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I know this sub, and basically most of Lemmy, are pro Linux. But honestly? It's not as good as Windows and macos for everyday folk. We are kidding ourselves.
It CAN do anything they can, but it's way too hard, and you might have to code your own drivers for some of it.
You pay for it to just work, and that's why I 100% get why you pay for an OS.
Note: I don't think anyone feel like they even pay for their OS, if it's not enterprise. It's preinstalled, nobody thinks further than that.
In my experience, Linux Mint "just works". What you're describing are distros like arch.
I know gaming has gotten better, but I still run into trouble. It "just works" on Windows.
i don’t think it “just works” on windows, but people (even regular people) are used to the workarounds that you have to do to get windows to work as they want
Their activation doesn't "just work." I paid Microsoft for a license. And I have spent hours with their support.