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submitted 1 day ago by Tablaste@linux.community to c/linux@programming.dev

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It's easier to disable all the garbage than remove the garbage?

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[–] artyom@piefed.social -2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 41 minutes ago)

I can't fathom why anyone would prefer the former over the latter

No one prefers it. No one uses Windows because they enjoy the setup process. However:

The setup process in Windows is nothing but clicking buttons in a GUI. The same cannot be said for most Linux distributions. At minimum they require a software update to even function properly, and there's no unified way to do this. Good fucking luck looking it up and not finding a bunch of terminal commands that no one even sees fit to explain how to use. And even if they did they probably wouldn't work on your distro. The last one I used had 2 different software updaters and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why. And it badgered me with notifications every 5 seconds that there was a new one.
The setup process is not the problem. I don't know why you're still pretending to not understand why it's difficult to use.

As for software: WinBoat is a very easy (almost) one-click installable piece of software

LOOOOLOLOL it is absolutely not. There's even like 5 steps in the guided installer and each of them is incredibly convoluted. You're still lying.