Comments by "Winnetou17" (@Winnetou17) on "The Secret OS That Really Runs The World" video.
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This depends a lot on the hardware you have. For desktops and laptops Linux is still behind in hardware support (especially peripherals) because the companies making them didn't bother to write drivers for Linux, and OF COURSE that they don't opensource the ones on Windows or offer schematics or documentation of sorts.
Also, even for Windows, the stability of the system is again, determined by hardware. And user behaviour. I'm not now writing this from my almost 7 year old laptop that I've used DAILY for both work and personal use (aka A LOT). It still has the original Windows 10 install, except that at one point I upgraded to the Pro version to get rid of those F^#^&$#ING automatic updates (best $11 spent ever). In almost 7 years I had 4 (four) blue screens of death. And after I configured it so it updates when I say so, not when it wants, I can get to really high uptimes (I usually try to be between 1 and 2 months, but the biggest I got was exactly 100 days. It still ran fine, but I went immediately to update it, to not risk being the idiot who got hit by a ransomware)
Still, if you get a new laptop or premade desktop, you can check System76 or Tuxedo or Framework to get one that's guaranteed to work flawlessly with Linux. And even without that, Linux is evolving fast, so your experience from 1 year ago can be drastically improved. It's still not guaranteed. But in, say, at most 5 years, I think that more than 99% of people would be perfectly served by Linux. By then Wayland and HDR will be mainstream and mature, the GPU drivers will be perfect for all 3 vendors, the anti-cheat systems in games should no longer be a problem, all except the most obscure games should be playable, everything except Adobe software should also work with no hassle and drivers for over 99% of components and peripherals should be available.
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@L0gicalPsych0 Yup, you are correct. Sadly, convenience often ... who am I kidding, ALWAYS trumps over correctness, when we're talking mainstream public. That's why I'm saying it's a losing battle.
To be fair, when the idea is to get across that you're using an OS which is neither Windows, nor MacOS, nor Android, but uses the Linux kernel... simply calling it Linux ... it DOES the job. The contexts where you would say "I'm running Debian" and the other person is like "Oh, Linux. Nice" and you then go "WRONG! It's GNU/Hurd" are really, really niche contexts.
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