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thehatfox Aug 21, 2023

Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron

Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron - Lemmy.world

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Boozilla Aug 21, 2023

The MBA dickheads took Microsoft over years ago. Engineers used to have some input on features and design, but those days are long gone. I know the term enshittification has been overused, but it applies double to Microsoft.

Tools like ShutUp10 (which works on Windows 11) are the only reason I can bear to use their bloated horrible OS for my job.

Office 365 pissed me off so much I only use LibreOffice now (and it’s excellent).

We should all be using Linux, but some folks (like me) are trapped for now.

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Prethoryn Overmind Aug 22, 2023

Fuck Libre Office and Open Office.

I really hate the, “we should all use Linux” mentality and I see it on here a lot. Let me tell someone who barely knows how to send a fucking file over the internet how to fix their broken repository that decided to randomly break during an Linux upgrade.

Lunch and Windows do different things in different ways that make sense in both ways for different reasons. Not everyone should hate Windows or vice versa, Linux, because this entire Lemmy community thinks it is superior in every way.

I get pissed off by office as well but you know what it has some pretty damn good features. It works in the cloud it’s easy to sync across my decides.

Windows updates break things but at least MS and Windows has a massive catalogue of fixes and ways to go back.

I love Linux but holy mother of fucking God it is an absolute pain in the ass to fix when it breaks and you expect me to tell my Mom to understand that.

No, we should not all be using Linux because Linux does not work for all models needing to be met. I hate to be that aggressive asshole but Jesus Christ I keep seeing this on Lemmy and it’s just a god damn stupid fucking statement.

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TwilightVulpine Aug 22, 2023

Windows randomly decided to break for me many more times than Ubuntu did for my parents. Every time a sudden new update is pushed on the background, stalling anything I would be doing to a halt, it’s a roll of the dice if it will still function properly when it’s done.

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Honytawk Aug 23, 2023

Sure, and how easy was it to fix those issues?

Usually it is nothing more than either reversing an update or waiting for the next update in Windows.

While in Linux you’d have to re-import the correct repositories through command line and it might still not work, explain that to your parents.

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nickwitha_k (he/him)

Usually it is nothing more than either reversing an update or waiting for the next update in Windows.

…Waiting with a non-functional computer until the next update?.. Really?..

While in Linux you’d have to re-import the correct repositories through command line and it might still not work, explain that to your parents.

Why would a non-technical person ever need to use 3rd-party repos? Besides that, “reimporting” a repo is just adding 3-5 lines of text to a file, which can be done via gEdit, or, in most cases, through the settings in a distro’s package manager UI.