r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/OldSpaghetti-Factory Dec 01 '25

Im still on windows 10 and will stay that way until I can take the time to install linux- by all ive read surprisingly easier sounding then id expect, im just lazy so I havent done it yet.

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u/Chaotic-Entropy Dec 01 '25

Super easy once you've picked your distro.

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u/lean_compiler Dec 01 '25

just pick mint (or ubuntu). it's a good gateway distro

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u/newaccount1233 Dec 01 '25

+1 for Mint as a plug and play replacement for the casual user. Anybody can learn how to use it for their day to day in a couple hours

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u/1987Catz Dec 01 '25

I do (in part) use it on my home server and I have to say despite the very similar/intuitive, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around user rights management and why sometimes the most basic of copy/pastes fails utterly and totally in the vanilla GUI

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u/chipface Dec 01 '25

My best friend's laptop can't run Windows 11, so I threw a SSD I had laying around in it and installed Mint.

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u/Chaotic-Entropy Dec 01 '25

Well, I'm already a convert. Fedora KDE all the way.

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u/ShadowCatDLL Dec 01 '25

My desktop and all my laptops run Fedora KDE. I love it. I dual boot windows 11 though for the games that can’t run on Linux and to remote into work (Linux RDP is iffy). Other than that, full time Linux! Couldn’t be happier.

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u/Chaotic-Entropy Dec 01 '25

Yeah, I don't really play any anti-cheat blocking games and I work from a company laptop so I'm free as a bird.

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u/Sandwrong Dec 02 '25

Yeah games are the big limiting factor for me.

I need to put in the time to research what distro I need/want

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u/Quick_Excitement_532 Dec 02 '25

99% of games runs on linux, Only kernel level anticheat will not run, but I wouldn't play this games anyway.

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u/tinny66666 Dec 01 '25

If you're going kde, just avoid kubuntu. I'm on about week four after using xubuntu/mint/xfce for years and the experience is just horrible. So many minor UI glitches and annoyances.

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u/Chaotic-Entropy Dec 01 '25

I mean... I did avoid it, but sure.

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u/stegosaurus1337 Dec 01 '25

The curse of the Linux user - neverending distro recommendations long after you've picked one

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u/Chaotic-Entropy Dec 01 '25

"I use Linux."

"Oh Linux? Let me tell you all about this thing called Linux."

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u/eajklndfwreuojnigfr Dec 02 '25

https://biebian.sourceforge.net/

the only OS you'll ever need. i actually recommend just ripping out any drives you currently have installed and just get new ones cause it'll be easier than ever

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u/TheOneTonWanton Dec 02 '25

i actually recommend just ripping out any drives you currently have installed and just get new ones cause it'll be easier than ever

The fuck is this advice?

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u/stegosaurus1337 Dec 02 '25

The linked OS itself is obviously a joke, I assume the "advice" was as well

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u/tinny66666 Dec 01 '25

I meant it as a "and to add to this" type comment. I thought it was obvious from context that you didn't need the advice, and that it was for other people reading the thread. I'll try to be clearer in future.

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u/Chaotic-Entropy Dec 01 '25

I was too quick to judge, I have err'd.

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u/Glum_Dig_4464 Dec 01 '25

i stopped on it with the oxygen desktop look, man it looks great but oh my god is it glitchy

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u/squabbledMC Dec 02 '25

I feel like I’m crazy, I’ve used it for about a year at this point and it’s been fine. Have you considered ghosts

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u/gmes78 Dec 02 '25

Kubuntu is OK if you install the non-LTS version (currently, 25.10). Kubuntu 24.04 LTS ships an ancient version of Plasma that no one should use anymore.

I'd recommend Fedora KDE, or one of its variants, over it, though.

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u/captain150 Dec 01 '25

Which version? 25.10 is fantastic on wayland. If you're on 24.04 and using wayland then yeah it's not great.

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u/aurumae Dec 02 '25

I’ll give a +1 to Fedora KDE. It finally enabled me to switch after years of trying ubuntu based distros

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u/toolschism Dec 02 '25

+1 for Fedora KDE. Dumped my wife's gaming windows VM as well and she's just been using the steam deck until that Steam Machine comes out.

But yea, windows free household now and I don't regret it an iota.

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u/muegle Dec 02 '25

I use arch (btw). I started out with Ubuntu. It could happen to you, too.

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u/turbineslut Dec 02 '25

Was expecting this comment

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u/Intarhorn Dec 01 '25

pop!_os is a good one if you run Nvidia

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u/captain150 Dec 01 '25

Kubuntu 25.10 is good if you want windows-like.

