Edit: here is some context because people are getting mad

the reason i asked because my friend asked me to install linux on his laptop because he wanted to look like a cringey hacker so i installed it but after i installed linux few days after he reinstalled windows(i am not sure why but he said he can’t run bluestack, i suggested other VMs but he wouldn’t have any other way but that’s not reason i think he switched he was being dismissive) and now his mic and web cam is not working and some other stuff, so he’s asking me again to reinstall linux constantly and i don’t want to do that again (why? My school is far from my home around 9km/5.5 and i go there by my bicycle so after school I don’t wanna waste my time installing linux)so i was just ranting didn’t expect to make people mad

  • Yote.zip@pawb.social
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    It’s installed on their PC. That’s 98% of it. If Linux was pre-installed on everyone’s PC we’d all be using Linux, and the normies would complain about how hard Windows is to use.

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      I’m convinced my Mom wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between Windows 10 and Debian with a Win10 theme.

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        Unless she uses Peacock. That’s the only thing that tripped up my mom although Peacock barely runs in her Win 10 environment either.

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      Even if there are Linux preinstalled laptops people don’t buy them. Linux on desktop has too many fundamental Issues and still isn’t a viable option imo. Even top Linux distributions don’t have particularly good interfaces with very questionable design choices.