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Getting certain programs to work on my Linux machine does take extra time as opposed to if it were Windows, but it's counterbalanced by all those times I'd have to look up how to get the WiFi option back and try every single thing on the list because it was never just one simple solution that worked each time… also I don't get hit by unwanted forced updates, and now I update voluntarily without fear of even more unwanted telemetry being stuffed in there.
But if I just wanted to browse the web, check my email, shop, and do my banking, Linux would work out of the box better than Windows 11.
Did you try sfc.exe /scannow?
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Pff it's not like Linux has perfect WiFi either. I set my WiFi to auto connect to a VPN, and then delete the VPN later. That caused WiFi to always fail with no error messages except some incomprehensible deauth message in dmesg! Good luck figuring that out.
Yeah I agree. There are trade-offs but the number of issues I have on windows is far from zero, and like you said, a lot of the issues I do have in linux only happen when I opt into doing more advanced things. Normal computer stuff, once Linux and a browser is installed? Easier on a daily basis. Some Linux installers are easier than the windows installer too