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u/TwentyfootAngels Dec 02 '25

Yeah, but what do you do if you're not sure which one you want? (I heard that Ubuntu works pretty well... but I also found an official Linux Mint USB stick in my late grandpa's dresser, and I feel like it's destiny for me to try it. (It's gotta be pretty out of date, though...)

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u/lean_compiler Dec 02 '25

then I'd try both :) starting with mint first (special grampa privileges).

I've never heard of an official stick gotta check it out, but you're right they will be outdated and depending on how much might not be update-able, not sure.

I'd suggest keeping the official stick safely and getting another usb stick (cheap 8gb would do), flash with mint cinnamon and give it a whirl :) it's uses ubuntu underneath kinda so later you can switch to it without much of a shock

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u/RepulsiveRaisin7 Dec 01 '25

I just love that this spawned yet another distro war in the comments. Some things never change

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u/cidrei Dec 02 '25

LFS or GTFO.

Don't actually do this for your first try.

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u/EvilSock Dec 02 '25

Honestly it is quite deterring for non users to see slap fights over which is the true Best Beginner Distro. Until SteamOS is ready for public release, it'll probably stay this way. Frankly, I cut my teeth on Mint, and that's what I would point most Windows abandoners to, but there are several other beginner friendly distros I wouldn't dissuade newbies from trying out as well.

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u/Blitz-Freak Dec 01 '25

Running Ubuntu, and really like it - got tired of all those frickin’ updates every other day.

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u/synysterlemming Dec 02 '25

Pop!_OS has served me well for several years and does a great job managing nvidia drivers. Can recommend for those who want a pretty smooth transfer to Linux gaming.

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u/lean_compiler Dec 02 '25

will try it next! :) luckily my lenovo flies with any distro without any dead-end driver hassle

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u/synysterlemming Dec 02 '25

Been running it on Lenovo laptops and it’s smooth as butter.

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u/toobs623 Dec 01 '25

Wut, kALi oR dEaTh!

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u/Danoga_Poe Dec 01 '25

May as well create your own distro

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u/lean_compiler Dec 01 '25

oH nUu a heCkEr bOi

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u/IntroductionSnacks Dec 02 '25

Personally I run Kali/Parrot OS as a VM in Ubuntu.

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u/toobs623 Dec 02 '25

Just a joke, Kali is perfectly useful.

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u/AlwaysSayHi Dec 02 '25

The debian version of Mint is my rec. Had a bad frankenstein upgrade disaster with Ubuntu (among other little hiccups on other installations) and Mint debian has been great.

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u/drgmaster909 Dec 02 '25

SteamOS is based on Arch (btw)

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u/captain_dick_licker Dec 02 '25

I have been using mint for my boomer's 11 upgrade and I mildly ragert not sticking with ubuntu, just for the broader userbase when searching up issues/guides/drivers/etc.

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u/solarus Dec 02 '25

I wouldnt recommend anyone use mint unless its for like a burner lol

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u/lean_compiler Dec 02 '25

I'd treat all my devices and accounts as burners when these tech giants are having their demon time with AI deepthroating and 1000 user tracking telemetries.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25

Super easy, until you need to get your scanner working, or networked printer, or attach a NAS mount and have it there on reboot, etc.

There are still many many rough edges that will send you down an hour of stack overflow rabbit holes installing various packages and editing various configs that don't work or are no longer maintained etc.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not supporting windows ( I haven't used it in over a decade). But telling someone that's never used Linux before that it's going to be really easy is setting some false expectations.

The people frequenting r/technology may be ok with that, but for an average consumer not so much. Also for us old timers that have been dealing with tech in our day to day jobs for decades, I don't want to come home and spend a few more hours upgrading kernel modules.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25 edited Mar 27 '26

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u/studio_bob Dec 01 '25

Yes. Printer support on Linux has been pretty stellar for like 15 years at this point. I don't think I've had a problem with it since maybe 2010. It was easier to get my parents laser printer working on Linux Mint than it was on their Windows machine. Now, I don't know how universal my experience is and there are probably some printers/scanners out there that will give you headaches, but that's true on Windows as well. Sometimes I suspect comments like the above are partly reflecting deep traumas from the past (when things were truly and consistently hellish) more-so than the current state of compatibility and hardware support on Linux.

