• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    I don’t know when’s the last time you used Windows, but I use it daily (for work), and these days the update process looks like this:

    1. Within 2-4 days of a Patch Tuesday when I’m packing up to go home from work I notice that the “Shutdown” button now says “Update and Shutdown”.
    2. I click that button, go to the kitchen to drop off the dishes I used during the day.
    3. I come back, the laptop’s off, I pack up and go home.

    How is Linux less annoying than this?

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      1 day ago

      How is Linux less annoying than this?

      On Linux I never had a BSOD into an unavoidable 40+ min update while I’m trying to finish something ASAP. I choose when to download updates, and when to install them.

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        Last time I saw a software related BSOD on my personal device was… 10 years ago.

        Hardware, obviously, happens, but that’s not Windows at fault.

        The longest time I had to wait for an update to finish was 20 minutes - since around Windows 10 dropped.

        Seriously, it’s like you guys still think Windows is what Windows ME used to be…

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          Yeah, everyone is an idiot but you, congratulations. We’re all making shit up, our computers crash because we’re noobs. Thank you for your contribution.

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            1 day ago

            Pro-tip: clean install Windows, don’t use any “debloaters”, just uninstall the software you don’t want, and leave it like that.

            You’ll enjoy a long and happy OS life.

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                17 hours ago

                That’s a good tip too.

                Although people really demonise Windows much more than it deserves (these days).