I don’t think the term “Falls behind” is being used in a competitive entity vs entity in the way you read it as here.
I think it’s just being honest to the viewer in terms of hardware and software compatibility. Many go into the quest to swap to linux expecting that there will always be a replacement, and that’s simply not always true. Your biggest thing you should expect going into it is that it is not a 1:1 transition, your lifestyle and expectations the OS will provide will need to change and I think that was the general ideology that the author was trying to present.
Many move back to windows because they have incorrect expectations of what to expect out of transition because they either don’t like change, or don’t want to have to troubleshoot things that just worked on windows. Restructuring your life includes sacrifices that usually have to be made during the transition, and those sacrifices can include things that cost money to replace such as hardware peripherals. Some things are just misconfigurations and can be tweaked once you find out what to change. However, some things like the overall lack of support for an item you need to wait for support, replace that item completely which may or may not have an equivalent, or if you have the skillset required design your own interface for it.
This was my experience. While I had nothing but time to learn Windows over the years, my time now is more limited. My Creative Sound Blaster sound card worked… Somewhat under Pop_OS!, but kept having issues. It got to the point that I opted for an external DAC and my issues cleared up.
While I want everything to “just work”, I knew my time is more valuable to me than figuring out why this particular hardware didn’t want to work, so I swapped it.
I remember the win9x days of looking shit up and figuring it out. Most people nowadays don’t have that skill or never had it and onboarded with computers that “just worked”.
Side note in my opinion but, that’s the insidious nature of Big Tech. They make it so easy to use, you don’t care that they pick your pocket for every ounce of data.
Linux, by its nature, is generally ok at most things but you are going to run into walls like the accelerometer mentioned above. Expectations need to be set and if you aren’t willing to know how to run your computer, it’s going to run you. I view this as no different than understanding the fundamentals of cars so you don’t get fleeced at the mechanic. But that’s just me. I want a certain level of competence in what I utilize on a daily basis.
I want people to switch. For people like me who have been power users for 20+ years, it’s as close to an easy hand off as is ever going to exist. Trying to convince my Normie friends? I’m still fighting that battle and all they do is Facebook, youtube and WoW.
I agree that setting expectations and having to adjust to the new norm should be part of the onboarding speech. “It just works” shouldn’t be uttered to anyone short of grandma for email and youtube on a computer you install the software on.
I don’t think the term “Falls behind” is being used in a competitive entity vs entity in the way you read it as here.
I think it’s just being honest to the viewer in terms of hardware and software compatibility. Many go into the quest to swap to linux expecting that there will always be a replacement, and that’s simply not always true. Your biggest thing you should expect going into it is that it is not a 1:1 transition, your lifestyle and expectations the OS will provide will need to change and I think that was the general ideology that the author was trying to present.
Many move back to windows because they have incorrect expectations of what to expect out of transition because they either don’t like change, or don’t want to have to troubleshoot things that just worked on windows. Restructuring your life includes sacrifices that usually have to be made during the transition, and those sacrifices can include things that cost money to replace such as hardware peripherals. Some things are just misconfigurations and can be tweaked once you find out what to change. However, some things like the overall lack of support for an item you need to wait for support, replace that item completely which may or may not have an equivalent, or if you have the skillset required design your own interface for it.
This was my experience. While I had nothing but time to learn Windows over the years, my time now is more limited. My Creative Sound Blaster sound card worked… Somewhat under Pop_OS!, but kept having issues. It got to the point that I opted for an external DAC and my issues cleared up.
While I want everything to “just work”, I knew my time is more valuable to me than figuring out why this particular hardware didn’t want to work, so I swapped it.
I remember the win9x days of looking shit up and figuring it out. Most people nowadays don’t have that skill or never had it and onboarded with computers that “just worked”. Side note in my opinion but, that’s the insidious nature of Big Tech. They make it so easy to use, you don’t care that they pick your pocket for every ounce of data. Linux, by its nature, is generally ok at most things but you are going to run into walls like the accelerometer mentioned above. Expectations need to be set and if you aren’t willing to know how to run your computer, it’s going to run you. I view this as no different than understanding the fundamentals of cars so you don’t get fleeced at the mechanic. But that’s just me. I want a certain level of competence in what I utilize on a daily basis.
I want people to switch. For people like me who have been power users for 20+ years, it’s as close to an easy hand off as is ever going to exist. Trying to convince my Normie friends? I’m still fighting that battle and all they do is Facebook, youtube and WoW.
I agree that setting expectations and having to adjust to the new norm should be part of the onboarding speech. “It just works” shouldn’t be uttered to anyone short of grandma for email and youtube on a computer you install the software on.
Edit: changed device quoted above