Are people not allowed to have a positive opinion about an OS you dislike?
The OS is like a tool, not a religion. If it works for you great, if not then pick another tool, no need to go into a heated holy-war debate about how your tool is the beast and other people are using the wrong tool.
>The original post has no details whatsoever, it's just praising Windows for no reason. To me it does look like trolling.
The details are in his post:
"this is the most beautiful OS UI ever, more than GNOME and MacOS in my opinion"
The author lets us know he likes the interface of W11 more. Very important aspect for a OS you'll have to use regularly.
"After years of distro hopping and constant problems [...] not have to worry about Wayland, Nvidia"
The author lets un know he distro hopped but had issues with Wayland and Nvidia. Again an important point, what use is a OS that has issues with your HW/setup? Better stick to what already works for you. Most people don't have time to go into wikis, forums and tutorial rabbit holes to get $DISTRO working on their HW if Windows already works out of the box.
To me at least, the author has made it clear why W11 is better than Linux -FOR HIM-. So either you didn't read his post or you're the one who's trolling.
> The author lets un know he distro hopped but had issues with Wayland and Nvidia.
Which issues? On which hardware? If you install Linux on a random Windows-certified laptop, you should expect troubles and don't blame others for them. Would you blame Windows when it doesn't work on a MacBook? You should buy Linux preinstalled, just like you do with other OSes. I'm a happy Linux user for many years, with working graphics, WiFi and suspend.
Does it really matter that much which exact issues, on an opinion piece? Is he the first Linux user to have issues with Wayland and Nvidia? Come on, be reasonable and assume good faith, no need to be a stickler.
> If you install Linux on a random Windows-certified laptop, you should expect troubles
Where does it say you should expect troubles? Every article and post online is praising that Linux works just as good or even better than Windows, causing most of non-technical people to hop on the Linux hype train and immediately be disappointed with various issues around UI scaling, HW acceleration, Nvidia, Wayland, etc.
>and don't blame others for them
Who has he blamed for his problems? Which individuals? Read his text again. To me it reads that he had issues with Linux but non with W11, no victim blaming.
AFAIK every Linux distribution has a section on the website about recommended hardware, don't they? Yes, Linux is better than Windows in many ways, and many people have a good reason to say that. Maybe they should always add that you should choose your hardware carefully, which I did above.
> no victim blaming
The victims in this case are Linux developers and the whole Linux community, which is harmed by unsubstantiated claims that Linux doesn't work reliably. Nobody guaranteed ever that any OS would work on all hardware in the world. I'm tired of this myth.
> Does it really matter that much which exact issues, on an opinion piece?
What if I write an opinion piece that Windows is extremely buggy and slow on my unspecified hardware (which happens to be, e.g., a MacBook or oldest Raspberry Pi)? Does such "opinion piece" bring anything useful to the audience?
The OS is like a tool, not a religion. If it works for you great, if not then pick another tool, no need to go into a heated holy-war debate about how your tool is the beast and other people are using the wrong tool.