<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>deaddodo</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been using Linux for a similar time. To be fair to those people, there were massive roadblocks for ages. 802.11b (then G, A, N, etc) support, Flash while it ruled the roost, DRM-video playback, GPU-acceleration, Bluetooth device support, proper sleep, functional multihead, application support, etc, etc, etc.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not fair to say &amp;quot;there&amp;#x27;s always something&amp;quot; in a sarcastic tone, when there legitimately &lt;i&gt;has&lt;/i&gt; always been something holding people back. Especially on laptops.&lt;p&gt;Is it easier than ever to use? Definitely. Does it support a significant chunk of hardware these days? Yup. Are there actual proprietary&amp;#x2F;commercial pieces of software on it? Yeah. Does it game now? Sure does. Are there still reasons people might not be able to use it? Definitely.</text><parent_chain><item><author>ta1243</author><text>&amp;gt; The only thing holding me from Linux&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve spent the last 25 years using linux and seeing this statement.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s always something.</text></item><item><author>worewood</author><text>I recently had to install windows on 2 computers after some years without doing it.&lt;p&gt;Had to spend an entire day debloating the thing. Had to use a handful of tools and powershell scripts to do it.&lt;p&gt;I still can&amp;#x27;t imagine how they  managed to make a context menu open in almost a full second. In Windows 9x on a 200Mhz it was instant. A useless one too, because all the options that matter are in the old one.&lt;p&gt;The only thing holding me from Linux is ThrottleStop and MSI Afterburner, which are a must for gaming on my laptop</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts</title><url>https://www.pcworld.com/article/2354686/microsoft-blocks-windows-11-workaround-local-accounts.html</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>darkwater</author><text>And to give a more Linux-positive spin&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;there is always something that holds you... which is actually not that vital in the end once you lose it&amp;quot;</text><parent_chain><item><author>ta1243</author><text>&amp;gt; The only thing holding me from Linux&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve spent the last 25 years using linux and seeing this statement.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s always something.</text></item><item><author>worewood</author><text>I recently had to install windows on 2 computers after some years without doing it.&lt;p&gt;Had to spend an entire day debloating the thing. Had to use a handful of tools and powershell scripts to do it.&lt;p&gt;I still can&amp;#x27;t imagine how they  managed to make a context menu open in almost a full second. In Windows 9x on a 200Mhz it was instant. A useless one too, because all the options that matter are in the old one.&lt;p&gt;The only thing holding me from Linux is ThrottleStop and MSI Afterburner, which are a must for gaming on my laptop</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts</title><url>https://www.pcworld.com/article/2354686/microsoft-blocks-windows-11-workaround-local-accounts.html</url></story>