But I do like Linux. That’s a really silly thing to say. That’s why I was trying to get it in there even though I knew the support wasn’t all sorted. Screw that “if you don’t like it, leave” attitude.
And no, I won’t contribute to fixing the issues because I lack the technical skills to do so and the skills I can contribute they don’t need. That’s also silly, you can’t be arguing for mainstream adoption of a thing and simultaneously saying users should be out there fixing it themselves if they encounter an unaddressed hardware incompatibility.
And yes, it’s absolutely down to the manufacturer not making a Linux version of their drivers and dumb dedicated software. Absolutely. What am I supposed to do about that? It’s not a niche manufacturer, either, it’s a pretty popular one. As far as I know, none of the big corporate laptop manufacturers offer official Linux support (at least not Lenovo, Asus, MSI or Dell, that I know of). In fact, the indie manufacturers tend to offer better support, what with using less custom hardware and software and sometimes offering a built-in Linux install as an option to serve as a workaround for OEM fees.
Look, if you don’t want to hear about the issues people encounter with your OS of choice… fine, I guess. I don’t know why you’re emotionally invested in utilitarian pieces of software, but you do you. But if you hope that you’re going to be online having a fanclub about an operating system, of all things, and nobody is ever gonna show up saying “hey, I tried it and it kinda didn’t do it for me”… eh… maybe make it a private Discord channel instead, because that’s probably not gonna happen otherwise. That’s probably a reason why you don’t get Windows or MacOS fanclubs out there, because let me be clear, I would have just as many objections to dump into those, albeit for different reasons.
But I do like Linux. That’s a really silly thing to say. That’s why I was trying to get it in there even though I knew the support wasn’t all sorted. Screw that “if you don’t like it, leave” attitude.
And no, I won’t contribute to fixing the issues because I lack the technical skills to do so and the skills I can contribute they don’t need. That’s also silly, you can’t be arguing for mainstream adoption of a thing and simultaneously saying users should be out there fixing it themselves if they encounter an unaddressed hardware incompatibility.
And yes, it’s absolutely down to the manufacturer not making a Linux version of their drivers and dumb dedicated software. Absolutely. What am I supposed to do about that? It’s not a niche manufacturer, either, it’s a pretty popular one. As far as I know, none of the big corporate laptop manufacturers offer official Linux support (at least not Lenovo, Asus, MSI or Dell, that I know of). In fact, the indie manufacturers tend to offer better support, what with using less custom hardware and software and sometimes offering a built-in Linux install as an option to serve as a workaround for OEM fees.
Look, if you don’t want to hear about the issues people encounter with your OS of choice… fine, I guess. I don’t know why you’re emotionally invested in utilitarian pieces of software, but you do you. But if you hope that you’re going to be online having a fanclub about an operating system, of all things, and nobody is ever gonna show up saying “hey, I tried it and it kinda didn’t do it for me”… eh… maybe make it a private Discord channel instead, because that’s probably not gonna happen otherwise. That’s probably a reason why you don’t get Windows or MacOS fanclubs out there, because let me be clear, I would have just as many objections to dump into those, albeit for different reasons.