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What are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 6 points 10 months ago

~~Validate Epic James's greediness~~ Run Fortnite or Valorant.

[–] AzureInfinity@leminal.space 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Linux lacks GUI configuration tools for many things, you have to edit text files often using guidance for obsolete versions of software and hope it works. Every single config file can have thousands of lines and if you wrote something wrong it will crash or start acting weirdly, very fragile design. GUI config tools mostly allow valid inputs like checkbox true/false and complain if the path isn't valid.

Edit: to clarify, i'm exclusively using linux since 2008 and i'm not 'afraid of editing config files', downvoting me doesn't fix the problem. I'm also not fond of fixing your header files for them to compile.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 4 points 10 months ago

These things exist for windows as well but they are not accessible. Linux is a car without the plastic hood over the motor. Its not dumbed down.

Does that make it hard to see the three things a noob should touch? Yes.

But there are linux distros that take care of this so this comment isn’t correct.

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[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Running the desktop version of turbo tax. I will try again with wine or some other things. I did toy with the though of a vm on Linux that's running windows ten, but not sure.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

roblox

literally the only thing that took a minute.. i think i might have it now with vinegar. so i guess even thats kinda off the list

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