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CowboyTeal writes:
"Windows 8 is still being disputed as either the product of a genius or a nerdy sadist but that doesn't mean Windows 9 isn't in the works. That said, how would you guys improve Windows if you could change anything about it? Has windows 8 improved or degraded your overall experience of the Windows platform? If you're not a Windows user, what features would you like to see in Windows for possible assimilation?"
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(Score: 2) by TheloniousToady on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:20PM
No, it wasn't a troll, it was an honest question. (I hope those are being allowed here, even if they were systematically surpressed at The-Site-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named... ;-) Thanks for answering it. I haven't tried Linux in a couple of years, but the (apparent) lack of plug-and-play support at that time was one of the main reasons I quickly abandoned it. I went through a great deal of misery back then trying to get sound to come out via ALSA.
However, I recognize that things improve over the years, so it's not surprising they've finally gotten something like that going. However, from an article I had read a few months ago, I got the idea that the Linux kernel simply wasn't designed to allow that. The article suggested that people actually enjoyed recompiling the kernel to add drivers. But the article was wrong, or maybe I misunderstood. (Likewise, this message is *not* a troll. Feel free not to respond if you have any doubts.)
(Score: 2) by Appalbarry on Sunday March 02 2014, @07:55PM
I've never recompiled anything, and wouldn't know where to start. I have though downloaded a handful of distros and installed them from a USB stick. Or first tried them as a live instance.
Mainstream linux is pretty painless these days for average systems.
(Score: 2) by TheloniousToady on Sunday March 02 2014, @09:58PM
Glad to hear it's working for you. I recently tried installing Linux as a dual boot on a Windows 8 machine that I had just built. It installed and ran fine in a little nominal use. But when I tried to boot it later from the HDD, it wouldn't boot, I think due to the UEFI issue. So, I kindda lost interest and rebooted into Windows.
In a general sense, this has pretty-much been my experience with Linux over the years, starting with Red Hat 6 many years ago. It always basically works, but there always seems to be some sort of significant snag that I run into - and a different one each time. Last time it was audio, this time it's UEFI. Each problem I've run into is surmountable (including the most recent one), but I end up just going back to Windows.
I admire those of you who either have better luck with Linux or who actually enjoy solving these sorts problems. I keep hoping, so I'll try Linux again in a few months or years.
(Score: 1) by EvilJim on Tuesday March 04 2014, @08:10PM
I've got ubuntu 3 or 4 running on a pentium 233 laptop with 64mb ram, never could get the S3 video drivers working properly so stuck with VESA, that and my older 486dx4-100 laptop with 16mb ram are the only two systems I've had to re-compile a kernel for or mess with driver settings to get working. even USB plug and play works fine. running Deli Linux on the 486. all of my more recent machines just work straight out of the box, oh except one where I had to de-blacklist the wifi card after an update.