• DacoTaco
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    Longer != difficult. Windows installs are easy as fuck and id say its as simple as linux mint.
    The debloating is a choice and id say thats the same amount of work as installing stuff in linux because what it comes with is very limited.
    Im a linux mint user btw

    • @nyctre@lemmy.world
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      It’s easier than even mint. Because I’ve installed windows dozens of times and it has always worked out of the box. Always.

      Friend gave me their old laptop that was sluggish and asked me to reinstall windows. I proposed Linux and promised them it’d work even better, they reluctantly agreed. I install mint. Sound not coming through headphones. I update everything that’s there to update, tried a bunch of shit and waste like an hour before I finally find a thread that suggested manually updating to a newer kernel version. That fixes it.

      Now I know something extra for next time but if it were someone less stubborn, they’d have given up and went back to windows. Most people don’t know and don’t care about debloating, trackers and whatnot.

      Tldr; Windows is the easiest OS to install because it works right out of the box. Many Linux distros are even easier to install, but don’t always work out of the box.

      • DacoTaco
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        Exactly. Linux mint was fine on my laptop, but only later i had to upgrade kernel for the amd drivers, but overall its the closest to a spotless experience ive had. But what you said is 1000% correct!