stolen from linux memes at Deltachat

  • RandomVideos@programming.dev
    251·
    10 months ago

    One time i opened windows to change a setting on my mouse that had windows only software

    The app didnt boot so i tried to restary windows. It decided to update, froze in the middle of the update, and broke

    After then everytime i tried to open windows it would send me back to the gnu grub screen

    • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
      11·
      10 months ago

      I had the opposite problem, I had my mouse all nicely configured just how I wanted it using Piper on linux, then booted windows to test something unrelated (which if I remember correctly didn’t even have the logitech software installed) and it somehow instantly reset my mouse to factory defaults. I decided whatever I was trying to do wasn’t worth the effort and have not had windows installed on my main computer since

    • bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      71·
      10 months ago

      After then everytime i tried to open windows it would send me back to the gnu grub screen

      Sounds like it did you a favor

  • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
    20·
    10 months ago

    windows updating the UI/UX with every new OS kills me. Wheres the ‘fuck off’ option when it asks for me to set up my personalization options and info?

    I just wish they would literally and continued supporting Win 7. Everything after is just subpar from a usability perspective imo.

  • Xavier@lemmy.ca
    212·
    10 months ago

    I have a single windows 11 system while everything else is on some form of Linux distro.

    That windows system has never been connected to the internet, and it has been great without ever causing any of the typical update issues (although I update applications/components manually over an isolated NAS link).

    It’s sad to see that everyday users have gotten habituated to these constant workflow braking updates. No wonder many people I know are jumping to the Apple ecosystem after getting a taste with a M2.

    • TheKingBee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      10 months ago

      It’s sad to see that everyday users have gotten habituated to these constant workflow braking updates.

      I’ve never understood this problem, people talk like it has a mind of it’s own and i just don’t get it.

      I’m running windows 11 pro and have never had updates interrupt my shit.

      Updates show up in my system tray, then it updates overnight when i sleep.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
        91·
        10 months ago

        Most don’t leave their PC on overnight.

        I remember when I went on my lunch break and came back to see my PC part way through upgrading to Windows 10, which I never agreed to. So yeah, Windows update can definitely act bizarrely.

    • Pantherina@feddit.deOP
      1·
      10 months ago

      I mean… having updates that suck is not a good solution but for sure do every update please.

      Its just excrutiatingly slow, like 5min one time where Fedora Kinoite is more stable, doesnt fuck up other partitions and goes in the background while using the system!

      Android (GrapheneOS) is even better with updates in the background and very low CPU usage, one reboot and you are there.

      Or just regular mutable Linux distros seperating packages that dont need a reboot from packages that do.

    • phorq@lemmy.ml
      4·
      10 months ago

      I need to overwrite windows because currently I’m just considering my laptop unusable until I bother to fix grub after that…

      • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Do it! Commence the sacrifice so that the great penguin in the sky may grant you its blessing!

  • lntl@lemmy.ml
    15·
    10 months ago

    OSHA would say having a Windows install is a potential hazard because it can become dangerous if activated. To remedy, you must remove the hazard.

    Safety is no accident.

  • jaybone@lemmy.world
    172·
    10 months ago

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  • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
    14·
    10 months ago

    Too real. I booted up windows last week because I wanted to test something quickly before going to bed… starting it and testing my thing took about 5 mins; but then shutting down took more than half an hour.

    • Hiro8811@lemmy.world
      36·
      10 months ago

      Try ghost spectre. It’s a custom windows that rarely gets update. I didn’t has any problems even with cracked games. But then I left windows for Linux

  • thepiguy@lemmy.ml
    11·
    10 months ago

    I was afraid of exactly this happening. So I just deleted my partition when I fully committed to Linux a few years ago.

    • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
      9·
      10 months ago

      You can delay all other updates with the group policy editor. You can disable preview builds and you and delay quality updates by 30 days and delay feature updates by 365 days. The bugs are always worked out by then.

      • auth@lemmy.ml
        11·
        10 months ago

        thats good but Im also worried about the useless changes that they make… so after 365 days I would start getting constant useless updates anyways

        • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
          3·
          10 months ago

          Feature updates are necessary after a while. There’s SOME important stuff in there. And if you wait a whole year before installing the new one, all the bugs will be fixed by then

  • wulrus@programming.dev
    9·
    10 months ago

    Happened to me just yesterday.

    Wife: what are you doing? Me: pushing the hard reset button. Wife: it’s not possible. Windows started booting up! Me: No, it’s necessary.