no92 wrote:
M$ wants to get the paying user (you) do what they want (in particular to buy the M$-Windows8). When I switched to Linux, I wasn't comfortable with it at all. So I allocated some of my precious time to learn how to use Linux properly. If you're too lazy to spend a weekend doing this, then don't ask for help with your weird Windows setup.
Like I stated before, I've used about a dozen flavors of Linux; Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Mint, DamnSmall, TinyCore, RedHat, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, and Puppy. One of my first computers was a store-bought Linux Gateway desktop. All of the problems that I listed were completely out of my control, and not the result of my own incapability. The one I used the longest was Ubuntu. That was about 4 months by itself and over a half year alongside Windows 7. Then it just randomly decided it wasn't gonna boot up anymore one day. The one I used second longest was OpenSUSE. While I was really fond of the familiarity of the interface, it was broken packages galore, and installation manager refused to install pretty much anything that I downloaded. The file manager (Dolphin I believe), wouldn't let me have access to over half of the files and directories on my filesystem, so I constantly had to return to the terminal to sudo it open. Plus, there was this ignorant feature called the wallet, where you would have to type a password just for it to automatically fill in your password. It just defeats the purpose.
The Linux community is almost as bad as Linux itself. I never even bothered asking them anything, because a mountain of google searches gave me a pretty clear idea that it would be pointless. Everything is always the fault of the user in their eyes, and Linux can do no wrong. When you explain your problems in a way which shows you are clearly in no way at fault, rather than provide a solution they say, "you should switch to X, it's what I use and I love it!" Users shouldn't have to switch operating systems every few months.