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[-] Peasley@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I've never "debloated" Windows so idk about the top half.

The bottom half is accurate. Debian, Fedora, and Mint are easier to install than Windows 10 or 11. Not that Windows is difficult, it's just a bit clunky and idiosyncratic.

I assume Microsoft doesn't care much about the installer since it's generally only used by OEMs, whereas for Linux distros it's a first impression so it has to be polished.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

No excuse though. Try the "install as oem" of Linux Mint. You get an install with temporary oem account, you can update the system, install additional programs, then click "Prepare for shipping to end user" and on next boot you're greeted with a setup screen.

[-] Peasley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That sounds pretty nice. More installers should have something like that

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's very user friendly. I switched last year and haven't looked back. I game on it constantly.

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[-] ordellrb@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Windows 11 without a Microsoft-Account = terminal required. Linux Mint = terminal not required.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

would love to see some actual market research on this. sit down a sample of users, have them install then use some OSs. interview them on their experience. rather than yknow making up data

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[-] SloganLessons@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[-] tsugu@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Like every linux community. Living in a bubble that doesn't exist.

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Why do all my homies use Linux Mint while I use Ubuntu?

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I'm going to switch to Mint from Ubuntu because I don't trust Canonical, I would rather have the community controlling the distribution.

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[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Biased as fuck lol. Installing windows is not difficult. I did it first time at the age of 8 witn WIndows 98 and their newer installers are made so the general public can do it. And the bloat and spyware? Thats windows dude. Its not meant to be your OS, its meant to spy on your ass at the benefit of being familiar and (relative) easy to use. Anything you do to it post clean install is your own tinkering. Linux distros are great yall, but install difficulty is not a metric I would use to attack windows. Comparing between distros makes sense.

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[-] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

brother, 99% of users will never even consider installing their own os. the issue isn't that Linux is hard to install, the issue is that pretty much anyone brave enough to even mess with their operating system is either already on Linux, a boomer, or trapped by professional software that isn't available on Linux (that's me, a videographer)

the only way Linux is breaking out of extreme obscurity is if it starts coming pre-installed on commercially available and desirable hardware. the steam deck did more for Linux in a single product launch than the entire decade of combined efforts before that. before the deck i would have said it was simply never going to happen, but who knows. maybe it'll be up to eccentric billionaires that never went public with their companies to push the Linux future we all want.

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I love Debian, but it's installer is shit.

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[-] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Install windows, run debloat powershell script. Done.

Microsoft give no shortage of things to complain about without needing to exaggerate.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's literally only the first step.

[-] autonomous@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

you guys have to read the instructions for Arch?

I mean I touch on them sometimes to see what has been replaced or changed because linux moves pretty fast but the steps are not complicated or hard to remember.

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[-] subiacOSB@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I installed windows 11. It was a shit show. So many updates with a 6gb iso. Took forever.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Um... My grandma installed Windows 11 on her computer and then ran a simple script I gave her after. You guys are delusional.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Was it a script to install your own crypto miner?

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[-] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

1000017289 Installing gentoo

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

If you are good with a slightly more complicated install process and don't need access to Windows tools (like Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc), you can run Linux on bare metal to access the full potential of your hardware without any overhead from virtualization or emulation.

-microsoft

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

difficulity

The difficulity of spelling difficulity is very difficulit.

[-] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Hobbyist here, in my opinion reading the manual or the wiki is easy, understanding it quickly is not. You can obvioulsy follow the instructions blindly and still succeed.

For the most part is very comprehensive but sometimes you are left alone to connect the dots which is very daunting when instructions get technical and you do not understand them.

In the end it felt like one of those half semester courses Universities try to cram in.

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

I set up a kiosk on a Linux Mint machine today. From blank, unformatted drive to fully deployed kiosk, it took less time than just installing a base install of win11.

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

How did you set up the kiosk? I've been looking for an alternative to Windows Kiosk mode on Linux for a while now.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago

Windows requires pressing next 12 times, what are you people smoking and can I haz?

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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
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[-] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

LTSC is pretty easy to install. But it's still Windows.

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