• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    4 hours ago

    windows quality has seemingly took a nosedive after 7 and never recovered. glad to have left.

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      3 hours ago

      If windows 7 was still supported it would be my go to for the rare “I need windows” moments. Windows 11 seems sluggish to me

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        2 hours ago

        windows 11 is just ridiculous. it’s slow even on state of the art computers, takes 6-8gb of ram just to idle on the damn desktop.

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          31 minutes ago

          I got my father onto Linux a while ago and the first thing he commented on was how snappy the whole system was

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    11 hours ago

    God damn, after ~20 years of being off Windows reading about problem after problem on each and every update is exhausting.

    How do you all (Windows users) deal with this shit?

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      46 minutes ago

      Haven’t updated to windows 11 yet and probably won’t. Just gonna wait until I can afford a new PC then learn how to install Linux

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      3 hours ago

      Wait 3 weeks before applying updates and let other people be the guinea pigs. It’s usually enough time for things like this to be caught and withdrawn by MS.

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      4 hours ago

      Most people don’t have this issue. You are only reading about the less than 1%. Per usual, everything posted her is overblown and the linux trolls feed on it.

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      10 hours ago

      I’ve never had an issue of this gravity on Windows. I use Linux and it has its issues as well. Stability is not why I use Linux lmao

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      10 hours ago

      Same way as I do on Linux. There was a post a few weeks back about an Arch update breaking vlc if you don’t manually install a new optional dependency after an update split the package.

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      10 hours ago

      Crying, sniffling, more crying, over eating, crying some more, and existential dread. Then I go to work and pretend it will just magical go away, become delusional, go home, and start the process all over again.

      I might need therapy.

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      8 hours ago

      bashing the executable

      three instances of Battlefield 6 load up

      “ss-seethe, linux-turds!!”

      gpu explodes from poor driver implementation

      browser renames itself

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    14 hours ago

    I am using three drives on that list. Uninstalled KB5063878 and blocked updates for over a month.

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      13 hours ago

      I’m using several of them too, but the update refuses to uninstall. Oh well, fingers crossed eh? Thanks Microsoft.

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        9 hours ago

        Hmm, mine uninstalled without issue but I haven’t yet fully rebooted. Might still get an error at that point. Fingers crossed.

        EDIT: reboot completed without issue. Guess I’ve been lucky. My main drive is not one of the affected ones and I didn’t write anything noteworthy to the affected ones when the update was installed, so should be all good from here out.

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    13 hours ago

    I was able to roll-back this update. But my computer is still running Windows. Help!

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      11 hours ago

      Start looking into desktop environments, everyones quick to suggest distros, but de imo is more what matters day to day, most distros just work and will help you grab the same stuff in different background ways and/or with different terminal commands.

      They should all have de options or have community alternatives of them that come with a certain de like kde or gnome.

      Close to windows, minimal customization (still more than default windows

      Cinnamon

      Iphone + cydia, opinionated base experience with extensions that can completely change the look and add stuff like panels/dock

      gnome + extension store

      Windows but ultra customizable, tons of settings and directly customizable from the ui itself by right clicking

      kde plasma

      Keyboard user, hand always on it, like shortcuts and code editor based customization with documentation

      hyprland

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        9 hours ago

        Solid advice!

        And remember that “DE hopping” is much easier than distro hopping, as you can install multiple and try them out without reinstalling your system.

        Personally I’m a shill for Plasma, as I think that their motto “simple by default, powerful when needed” is very true. Out of the box, you get a grandma-ready UX that’s pretty intuitive to any Windows or Mac user, but once you start to dig in there’s so many “power user” features. Now every time I’m on a different system I instantly miss all the little QoL that I never even think about, and almost everything is neatly packaged in the system settings or context menus, without having to install extensions or set up a dozen different components

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          7 hours ago

          Imo plasma settings/options can be a bit overwhelming, cinnamon can be underwhelming lol, as a former cydia user, I really like toggleable extensions with indidual settings that can be as complex/basic as they need to be.

          My main issue with plasma is I cant stop tinkering with my theme/ui because the settings are so easily accesible. I get distracted easily. Gnome with a few curated extensions helps me focus, realized on accident using it because davinci resolve had issues on kde plasma using the global menu (didn’t resolve after removing the menu)

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    10 hours ago

    I don’t understand. writing large amount of data at once breaks nand controller? and how that’s an os issue?

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      8 hours ago

      Maybe has something to do with making assumptions about how the nand controller is going to allocate things across superpages but that is a stupid random guess and also I have no idea why it’s an OS issue but boy do they keep finding ways

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    12 hours ago

    Even though switching my laptop to Linux was a bit of a pain, especially for other family members, i didn’t regret it at all before. This just makes it even more reassuring as the right move.

    Even the programs I had that rely on windoze I just run in wine or in a small vm.

    If you can switch, do it!