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Which computer-related belief do you hold without any foundation? (ani.social)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 38 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Some people - even technologically literate ones - just want computers and operating systems to work straight out of the box with no building or tinkering and there's nothing wrong with that.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (7 children)

    Part of me would quite like to fuck around installing Linux and creating a home NAS.

    I used to tinker for hours on our family pc back in the 90s and 00s trying to optimise it/make it work.

    But now? The other, bigger part simply cant be arsed. Windows 11 just works. It does what I need it to do.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    The bigger Linux distros have all "just worked" for the better part of two decades

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Do they come pre-installed on machines ready to be used out of the box?

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Yes

    hardware, which gets delivered to you with all drivers preinstalled for an "out-of-the-box" Linux experience.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Not for me haha.

    I'm happy on Ubuntu, but I've had my share of weird bugs and ux issues. And they do a pretty good job.

    If I was on Ubuntu and never configured anything or installed any software, I'd have a slightly better track record.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Switch to an immutable distro for stability and ease of use.

    If you do more advanced stuff, Debian will also offer stability.

    Ubuntu is definitely not something I would put in the "just works" category anymore, unless it's Server on CLI.

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