You can do all that without ever opening a single commandline.
You can't even do that to install software on the majority of Linux.
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Meanwhile if you wanna play a game on linux you have to research on forums with neckbeards that act all high horsey and get mad at you for asking questions they deem simple. If they do answer its cryptic like: "oh you just use simplinuxuser-bash-sh bro". Then by the time you get the game to run you better hope its not on a laptop with integrated graphics and a nvidia card because by god making the game only see the nvidia card over the integrated graphics if the game doesnt have the option to swap which card youre using good luck to any new user.
Windows users just go to steams website, install steam, install game, play. Windows 10+ will install basic nvidia drivers without you doing anything at first bootup with internet connection. Look, I use linux, windows, macos in my house..windows is still my primary driver even with my steam deck being a close second these days. Im all for linux getting more use but its not easy stop acting like it is..its a hobby, its fun, thats it.
Sorry, but you haven't used Linux seriously, then. Things were pretty hard 20 years ago when I switched to Linux desktops only, but today it's really is simpler to install Linux than windows./, talking from own experience. Installing Ubuntu is the usual 15-20 minutes breeze while windows 11 was a very painful 7 hour multi day process. It starts at downloading, the iso is like 4 times bigger. A typical windows issue l, as everything on windows is bloated to death.
Then writing the ISO onto a USB requires a very specific writer because apparently only that one worked for windows 11 (which is a typical Microsoft bullshit problem, let's not use standards, let's ensure it's only workable with tools they want you to use). Figuring that out required going into forums and whatnot
Then the install process crashed in step 2 with a typical error 000000000010000 or something like that, it's been a while, so I don't remember the exact code, but more searches and forums revealed that tadaaah, windows 11 requires some specific bios setting for my hardware (standard MSI AMD board) or it wouldn't work. Obviously no clear error message, just some vague code. Linux worked fine btw, it was already installed before on a separate m.2
Then there was an issue with the license key that I don't recall anymore, it's been a few months ago and I've literally been trying to forget the experience. Coat a few extra hours, still.
Then, hours later already, I cn actually start the install. Effin yay. There are what feels like hundreds of screens and crap to click through, loads about windows wanting to steal my soul with ads and monitoring and please sir, but some more crap you don't want!
I installed Linux on a Saturday, started onwindows 30 minutes later, and finished windows about a week (and about 7 hours total work time) later.
Windows SUCKS because it's been designed to work well for Microsoft, Linux may have issues but it's been actually getting better every time over the past 25 years.
On servers? Don't get me started, windows is a sad sad joke, I don't even take it seriously. Watching windows administrators do their "work" is just one big "whyyyy??"
Should I mention your android phone is Linux too?
Saying Linux is only for a hobby is beyond short sighted. Sorry bout the rant but it irks me when people casually mention it's a hobby because they don't really know it, then happily leap back into the daily grinder that is windows
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