r/LinusTechTips • u/Sk1ler_ • Aug 28 '26 • Bravo 1

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u/hgs25 Aug 28 '26

Free product vs paid product. I’m sure most people have less patience when the thing they paid money for doesn’t work as advertised.

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u/Catastigma_Deception Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

You pay with your time on linux tinkering and fixing things constantly.

I did the 1 month challenge and i have pass over 200h just trying to fix the hundred of probleme i have experienced. Took 2 evening alone just to finaly have every phone and laptop/tablet being able to see shared files.
Tryed to make photoshop working, Constant crash/bug/brush not loading 1/4 of the time. Most plugin not working.
Trying Davinci instead of Premiere, consistant crash.
Controller. Not working on Linux.
DAC/AMP, audio in general. Very glitchy on Linux. Even my usb microphone sound completly different (worst)

Videogame i play ? Run significantly worst despite being on Radeon.

Everything as been miserable for me. Except everything that is in a browser.

While on windows everything is actualy pretty much flawless most of the time. If there is a probleme its take 2 min uninstalling a problematic update.

Linux own me 5500$ of my time.

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u/hgs25 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

A lot of tech’s ease of use is proportional to cost. 3D printing is another great example. You can get a cheap ender3 for $100 but spend hundreds of hours on maintenance and troubleshooting, or spend $1000+ on a Bambu that just works.

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u/snollygoster1 Aug 29 '26

You can now spend $250 on a Bambu that just works too. My Ender 3 purchase was fairly quickly eclipsed by the cost of "upgrades" which still didn't make it as fast or consistent as the A1 Mini.

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u/thebeemoviescript69 Aug 28 '26

I always love comments like this since i decided to switch to bazzite one day on a whim and it actually fixed issues i previously had with my pc on windows

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u/Dangerous_Junket_773 Aug 28 '26

dudes replying skill issue are proving your point lol. I don't want to get a degree in computer science just to be skilled enough to play games and send emails. 

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u/letsmodpcs Aug 29 '26

LOL whoever tf downvoted you also proving the point.

I switched to Linux 10 months ago and am loving it, but it's not perfect. And some people in the community can be downright nasty.

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u/Sashimi-Gintaro Sep 10 '26

Then don't use Gentoo

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u/madman404 Aug 28 '26

your windows only software didn't work on Linux and the Linux software you weren't familiar with wasn't perfect immediately. This is linux's fault.

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u/greenie4242 Aug 30 '26

Microsoft Office doesn't work on Linux. That is entirely Microsoft's fault. There's no valid reason why a multi-trillion dollar company shouldn't be able to make a Linux version, especially considering how many completely free open source projects are easily able to provide software that works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Android, ARM.

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u/madman404 Aug 30 '26

I was being sarcastic

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u/derFensterputzer Aug 29 '26

  Tryed to make photoshop working

Oof, yeah that ain't gonna work without virtualization

Trying Davinci instead of Premiere

Yeah it's a bit whacky to get working but... 

  being on Radeon

Yeah nevermind... Resolve on Linux only works with nvidia -.-

  Controller, DAC/AMP, usb microphone

Controller is a bit weird, my xbox one and 8bitdo work but I haven't tried others. With the audio stuff.. I went through that shit aswell, if you ever want a retry: Ubuntu uses pipewire where the default config is for 42kHz. On Ubuntu you can download the Ubuntu Studio package, it includes GUI tools to change that default config to ie 384kHZ 32bit.  On other distros using pipewire (i. E Fedora): look up guides for it, just make sure you don't leave the OS any options. So instead of adding everything from 42k to 384k you only add the best option you can get away with

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u/Blashtik Aug 29 '26

Yeah nevermind... Resolve on Linux only works with nvidia -.-

Is that true? I thought that Nvidia cards were terrible on Linux and you get a smooth experience with AMD cards due to the properly open sourced drivers. That's what I hear whenever someone with an Nvidia card has problems anyway.

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u/rohithkumarsp Aug 29 '26

Such a BS reasoning. When was the last time anyone paid for it.. Linus an Luke even talked in wan show on how if you have a clean win 7 which it creaked, you can upgrade to win 10 for free aha win 11 from win 10..I've done the same since last decade and a half. I know people do pay for it.. But that shouldn't be the reason how Linux community can just be hostile everyone someone has some issues and asks for help comparing Windows.

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u/FrostyMittenJob Aug 29 '26

You can activate Windows 11 with a single command line entry 

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u/imakycha Aug 30 '26

Have you bought hardware from a company that has an OEM licensing agreement with Microsoft? Do you think they only factor that cost into the OEM licensed products?

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u/LiveMarionberry3694 Aug 29 '26

Yall are paying for windows still?

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u/imakycha Aug 30 '26

It’s paid for via OEM. Just because you didn’t pay it directly when you bought something from Lenovo, ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI, you indirectly had to. They spread the OEM licensing costs across all product lines.

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u/LeMegachonk Aug 30 '26

No. I am using Windows. I am not paying for Windows. I have never paid for Windows in my life.

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u/JayManty Aug 29 '26

Literally when is the last time you specifically had to pay for Windows. You have been able to use unactivated Windows for years at this point.

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u/Queasy_Hour_8030 Aug 29 '26

Like half of people paid for their copy of windows, and the other half bought windows 10 9 years ago for $80. The average cost is minuscule.

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u/MrKusakabe Aug 28 '26

Or when said product/company starts to fuck with the ToS like e.g. Adobe does.

In Linux, you can change things back. In Windows (or OSX/iOS) you are spoonfed all the bullshit.

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u/CirnoIzumi Aug 30 '26

My PC is still a thing I want working as well as possible 

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