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    [–] M500@lemmy.ml 162 points 11 months ago (14 children)

    I was just thinking about why many things on Linux are better. Like the install process on Linux is years ahead of windows.

    Then it occurred to me that windows only improves things that can make them money. If you need to install windows, then you can deal with the crappy installer.

    Linux devs improve the parts they think need to be better. The decisions are not guided by money and can be made without bias.

    [–] danc4498@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Most people don’t install windows. It comes pre installed on something they bought. Microsoft probably puts more time into automating the process.

    Also, last time I installed windows it was a breeze. I haven’t installed Linux in at least a decade, so I can’t speak for that.

    [–] kaboom36@ani.social 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Try installing debian some time, the installer makes windows' installer feel like its for a piece of software you got of a sketchy site that wants to install 16 other things not even related to it

    [–] hackris@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I mean, sounds exactly like the Windows installer to me

    [–] kaboom36@ani.social 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    We must be using different installers then, because between the amount of telemetry you have to turn off, the dark patterns, and the insistence on using a Microsoft account the whole experience reminds me of installing one of those "driver updaters" when I was a kid and before I learned that was a very bad idea

    [–] captain_oni@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

    I trust Bonzi Buddy more than anything made by microsoft at this point.

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