> The windows 11 experience has been great, flawless even. Yes there are some advertisements creeping into it, but they can be turned off, and Ubuntu doesn’t exactly have a clean track record here.
You're treading awfully close to a false equivalence. Ubuntu made this mistake what once? Microsoft is continuing to do and doubling down. Also, it is impossible to turn off all the ads (let alone all the privacy invading "telemetry") in Windows without shelling out $3/month (e.g. video ads in Solitaire). There is a world of difference between the two. Let's not pretend they're anything akin, especially today.
> Can these issues really be fixed? Could Microsoft fix it if they take swing at it?
While power management in Linux is worse, it is also very patchy in Windows. I frequently find my new Windows machine dead as well. I think this is more an issue with the ACPI standard.
> Why can't the Linux community move the needle on these issues, and if they can't why should we want Windows assimilated into that ecosystem?
Pretending that major progress hasn't been made (especially wireless) is simply ignoring reality. With respect to wireless, I think the Windows and Linux situations are comparable. Linux lacks a few drivers but is overall more reliable. Also, I would point out that you're somewhat drawing a false equivalence since Windows makes both the hardware and software in your Surface. You should compare your Surface experience with a System76 machine, that would be a more accurate comparison.
And... Ubuntu is not linux. Ubuntu is one flavor and, being open source, when canonical made a mistake we could all drop their software and use something else. When Microsoft makes mistakes we don't have much choice but to wait/pray they address the situation before it bites us.
> Ubuntu made this mistake what once? Microsoft is continuing to do and doubling down.
Well, my point was not that they were the same, but that Canonical has engaged in behavior I find unsavory in the past (indeed in my opinion far more unsavory than what Microsoft has done with Windows 11, but that's just my opinion), so I can no longer trust them to engage in this behavior in the future.
> Pretending that major progress hasn't been made (especially wireless) is simply ignoring reality.
The reality I live with is that I still can't connect to my University's wireless network using my Ubuntu machine, but it works fine on Windows and MacOS and has for decades.
> Also, I would point out that you're somewhat drawing a false equivalence since Windows makes both the hardware and software in your Surface.
I've owned machines from all manufacturers you could care to list and even when a HW vendor is trying really really hard to offer the fully integrated, seamless experience that Windows and MacOS offer, they still can't get it right. For instance, the Dell machine I have right now is one of them. Dell has been selling Ubuntu computers for 14 years and they can't get their power setting right.
I love Linux. I use it every day. My job wouldn't be possible without it. My passions wouldn't be possible without it. But we need Windows to not be Linux because honestly Windows is still setting the bar in many regards.
You're treading awfully close to a false equivalence. Ubuntu made this mistake what once? Microsoft is continuing to do and doubling down. Also, it is impossible to turn off all the ads (let alone all the privacy invading "telemetry") in Windows without shelling out $3/month (e.g. video ads in Solitaire). There is a world of difference between the two. Let's not pretend they're anything akin, especially today.
> Can these issues really be fixed? Could Microsoft fix it if they take swing at it?
While power management in Linux is worse, it is also very patchy in Windows. I frequently find my new Windows machine dead as well. I think this is more an issue with the ACPI standard.
> Why can't the Linux community move the needle on these issues, and if they can't why should we want Windows assimilated into that ecosystem?
Pretending that major progress hasn't been made (especially wireless) is simply ignoring reality. With respect to wireless, I think the Windows and Linux situations are comparable. Linux lacks a few drivers but is overall more reliable. Also, I would point out that you're somewhat drawing a false equivalence since Windows makes both the hardware and software in your Surface. You should compare your Surface experience with a System76 machine, that would be a more accurate comparison.