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I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows
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Only problem I have with Linux is it not working on my hardware. Windows of course works fine. So many stories of a Thinkpad T480 and Linux being such a dream, until you try it and it doesn't work.
OH! And the constant nagging for a password, literally to do anything at all. Open a browser, enter password. Install an app, enter a password. Uninstall an app, enter a password. Wake from sleep, enter a password. I thought windows was bad, I had no idea how much better it was until I tried Linux.
You are definitely doing something wrong. Does it really ask for a password to open a browser? Windows always asks for a password for all that other stuff if you're not using an administrative account, which is supposed to happen. Unless you're fine with anyone that happens to get access to your computer being able to install/uninstall stuff.
It could be the browser's password manager triggering the system keyring to unlock.
Possibly, but that can be disabled
Yes it does. I've never had to enter a password to uninstall anything from Windows before.
Chromium has done that to me before when I didn't setup its keyring properly. I would just hit ESC three times to get past its dialog. Now I make sure to use an empty password for its keyring because I only use Chomium when something doesn't work in Firefox.
KDE Plasma has also asked me many times for opening its keyring and that has pissed me off. I don't use KDE Plasma other than on one server though.
Some of the other password requests you can disable in the graphical system settings (like asking for password coming out of suspend).
For the rest, those are just the same as Windows UAC which asks whether you want to give something adminstrator privileges. There's probably a way to set up that experience if you'd rather click 'yes' in a popup than type your password.
If you're using an administrator account it won't ask for a password but it will put up a UAC prompt. If you're not using an administrator account, it puts up a UAC prompt with a password.
Wait, does it not work on your hardware, or are you using it frequently enough to be bothered by passwords?
It mostly works. I have it set to dual boot and spend more time in Linux than in windows, forcing myself to use it. I also have a desktop that I use for windows on.