It’s always funny when someone goes “It’s so hard to install”, like bro, you just press “next, next next, enter your name, finish”. Can’t get easier than that.
Ey, EY! Do you know how long it took me figure out what a “mount point” is? In that same time, i could have already gone through, like, 20% of the ads of the win-installer!
And Windows 10 Pro has more steps than Linux Mint. The argument has been moot for a while, but some folk need a little encouragement to unlearn what’s been parroted for decades.
It’s a huge step in the right direction when a seller offers Linux preinstalled. Maybe the EU regulators can go after Microsoft, citing “anticompetitive actions”, for ensuring every manufacturer include Windows OS. That’ll open the gate for forcing options for the consumer
I know right. I had a right game reinstalling Win 10 on a lenovo netbook - I had to put a supported, unmanaged version on it for installing lenovo dock firmware updates. For some reason, the default graphics mode was totally corrupted - almost unreadable, and rotated 90 degrees. Once the installer had finished, I had to manually install the right driver for the graphics hardware, and that fixed it. Took hours - total amateurs. For shits and giggles, after I’d finished with with the firmware updates, I installed Mint on it - and it was flawless, and done in half an hour. This is the way to do it!
This is why I swapped my RTX 4070 with my brother for his 7700 XT. He offered me some money on top of it. I told him happy birthday because it matters more to me that it just fucking works instead of requiring a blood sacrifice every six weeks to not boot into a void.
Or, as Linus put it, fuck you NVIDIA.
Edit: No problems at all since I swapped the 7700 into my machine, by the way. Getting GPU drivers on my brother’s Win 11 machine was a whole task by itself. Even on Windows, getting NVIDIA drivers to work isn’t a painless experience.
It’s always funny when someone goes “It’s so hard to install”, like bro, you just press “next, next next, enter your name, finish”. Can’t get easier than that.
It’s impossible to install second in a dual boot system and its drive selection interface is quite confusing if you’re not careful.
Oh you were referring to linux? You didn’t specify in your comment. I thought you meant windows.
Well, i thought it was clear in context to the meme :)
“Microsoft Windows” was the last noun displayed to me in the post.
In all fairness, not needing to install an OS is easier.
Ey, EY! Do you know how long it took me figure out what a “mount point” is? In that same time, i could have already gone through, like, 20% of the ads of the win-installer!
People get confused if their icons change color, man.
If the icon is not in the same place as before, god help them.
And Windows 10 Pro has more steps than Linux Mint. The argument has been moot for a while, but some folk need a little encouragement to unlearn what’s been parroted for decades.
Except for one big thing. Most consumers buy a computer, and windows is already installed. Nothing to install, just an account to set up.
Setting up that account? You wouldn’t believe it, more steps than installing linux.
/s (maybe? Usb mint is so intrusive)
It’s a huge step in the right direction when a seller offers Linux preinstalled. Maybe the EU regulators can go after Microsoft, citing “anticompetitive actions”, for ensuring every manufacturer include Windows OS. That’ll open the gate for forcing options for the consumer
Assuming the graphics drivers baked into the installer work in the first go - ask me how my weekend went.
I know right. I had a right game reinstalling Win 10 on a lenovo netbook - I had to put a supported, unmanaged version on it for installing lenovo dock firmware updates. For some reason, the default graphics mode was totally corrupted - almost unreadable, and rotated 90 degrees. Once the installer had finished, I had to manually install the right driver for the graphics hardware, and that fixed it. Took hours - total amateurs. For shits and giggles, after I’d finished with with the firmware updates, I installed Mint on it - and it was flawless, and done in half an hour. This is the way to do it!
Oh God Linux and drivers man
Nvidia, not drivers in general. Unless you run Debian and have new gadgets i guess
This is why I swapped my RTX 4070 with my brother for his 7700 XT. He offered me some money on top of it. I told him happy birthday because it matters more to me that it just fucking works instead of requiring a blood sacrifice every six weeks to not boot into a void.
Or, as Linus put it, fuck you NVIDIA.
Edit: No problems at all since I swapped the 7700 into my machine, by the way. Getting GPU drivers on my brother’s Win 11 machine was a whole task by itself. Even on Windows, getting NVIDIA drivers to work isn’t a painless experience.
Yeah but there is a partition manager 😱