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What magical software and hardware combination are you using, where there are less issues on Linux than on Windows?

A lot of times when people say they've had no issues whatsoever what's really happened is that they've become so used to all the issues that crop up and have so much practice dealing with them that they aren't even conscious of them anymore. Same thing happens to Windows and Mac users.

It's a bit like how people who browse without an adblocker aren't even consciously aware of them anymore, but you use their computer for a second and want to rip your eyes out.

> A lot of times when people say they've had no issues whatsoever what's really happened is that they've become so used to all the issues that crop up and have so much practice dealing with them that they aren't even conscious of them anymore.

Or they forget how much time they spent tweaking their system to get it just right. My Linux systems are now good as gold. I can say I have no issues whatsoever. They work reliably for me day after day. But hell if I didn't spend hours/days setting up all sorts of crazy things you'd expect to just work out of the box like Sleep/Suspend, WiFi, and High-DPI displays.

This is so very true. I've learned to take statements like "xxx works flawlessly" with a massive grain of salt

Eh, after getting exhausted with forced Windows updates, I've run Ubuntu and Debian on a Lenovo X1C5 for years with basically no issues. The only thing that didn't work was the oddball fingerprint reader on the unit, which was disappointing but far from a dealbreaker.

Frankly, I was a little shocked it worked as well as it did. Hell, even my USB dock was plug-and-play, which really blew me away. I was used to Linux on laptops being a giant PITA, and yet...

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