I have never, ever been in a position where unplugging a USB device bricked my Windows installation. Meanwhile, if a USB storage device on my laptop running Mint gets unplugged without being dismounted (which happens, it's a laptop), I better start backing shit up because that installation is now ruined. Next time I try to boot, it just won't.
When I tell Linux creatures this story, they act like I'm just making shit up, or I must just be retarded, as if it's my first time using a computer and I haven't extensively tested this for my own sake. That Linux has real issues is beyond them.
Yep I completely feel you, my favourite thing I encountered was that when I tried connecting to the internet via my generic wireless adapter on my PC which works fine on Windows it simply wouldn't detect the hardware. Since I was dealing with house renovation at the time, I didn't have the proper wired internet setup I needed, so Linux made the decision for me that I had to use Windows. Oh and if anyone was wondering, I tried Ubuntu and Linux mint which are supposed to be some of the most properly supported distros out there.
That literally is it, I tested it repeatedly because it wasn't a hobby OS, I needed it to work. It was one of the Mint 20 distros. The installation could be completely clean, five minutes old, sat idle the whole time. Thumb drive in, thumb drive out, restart, and it's locked up.
I have never, ever been in a position where unplugging a USB device bricked my Windows installation. Meanwhile, if a USB storage device on my laptop running Mint gets unplugged without being dismounted (which happens, it's a laptop), I better start backing shit up because that installation is now ruined. Next time I try to boot, it just won't.
When I tell Linux creatures this story, they act like I'm just making shit up, or I must just be retarded, as if it's my first time using a computer and I haven't extensively tested this for my own sake. That Linux has real issues is beyond them.
Yep I completely feel you, my favourite thing I encountered was that when I tried connecting to the internet via my generic wireless adapter on my PC which works fine on Windows it simply wouldn't detect the hardware. Since I was dealing with house renovation at the time, I didn't have the proper wired internet setup I needed, so Linux made the decision for me that I had to use Windows. Oh and if anyone was wondering, I tried Ubuntu and Linux mint which are supposed to be some of the most properly supported distros out there.
What are you doing at the time? Saying "when a USB gets unplugged, my installation is ruined" is not enough information to go off of.
That literally is it, I tested it repeatedly because it wasn't a hobby OS, I needed it to work. It was one of the Mint 20 distros. The installation could be completely clean, five minutes old, sat idle the whole time. Thumb drive in, thumb drive out, restart, and it's locked up.