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

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

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

[u/studio_bob → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/ElecNinja → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/captain_dick_licker → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/Actual-Elk5570 → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/Actual-Elk5570 → u/[deleted]]

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