This was funny considering Linux runs on almost anything is everywhere:
> 6. Hardware support and compatibility
> 6. Hardware support and compatibility
Consumers will eventually follow. (see android).
On the other hand I see lots of people using linux on laptops just fine.
They are probably counted as windows because it comes preinstalled and there's no choice to give it up and get money back.
So you might be wrong on your prediction.
If the people you see using Linux on the laptop are developers, then I don't think they count as "consumers" - they're on the production side of things! I don't know any consumers who use Linux on a laptop. I last gave it a shot in 2018 but decided it's not for me.
Embedded systems?! :D
It's not necessarily the kernel's fault but it's something that does happen often using distros like say, fedora.
I think the main difference is that Linux supports and runs on almost everything, but in a lot of use cases it will be a specific version of the kernel that will be used for a product's lifetime (for embedded products) or have every update very heavily curated through a third party like Red hat. In those cases, Linux is rock stable, far more than Windows can be.
But for regular, personal usage, I genuinely think that Linux does break more often.
> But for regular, personal usage, I genuinely think that Linux does break more often.
How do you feel about windows forcing ads and monitoring what you do?
How do you feel when windows updates ignore your privacy choices to push the boundary even more?
Do you even have a choice now to stop ads and telemetry entirely as a consumer?
Is that a breakage? (nobody wants ads/monitoring yet here is microsoft forcing it on you via updates)
I would argue that is worse then whatever technical issues might appear upgrading linux and you cant fix that.
I personally know enough to fix or even prevent those issues, but for the vast majority of desktop users, even less casual users like gamers, they really don't care about the stuff you listed. It's sad, because it absolutely ruins the experience of what would otherwise be a great OS (the core of windows is great imo, just not everything on top of it).
is somewhat true. State of the video drivers from AMD are not good on Windows and atrociously bad on Linux. NVIDIA are drivers are barely of the acceptable quality on Linux.