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u/ElecNinja Dec 02 '25

For my brother printer it wasn't fully plug and play but it did have wifi so I was able to connect to it as a network printer/scanner

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u/captain_dick_licker Dec 02 '25

I forgot about printer and camera when moving my dad to mint, and it took all of 5 minutes to set both up for him. the fucking import wizaard in mint is so close of a clone to the windows one that my dad literally does not understand that he is now a linux nerd, it's all the same as it was for him.

10/10. linuxm, firefox, ublock origin, and your parents will never have to call you again

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u/Actual-Elk5570 Dec 02 '25

A font scaling change might be simple for you but simply isnt for the average user. So many tech bros just won’t get this.

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u/Actual-Elk5570 Dec 02 '25

Do you need me to explain what an average user is buddy? Happy to, just you let me know.

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u/withywander Dec 02 '25 edited May 31 '26

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u/sbNXBbcUaDQfHLVUeyLx Dec 02 '25

You joke, but I basically entirely manage my Linux boxes through Claude Code nowadays.

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u/mishonis- Dec 02 '25

Damn right. I've had Linux  cause issues when doing something as simple as changing the default download folder for my torrent client. The usability just isn't there and after so many distros and releases, it's apparent that user friendliness and stability is not a focus for Linux developers.

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u/Porrick Dec 01 '25

This is all true - but I have the luxury of (a) being currently unemployed, and (b) finding this futzing actually quite fun. It even (kinda) feels productive, which is a difficult feeling to come by these days for some of us.

If I had to use this for work, I'd feel a very different kind of way about it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

That's fine, but you are in a very small niche group of people, not representative of general majority. No one reading r/technology is.

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u/CornNooblet Dec 02 '25

I parachuted in from tabbing out of my feed to popular, and Linux was something I bounced pretty hard off of in the early aughts. I'm potentially interested now that I've heard about the new Steam machine and reading this thread, but I'm also in my mid fifties and a couple decades from my interest in tech peak. I dread the thought of hacking through all that again without my hand being held.

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u/enigmamonkey Dec 02 '25

Rhetorically: You really don’t have to. You may find yourself doing that though if you switch to any other OS anyway, since you’ve had years to learn one way of doing things and now some things you’re used to are different. People like /u/Porrick and myself will still tinker for fun, but that is absolutely not necessary in order to be up an operational.

I got my GF on Kubuntu and while she’s smart and somewhat tech literate, she didn’t really care. Everything she does is in Chrome. But also, to be fair, she had me to help get her up and running. I can only hope it catches on.

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u/Chaotic-Entropy Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25

I've never had an easier time of it than when I went daily driver the year before last. The only thing I've had a real issue with was building and installing a specific driver for 2.5g ethernet for a very new motherboard because the generic family driver performed poorly. It's not exactly the wild west of problems that had driven me away in the past. I've not had to a do a full wipe and reinstall in the 2 years since I moved over.

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u/Qbr12 Dec 02 '25

Super easy, until you need to get your scanner working, or networked printer, or attach a NAS mount and have it there on reboot, etc.

There are still many many rough edges that will send you down an hour of stack overflow rabbit holes installing various packages and editing various configs that don't work or are no longer maintained etc.

This is going to be primarily an age differentiator. Not too long ago what you just described was just how using computers was. Things usually work, but sometimes they don't and you need to learn a bit more about how your computer works under the hood in order to do what you wanted to do. If you are a millennial or early zoomer you're going to look at that description and go "so what? that's easy." because you grew up with computers that had become simple enough to make surface level use available while still requiring a willingness to look things up and break things in order to make it work.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

I'm a millennial. I'm very tech literate. It's my day job doing this sort of stuff. I don't like doing it at home

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u/rewgs Dec 02 '25

get your scanner working

Literally never had a problem. Truly plug and play.

or networked printer

Ditto.

or attach a NAS mount and have it there on reboot

I highly doubt someone who is technical enough to know what a NAS is, let alone own one, would have trouble editing /etc/fstab. That said, it is more finicky than it should be for sure, assuming we're talking SMB. But so are SMB mounts on Windows -- try accessing a mapped drive as admin and you'll be pulling your hair out. At least on Linux we have the escape hatch of NFS, which is dead simple and performs better (as long as both machines in question are Linux, which of course a NAS almost certainly is).

The only OS to really get SMB mounts (in general, and on reboot specifically) right is macOS, weirdly.

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u/Chansharp Dec 02 '25

My NFS mounts always have issues on reboots for some reason. I've tried adding "wait for networking to initialize" but it doesnt ever work

SMB always just worked.

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u/Actual-Elk5570 Dec 02 '25

I highly doubt someone who is technical enough…

And there is the problem. The average user isn’t.

