Amateurs. I can search for fixes while my computer is still broken!
(ctrl-alt-F1, ctrl-alt-F2, etc to switch to TTY, then lynx ddg.gg to get to DuckDuckGo)
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This is true for any OS. If it's not working you can't use it to look up how to fix it. That's not unique to Linux.
Only linux lets you absolutely decimate the functional capability of your OS from within with ease. That is absolutely a linux thing.
As long as your installation stick is a live image and you keep it around, it also serves as a mighty tool to fix things with google and chroot.
So true. I went to my live cd many times
I remember printing the gentoo handbook back in 2005 to have something to troubleshoot my install process.
In the era of 'smart' phones most people have what they need, other than the equivalent of a Windows installation cd (as others have said probably on a bootable usb these days).
But I think all of the ~~user~~ beginner friendly distributions have a gui settings and package manager that isn't inherently more difficult than windows straight out of the box (and is probably more straightforward). Macs are presumably marginally more stable due to the consistent hardware, but I have only ever had an issue with quite esoteric wifi and graphics cards, and not for a long time.
As someone that has run Linux as my primary desktop OS since 1998, I can confirm this as 100% accurate.
what? windows breaks and you need second screen... but grub never fails you. the meme is closed source propaganda.
Grub failed me 2 times since the last 5 years. I moved to systemd boot. This is systemd propaganda.
or did you fail grub? grub is always your friend. unlike cocky systemd not even requiring the kernel to be on laaarge efi partition. and can you rice systemd? noes...but grub.
but ofcourse systemd is "easier", like the iphone or using ai slob. so it depends on which direction you want your life to go...
I don't quite remember when or of it's grubs fault or arch but in 2021/22, I remember I had to regenerate it's config for it to work and it was not just ke but everyone else doing it too. Also you can't use secure boot with riced grub.
Your 2nd paragraph is just rage bait.
Can't relate, I do not use Arch.
Comically, my Arch felt easier to maintain than ubuntu.
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