OK, I love Linux. But I hate the whole "sacrifice-functionality-so-it-can-be-completely-free-and-open-source" thing.

I tried to install Linux a while back on my old laptop, and getting Wi-Fi to work was a nightmare. Apparently they didn't have the right driver for my Wi-Fi card, because it wasn't "free" enough for them. ugh. Most people prefer for their computer to WORK than for every single piece of code to be open source. Who modifies their Wi-Fi driver and redistributes it?

Ugh. Linux is cool, but not this part.

It's exactly why I'm willing to overpay and get a Mac. My life depends on my computer, I need everything to just work

I had the same issue with Ubuntu 16 and my graphics card driver (issues with dual monitors) . I finally had to stick with 14. But hey, I could also stop using Windows so... Linux is awesome.

This seems a bit like to build your own Hackintosh. Maybe a pre-check of hardware compatibility would had saved your nightmare. I'm a bit fucked up with Nvidia drivers at the moment, but as far as Linux can't handle this top notch, I dual boot with Windows for high-end requirements for GPU tasks, which are usually media creation (Adobe suite) or gaming. Anyway, for media creation I completely recommend OSX OS, as they are built specifically for this. Just a matter of perspectives and the use you're giving to your computer.

@chasb96 I'm pretty new with linux, so I'll stick with mint for now (I understand arch is kind of advanced). But I'm starting to test distributions with VMware, so who knows. Thanks man.

@geronimo @chasb96 Arch is too damn hard for newbies as well it pays for the learning progress with it. Personally, I prefer Ubuntu LTS, just for it's support, stability and community. I've been using Mint for 6 months, so the same for MATE distro and I feel way better using Ubuntu vanilla. Anyway I'm making a bash script to install all my dev environment when I install the OS from scratch because I messed up files or had installed some broken software (yeah, fuck you Compiz).

@chasb96 I know what you're saying and agree with the Arch doc and agree too with the "Ubuntu community" by itself, I find way better resources to solve my problems outside the Ubuntu hub. But this is for me the Ubuntu community and not AskUbuntu and their outdated answers. About the full power of Linux, it can be unleashed, why not? You're not limited to rebuild this OS into your Epic-Killer-Admin-Machinex200HK if you know what I mean.

in case anyone's wondering, that was about 3 years ago (I have Fedora working fine on my new laptop) and I decided to switch back to vista. VISTA! Better a buggy OS than one with limited functionality

You're messing with Linux on devRant, not cool. It's like posting a noobie question on stack overflow. I'm just warning you there!

Its not Linux, its GNU Linux :)

Some (most) hardware component manufacturers chose not to release their driver code open source, and instead release binary blobs under copyright etc. Including such encumbered code in Linux kernel itself is simply not an option. I would just stop worrying and stick to Windows if you don't agree, Linux is not for everyone.

@crazypraty
Stallman, what are you doing here?

OP, what distro Did you try?

@da-n but I like Linux for other reasons, just this one thing is annoying

@Linux Ubuntu, I use Fedora now

@Fixxel
you are talking shit

@Fixxel
I have no idea what kind of problem you have, but it sound like you are trying to install it on a plank.
So you are willing to pay $600 for a Windows Server license (per year).
I honestly do not know what you are talking about, distros like Mint, [x]ubuntu and debian is well supported on a vast majority of plattforms and hardware.

This is what bother me most, devs who are not willing about learning how IT work,

@Fixxel
Well, you are the one that "pulled your hair to figure out how to do simplest things" and stated that is "Just extra BS for no good reason".

Seems like you have alot to learn how IT work. And you are too scared to learn the basic because you "would pull you hair out"

gg

@Fixxel
and people like you who refuse to learn, just sayin

@Fixxel I think @Linux is coming from a backend POV. Windows is practically useless when it comes to that, both in terms of cost and scalability. Most of the web is run on Linux, and for good reason.

I've used Linux as a personal machine in the past (read: not just for dev) and as much as I wanted to like it and switch over from Windows, there really just was too much of a learning curve, and just not enough support for drivers.

@chasb96 as a desktop replacement my biggest issue now (now that I know *nix) is just the lack of good quality apps. Gimp and Open Office are decent but nowadays there are better options that as cheap and sometimes free, even if it's proprietary.

@Fixxel @Linux hey, stop fighting on my rant. I never said I didn't like Linux, just that I don't like the whole "hardcore open source" thing.