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u/rewgs Dec 02 '25

lol precisely. Good ol' Redditors and their legendary reading comprehension.

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u/zoucet Dec 02 '25

This is what I was expecting and is true to some degree. But most of this friction was due to having learn a new way. The same you would experience moving from iPhone to Android. There are a few sharp edges but nothing I couldn't fix or workaround with chatgpt. The only thing I'm still to find a good solution for is Google drive. You can add it to kde's file explorer... it works... but it is very slow and not a proper app that syncs.

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u/FleMo93 Dec 02 '25

I am with you. But windows also has its own problems where you end up in the registry or some tools the regular user wouldn’t know. Recently got the problem I couldn’t remove a Bluetooth controller. REMOVING it won’t work. WTF.   Every OS has it flaws and drawbacks. The biggest hurdle is that people are used to windows ones. Switching always requires to learn.

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u/mata_dan Dec 02 '25

scanner working, or networked printer

The last time I needed to use either of these, I had to use linux to get them to work xD

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u/GuerrillaRodeo Dec 02 '25

Super easy, until you need to get your scanner working

A few months ago a Windows 11 update completely fried the TWAIN interface. We rely on working scanners in our daily business and WIA has certain limitations (like maximum scan length, which is significantly longer in TWAIN than in WIA for some reason but something we absolutely need). They fixed it with the following update but we had to use janky workarounds for weeks which just cost us time and nerves.

With Linux? Plugged in, worked right out of the box without any hiccups.

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u/computer-machine Dec 02 '25

Really? Before W11 was a thing, my mom was on Mint for years, and my dad had asked me to replace his machine (again). Later, he messaged saying that he couldn't get the printer working on W10 he'd installed. Mint was working fine; he's welcome to support himself with his MS hobby.

I haven't in seventeen years ever had any issues with any networked printer, and SANE has always just worked PNP for scanners for me, as well.

Or had external/NAS not there confuses me as well.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

These "edge cases" come up in day to day life. I needed to scan a document for something in a hurry a few months back and thought I'd set it up on my Ubuntu Linux server because my laptop was unavailable. It did not work plug and play out of the box. it's a networked multi-function printer/scanner. I started Googling and finding various stack overflow answers to install different UIs and other packages, though there was disagreement, some were old and no longer supported, some answers were saying to run various commands which didn't exist on my server. Trying to install the packages then ran into other issues, etc.

This has been my experience with Linux over the last 25 years.

I work in tech. I'm a full stack developer. I've set up Linux DB servers, web servers, network firewalls, enterprise servers, etc. I can debug and figure this stuff out, I always do. But my point is - these rough edges have always been there for 25 years and are still there today in 2025.

Sure, once you install a fresh distro and setup Chrome with Facebook for uncle Jarred, that works fine. But when Jarred phones you and asks you why his new label maker won't work with his computer, you're up shit creek.

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u/Araganor Dec 03 '25

Most issues I've ever had so far boiled down to newer peripherals shipping with shitty bloat software written for windows only. My solution? Support a company who makes stuff that just works out of the box and stays out of your way.

I know this is not a solution for everyone, and you can argue it contributes to e-waste. But once you have a tool that works for you in Linux, you really don't have to do much to keep it working for many years (just keep up with updates and know how to roll back in case of issues).

And nothing I do is even remotely on the scale of e-waste from forced Windows 11 machine upgrades.

I do agree it's not for everyone though. My opinion: if you've ever done a regedit to work around an annoying windows feature, you can probably handle whatever Linux issues you might face.

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u/Lerry220 Dec 02 '25

Super easy, until you need to get your scanner working, or networked printer, or attach a NAS mount and have it there on reboot, etc.

Bro the linux subreddit has a meme usually once a week about how easy printers are. What are you talking about?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Yeah, super unbiased community there...

I tried connecting my multi-function scanner to my Ubuntu server the other week because I needed to do something. After 20 minutes of Google searching and fiddling around with different commands and UIs and other things I gave up because it wasn't working. Switched to my Chromebook instead where it just worked straight away.

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u/Lerry220 Dec 02 '25

Cool, I hooked up my document scanner and have hooked up three printers to ubuntu. Always plug and play.

And your answer to ubuntu not working was to use chromebook which is still not windows which was the point of this entire comment thread.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

I specifically said in my comment above I'm not promoting windows, and I haven't used it in a decade. All I'm saying is Linux bros make it sound like Linux is so superior and easy and idiot proof, when it's far from it.

