internet, trust a random stranger to download and install them. And even then some things required me to launch drivers manually every single time I wanted to use my hardware.
I had issues with games, constant crashes or some games flat out not working. Some even crashing the entire system occationally.
I had issues where my pc would randomly turn on. Going to sleep was funky and would break the system requiring restart.
I had to find drivers for my audio systems to get them running.
I had to run around confusing settings and tweak them through different control panels made by random people that largely overlapped to fix basic issues.
Thankfully those issues were solved the moment I installed linux.
That said I’ve never had issues with drivers on Windows, like ever.
The last time I tried Linux was probably a good 5 years ago (Mint) and it was good, but I kept having to do what you described, adding repos (had no idea what they were or how they worked) and running command line updates, and it all looked like random code executing on my system. I could definitely see why the average person would be intimidated.
Eventually I gave up when I couldn’t get the most simple thing I did in windows working on Linux, updating my keepass automatically via Gmail.
I’ll have to give Mint another shot, I’m sure it’s come along even more.
I had a few times on Windows with niche discontinued products. Not really a huge issue but it didn’t work out of the box.
Here’s your issue with Linux: You’re expecting it to work identically as Windows does. They’re different systems with different issues and solutions. I use Syncthing to sync my Keepass database updated between devices. It’s very simple and easy to use.
Go into Linux unburdened with the expectation that everything should work the same and you’ll have a better time. You have to acclimate to the new environment, but you did the same with Windows. You got used to how bad Windows is to use. Linux is generally easier, in my opinion, once you’re used to it. It isn’t Windows though so you have to learn new things.
No. It’s from one of my own devices to another (or multiple). It doesn’t need to use Google drive. You may be able to make it do that. I’m not sure. There’s no need for it though.
I haven’t used Windows in a bit, but I had to help two friends with display driver issues on windows recently. When they break they have to be uninstalled using a third party tool before you can perform a fresh install of them.
Exactly, i was spending so much time using vmd and regedit in windows to troubleshoot everyday issues like games crashing or hardware bugs, that I realized “this is what every windows user tells me linux is like”.
I had issues with drivers, like I would have to find them somewhere on the internet, trust a random stranger to download and install them. And even then some things required me to launch drivers manually every single time I wanted to use my hardware.
I had issues with games, constant crashes or some games flat out not working. Some even crashing the entire system occationally.
I had issues where my pc would randomly turn on. Going to sleep was funky and would break the system requiring restart. I had to find drivers for my audio systems to get them running.
I had to run around confusing settings and tweak them through different control panels made by random people that largely overlapped to fix basic issues.
Thankfully those issues were solved the moment I installed linux.
Haha you had me, ngl
That said I’ve never had issues with drivers on Windows, like ever.
The last time I tried Linux was probably a good 5 years ago (Mint) and it was good, but I kept having to do what you described, adding repos (had no idea what they were or how they worked) and running command line updates, and it all looked like random code executing on my system. I could definitely see why the average person would be intimidated.
Eventually I gave up when I couldn’t get the most simple thing I did in windows working on Linux, updating my keepass automatically via Gmail.
I’ll have to give Mint another shot, I’m sure it’s come along even more.
I had a few times on Windows with niche discontinued products. Not really a huge issue but it didn’t work out of the box.
Here’s your issue with Linux: You’re expecting it to work identically as Windows does. They’re different systems with different issues and solutions. I use Syncthing to sync my Keepass database updated between devices. It’s very simple and easy to use.
Go into Linux unburdened with the expectation that everything should work the same and you’ll have a better time. You have to acclimate to the new environment, but you did the same with Windows. You got used to how bad Windows is to use. Linux is generally easier, in my opinion, once you’re used to it. It isn’t Windows though so you have to learn new things.
Did you get it working to sync via google drive?
No. It’s from one of my own devices to another (or multiple). It doesn’t need to use Google drive. You may be able to make it do that. I’m not sure. There’s no need for it though.
I haven’t used Windows in a bit, but I had to help two friends with display driver issues on windows recently. When they break they have to be uninstalled using a third party tool before you can perform a fresh install of them.
Exactly, i was spending so much time using vmd and regedit in windows to troubleshoot everyday issues like games crashing or hardware bugs, that I realized “this is what every windows user tells me linux is like”.
Guessing your machine uses the one-two punch of Nvidia + Broadcom / Realtek?