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It just works. Today I tried yet another installation of Linux and as with every other time there are problems that just seem to be unsolvable. It simply just does not work out of the box. I try it every couple years and it never works. Todays issue was that it came up and ran fine, except it does not see my keyboard. So I can't type anything. I won't be giving up too quickly, I'll go hit the forums and try to find a solution but I don't have high hopes. It is just way to technical for average users, you have to be well above average tech savvy to use linux. My dream to escape microsoft someday is still a dream it seems. By the way, before you jump on me and call me a stupid moron faggot computer illiterate, in a past life I held MCSE and CNE certifications.

It just works. Today I tried yet another installation of Linux and as with every other time there are problems that just seem to be unsolvable. It simply just does not work out of the box. I try it every couple years and it never works. Todays issue was that it came up and ran fine, except it does not see my keyboard. So I can't type anything. I won't be giving up too quickly, I'll go hit the forums and try to find a solution but I don't have high hopes. It is just way to technical for average users, you have to be well above average tech savvy to use linux. My dream to escape microsoft someday is still a dream it seems. By the way, before you jump on me and call me a stupid moron faggot computer illiterate, in a past life I held MCSE and CNE certifications.

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[–] • 4 pts

It just works.

lol barely, even after several decades of painful experience and frustration.

Linux is by far a more stable/enjoyable experience, once you’re done learning how to use it.

[–] • 2 pts

Therein lies the problem. You have to go to tech school to learn to use it. I found a potential fix to my problem by editing a line in the grub.cfg file. All except the part that my grub.cfg file does not contain the specified line at all. lol

[–] • 1 pt

Your keyboard not working must be related to a legacy usb switch in your computer’s bios.

[–] • 1 pt

I'll poke around in there, very carefully.

[–] • 1 pt

Agreed, even a decade into running Linux at home and being a sysadmin for dozens of RHEL nodes I still get surprised at how complicated a simple request can be.

[–] • 0 pt

simple request

Such as?

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Here' my most recent one:

Users from different domains on the same active directory want to login to a Linux console, but don't want to prefix the username with a domain.

The Pam module we're using allows us to set a default domain for users to avoid the prefix, but not provide an array of domains to check for the account.

It's more about having to get in the weeds and figure it out, perhaps contribute back to get the feature you need. Most lack the skill or knowledge of tools like git...