Debian is not easy
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024
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you guys have to read the instructions for Arch?
I mean I touch on them sometimes to see what has been replaced or changed because linux moves pretty fast but the steps are not complicated or hard to remember.
I just type archinstall and it does it all for me
I installed windows 11. It was a shit show. So many updates with a 6gb iso. Took forever.
Maybe, but Linux will fuck up that boot partition within a year and any non-techie will be screwed.
Windows is a pain in the ass to set up
- the guy with a tiling window manager
I took me 3 Fucking Days to install bloated Windows on a friend's Computer... This os is absolute SHIT...
Damn, maybe your friend should have installed it themselves.
Would have taken less time.
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I've never "debloated" Windows so idk about the top half.
The bottom half is accurate. Debian, Fedora, and Mint are easier to install than Windows 10 or 11. Not that Windows is difficult, it's just a bit clunky and idiosyncratic.
I assume Microsoft doesn't care much about the installer since it's generally only used by OEMs, whereas for Linux distros it's a first impression so it has to be polished.
No excuse though. Try the "install as oem" of Linux Mint. You get an install with temporary oem account, you can update the system, install additional programs, then click "Prepare for shipping to end user" and on next boot you're greeted with a setup screen.
That sounds pretty nice. More installers should have something like that
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Almost everyone using Linux installed it. Almost no one using Windows installed it.
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Windows requires pressing next 12 times, what are you people smoking and can I haz?
There's also a number of things you have to click "no" on, like a free trial office or Onedrive.
It took me around an hour to set up my new Win 11 laptop, most of which was downloading and installing updates. I expected far worse.
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What an absurdly sycophantic graph.
I can agree that installing Arch is easier than installing a debloated Windows. But Gentoo? I spent 2 weeks trying to install it, but couldn't get past partitioning the drive.
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