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> That's one way of dealing with it.

Windows can be reinstalled, Linux bugs never go away by themselves.

> You chose to debug the issue and help.

No, people don't do that in Windows because Microsoft has much better QA/QC. Not a single Windows update since 1998 has rendered my system unbootable. Microsoft is certainly not perfect and Windows sometimes has regression but those normally affect very few people.

> Is it tens of thousands, or hundreds?

Windows installation user base: 2 billion. Linux: 40 million. Have fun with mental gymnastics.

> You choose to live on the bleeding edge, and so you bleed.

There's a huge number of bugs affecting "stable" Linux distros that use "stable" software including the kernel. Linux bugs are not specific to the bleeding edge but they are more prominent.

Here: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219638

> Well, your entire comment is a rant: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rant

This is not a counter argument and I will not waste any more of my time with you. Try using the dictionary argument with your children, "You are a retard, my boy! Why? Look it up in the Merriam Webster dictionary, that's why".




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