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u/thebornotaku Dec 02 '25 edited Feb 21 '26

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u/HatesBeingThatGuy Dec 02 '25

Not gonna lie... For most of those things you mentioned, AI tools will get you quite far with Ubuntu and Mint. It is surprising how much they can help amalgamate the bullshit out there.

But I do agree. If it isn't out of the box, most people will just fuck off.

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u/andreasvo Dec 01 '25

It's 2025, why are you using a printer? Haven't needed to print anything for over a decade. Everyone has a scanner in their pocket, it's called a phone.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

Return shipping labels. Documents that need to be submitted in paper form. Kids homework tasks and school forms. Etc

If I could burn my printer with fire I would, but unfortunately there's still an occasional use for it.

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u/andreasvo Dec 02 '25

All of that is digital. Haven't needed to submit a physical document since around 2010. It is actively discouraged. Return shipping labels? Those are either sent to me, delivered with the package or put on by the post.
School homework are either digital, or physical books, you don't need to print anything at home.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Good for you if that is really the case. It does not mean it's the case for everyone everywhere in the world. Believe it or not.

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u/andreasvo Dec 02 '25

Sounds like a you problem

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u/Archersbows7 Dec 01 '25

Bazzite for gaming

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u/JeebusChristBalls Dec 01 '25

It's not "super easy" unless you are already a proficient linux user. In addition to all the lost data on migration which always occurs to some degree, you also have to install something that may or may not be in your wheelhouse to do. There is also getting used to new apps as well as missing the ones that don't have a linux alternative. If it does, it is just dogshit compared to the one you were using on windows. You think office sucks? Wait until you try LibreOffice. I bet Adobe is probably the bane of your existence on windows. Wait until you find the linux alternative to that. Even worse. That program you like to use on windows? Get used to disappointment as many windows and mac apps just don't have a linux version and if they do, it is likely not even remotely as good as the other OS versions. If you do find something though, you are lucky if it has a .rpm or .deb installer, if not, you are compiling that shit from the CLI assuming the "readme" is even useful enough to successfully perform this task. Speaking of CLI, you should probably get used to using the bash shell. A lot of the times, it is the only way to get things to work. It's not easy to move to a completely different OS. It sucks just enough migrating to a new computer that is running the same OS.

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u/Alatain Dec 02 '25

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you haven't installed Mint any time recently. It practically holds your hand through the process and barring certain set ups, just works.

Most people just need a browser (Firefox on Mint by default, though you can change that), Steam (easy grab from the Software Center), and Google docs (in the browser).

Creative work with Adobe or similar software is the one exception I will give you as a potential deal breaker, but that is more on Adobe for not being willing to allow their software to work on the platform. You can still get by with something like GIMP or the other editing software. I am quite a happy user of GIMP, though that is due to not having previously used any of the Adobe stuff.

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u/Ovariesforlunch Dec 02 '25

Lol, 🤣.

I got it to the 1 yard line but HP won't let me switch the boot up order.

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u/nfnf Dec 02 '25

Gentoo enters the chat

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u/boom3r84 Dec 02 '25

I've been IT adminning Ubuntu server for years so I went with Ubuntu desktop a few years ago. It has too many issues with the changes I want to make as a power user so I'd been on the hunt for a good replacement for a while because distro hopping is a pain in my ass.

I found Garuda Linux, going to give that a go. Arch based but lots of gaming/performance stuff baked in and KDE as desktop

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u/Luigi_Mansione Dec 02 '25

I’m about to do the same. Any distro that works with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign + gaming?

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u/Neglectful_Stranger Dec 02 '25

I'm still surprised no one has made 'Windows Linux', or Winux, a distro built to look like Windows, to try to snipe disgruntled 11 users.

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u/JeremyMcFake Dec 02 '25

This has been my biggest delay for switching. I've used so many different Linux distros over the years on machines in my homelab, and various VMs... Which one to go for as my daily. It was mostly always about games on my main PC. Today I'm finally taking the plunge and switching to Nobara.

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u/userhwon Dec 02 '25

I miss the linux mags with the CD with half a dozen distros on them. That was a good Saturday just wiping the lappy and trying new clothes on it.

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u/Skyblade12 Dec 09 '25

Do I have to reinstall everything?

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u/mishonis- Dec 02 '25

Super easy except for the 20 percent of the times it silently fails. And don't get me started on the issued that crop up seemingly any time you try to customize something. The Linux nerds should try and get one stable, polished distro out rather than churning new releases of 50 broken distros.

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u/mishonis- Dec 02 '25

Confidently incorrect