Hmmm… 🤔

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      Well I updated my computer and my audio stopped working; to the logs! Lol I love Linux, but find myself asking “what now?” much more frequently with it…

      With windows it is more like “wtf is this new ad on my start menu?” Or “how can I opt out of all these features no one ever asked for?”

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    Other cures include literally just restarting your PC once a month so it can install updates.

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      Or disabling the stupid power settings that mean a shutdown isn’t a shutdown, and turning your computer off when not in use

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        It’s hilarious that so many issues in Windows can be fixed with a restart but then they made it not actually restart when turned off and on again.

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      I mean, I use Linux but I’ve used a lot of Windows in the past. I don’t find either of them particularly more stable than the other. I had blue screens a few years ago on my laptop and that turned out to be faulty RAM. I haven’t had a Windows-caused BSOD in years. And all this talk of Windows suddenly starting an update while I’m using it, I’ve literally never had that happen.

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      It’s windows. You’ll not have a choice in restarting at least once every couple of days.

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    Linux machines don’t crash unexpectedly, because if they do, it’s your fault for configuring it wrong and you should have expected it.

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      Windows machines don’t crash unexpectedly because it’s Microsoft and you should have expected it.

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      Or you just decided to update all your packages like a madman whilst not running on a Debian based distro

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        Bruh, if a package update breaks something, I just roll back the BTRFS snapshot.

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    I saw that happen once in a big presentation.

    There was a team of students presenting their work to ~200 people. Right in the middle, a pop-up says updates are finished and the computer needs to restart. It has a helpful 60-second countdown, but “cancel” is grayed out, so all they can do is watch.

    I was only in the audience and I still have nightmares.

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      shutdown.exe -a should take care of situations like that. It’s not an excuse for taking away your options on the UI though.

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        Does that require admin access? It wasn’t their machine, it was one the school provided for the auditorium.

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          By default a normal user can abort the shutdown. They could also configure group policy to prevent shutdown permissions which also prevents aborting a shutdown.

          The GPO is Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment > Shut down the system.

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      Greyed out options like that almost always mean the person has been hitting cancel or delay for several warnings already.

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    I haven’t seen a blue screen in years.

    Yes, Linux Preachers, I am a Windows user.

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      youre fake, i used windows daily for the last year and I got one at least once a month. Maybe I was using it wrong though, idk.

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          I assume that like 9/10 comments in here won’t be serious. Why are you all taking it so seriously? Yes, windows is very good and it’s rare to have a blue screen now, compared to the good old Windows XP days…

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        Don’t know what you’re doing wrong. I abuse the hell out of my computer and the last time I got a blue screen was… 2021?

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        Ya got bad hardware friend, the only time I’ve seen a BSOD in the last few years was when something on my work laptop went bad and it had to be replaced. I haven’t seen a BSOD on my personal machine since my last DIMM failure.

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    Unfortunately as a linux user you may get stuck-on-post syndrome but there are widely available immunizations and treatments available.

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    I’ve used Windows since the late 90s and I’ve had infinite blue screen loops before. probably a hardware issue but it’s not like this fear is irrational.

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      Seemingly once a year my windows machine goes into an infinite loop of bluescreens. It’s because of my wireless/bluetooth card everytime.

      Windows will update the driver during one of it’s bug updates, fail, then I have to go into safe mode and install the correct driver. Then it’s business as usual.

      Windows doesn’t seem to care that I told it to never update my drivers, it’ll still do it once a year.

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    Wow, I’m having this issue right now. Forgot my current laptop at home, so I took out the old laptop which hasn’t seen an update in months.

    Now it has randomly crashed, as one does (reason why I asked for a replacement) and I’m here waiting for windows to install all the updates…

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      There are many OS-related diseases. Many Linux users are affected by or at least know someone who suffers from the compulsive need to mention that they’re using Arch. Then there’s compiler flag addiction, which can develop in Gentoo users. iDependency, the pathological need to purchase any product Apple releases, has financially ruined many macOS users. Windows users’ feelings towards Windows Update and the associated increase in heart rate are known to substantially increase the risk of a fatal heart attack.

      Knowing how to operate TempleOS is considered a mental disorder under the DSM-5.

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