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Spoken like someone who hasnβt had to troubleshoot Windows
Could that be because he's had fewer issues with Windows and hasn't had a need to troubleshoot it?
Windows 11 is a shitty version of Windows, but it's not Windows ME or Vista. It sucks because of the arbitrary CPU and TPM requirements, plus having AI forced into a user's desktop. Not to mention Microsoft is dragging its feet fixing performance issues in Explorer.
It's still very stable on good hardware with stable drivers. Point out the actual shit parts of Windows, not lazy callbacks to the days of Windows 98.
Steps to troubleshoot Windows:
Looks fairly similar to what you would do on Linux. Change registry to config file (unless you're using Gnome, then it's both). You're right though, on Windows, people don't usually have paragraph long commands to paste into the terminal to fix some issue. Instead, on Windows you have Microsoft support posts where a "Microsoft Community Support" non-employee pastes non-helpful boilerplate tech support copypasta which are somewhat adjacent to the user's issue.
Linux at least gives us useful logging and the software packages have documentation that is accessible without paying for a Microsoft Support contract.
The Linux community support can actually fix your problems without boilerplate copypasta and doesn't cost anything but you'll get the customer service that you pay for.