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Is that Arch or TempleOS lol
I read that as "Torii gate" and was very confused for a bit.
I just installed Mint on my work computer, wish me luck! It's so fucking fast and snappy. You can even delay startup applications! π€―
Good luck! Mint was my first distro too and still the one I use most, everything just works how I want and yeah, so much faster than Windows
In my experiences, it's Windows Update in the background causing the lag. Doing it's shitfuckery things, planting it's shitfuckery seeds, waiting for restart season to trigger the bloom...
It is funny though, "Updates! You need to restart!"
"Oh, okay!"
Restart > GRUB auto boots to Linux.
I know it's a future me problem, but I'm in Windows for work like once a month these days. That's fine.
You just reminded me.
At one point I had Windows take up two drives, one for boot and one for games. However, I only ever really used it for this one piece of software that I couldn't get working on Linux, so I nuked it and reinstalled Windows on the smallest drive I have, just for that software.
Two weeks later I got the software working on Linux, and I completely forgot I even have a Windows partition up until now. It's been months.
My windows "partition" for work is just a single VM image that sits on one of my two Linux-formatted drives.
I've got the images for Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP on my server, to use remotely in case I ever feel the need.
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"Haha! I use Linux and don't have to deal with this!"
Goes to work, has to use Windows 11 computer and solidworks
At least at work it's ITs problem if shit goes awry.
Haha, i wish! They always go "oh, that's OT software, yeah we have no clue about that, you're on your own"
It's dangerous to go alone. Take this:
gift from IT
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Good old SolidNearlyWorks
The "ctrl" and "S" key on my keyboard have the letters worn off.
At work, I get paid to sit around and twiddle thumbs while staring at the update screen.
Ooo, me too!
I also get to twiddle my thumbs when the connection is lost to the license server.
Goes to work, has to use Windows 11 computer and solidworks
My job pushed windows on us two years ago. I work as freelancer and don't have much choice, it's either "comply" or "leave".
So yeah, that's how I work now:
Does that one come with fishnets? Perchance?
Me? Only unix socks
I'm so glad I can work on my Linux desktop. Arch Linux all day every day
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This fucking dirtbag is going to reinstall edge, skype, outlook, and turn all bluetooth devices back into telephony enabled earrape machines.
Don't forget, it's also going to install a new, non-optional AI assistant in ... *rolls dice* ... Windows Media Player.
I swear to god Microsoft does this on purpose to get you to restart and update
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The good thing about being on an out of date OS. No more fucking updates.
Sure, but once they demote bad SSL protocol options and youβre forced to either upgrade or switch platforms.
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I went in here expecting Linuxposts. Was not disappointed.
Windows users cannot understand the absolute absurdity of "I can't use my computer right now, it's updating."
Had to boot my work Windows laptop a while ago, because the software I have to work on uses some stupid Windows sign in thing, and I wasn't fast enough getting Kerberos working before everyone went on vacation.
I'd forgotten that every single piece of software handles its own updates, and to install anything you have to like, go around to different places and download it. It's crazy.
Nevermind the file manager making a dozen HTTP requests every time you launch it.
"haha it's thinking"
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Me: I'll boot in Windows to use my capture card and stream for a bit.
Windows Update No you are not.
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Good idea to restart, not shut down, about once a week if you're using Windows. It only clears things out on a restart for some reason.
Shut down is only a power saving mode for quick boot from what i recall. Restart will actually stop everything.
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Good idea to restart, not shut down, about once a week if youβre using Windows.
lol, I had my Linux PC running for over a year continuously once, with no issues. Only had to reboot because a power outage lasted longer than my UPS could keep it running.
It only clears things out on a restart for some reason.
Because Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, decided to turn 'shut down' into a sleep/hibernate mode instead, in order to deliver faster boot times. (Instead of, you know, actually making the OS faster and more efficient for faster boot times.)
This is true for kernel updates in Linux as well.
Whenever I update the kernel I will need a restart eventually because it breaks the openvpn somehow and I've been too lazy to figure out how to actually fix it.
Still my Linux machine doesn't nag me about restarts. The DE just pops up a notification one time saying it's recommended.
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Then it decides to roll back the update because fuck you, and then youβre sitting there disappointed that it took 20 minutes from you youβll never get back
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It was in all likelihood lagging because of Windows Update. The only way I would use Windows at this point is if it was Windows 10 LTSC with updates disabled or in an offline environment.
I've even gone through the frustrating task of setting up wine bottles to hold windows-only softwares such as Clip Studio Paint and Autodesk softwares.
Fun fact, ever since I switched to linux I've never had a system crash, unlike on Windows were every few days nVidia video or audio control would cause a BSOD. I'm actually convinced they make buggy and crashing drivers intentionally in order to push people off the 20 and 30 series cards, if somebody can prove it then it'll be a multimillion dollar class action.
Nothing is better than let's check something quickly before I go on a two week journey π
Yep PC does whatever for two weeks
Just go through regedit and group policy settings for anything that feels like it's going to update windows and disable it.
You really should be doing regular updates.
Disabling updates is dangerous and not recommended for a reason.
Back in normal times this was common sense but you've really gotta understand that microsoft is just shipping malware for its own systems lately. This vibe coded garbage is pretty debatably worth it, they obviously see their userbase as stand in QA testers
I'll be the first one to say that I've left Windows in the dust for Linux almost 10 years ago. After losing 24-48 hours worth of work **twice** due to automatic updates (on a Windows 7 machine, running data recovery against a deleted partition on an external hard drive. When they took away the ability to have windows download updates but let me choose when to reboot), I swapped to Linux fulltime and have never looked back.
While Microsoft isn't exactly setting records for user privacy, the answer to "Microsoft is installing things that track what I do for corporate interests" will never be "stop installing updates". Microsoft is at least an entity you can hold legally responsible for damaging you. Refusing to install updates will only make that problem worse, not better.
I get that the Microsoft Hate bandwagon is a fun ride, but suggesting that users disable updates is bad advice, full stop.
You definitely made the right call from any angle. Windows 11 is a roaring dumpster and not just because of the bloatware. 10 was pushing in bad directions but until 2034 there's a stripped down industrial version for operating hospital equipment and the like with that will continue getting security updates. But this shit show has been circling the toilet since around when you left.
The problem isn't the bloatware. Well that's a problem but the real more pressing issue is Microsoft is letting their unholy Copilot write the damn updates. It keeps breaking people's drivers or basic system stability, I wasn't exaggerating about users have been recruited to QA. Even on my stripped down IoTC version people still got served an update that caused your username to manifest on my screen. Imagine that happening on somebody's lab equipment or surgical monitor.
Maybe a hospital can take on the court case but I've been voiding my warranties since I graduated, that's just not an option for me. I'm going back to the last stable update, airgapping my machine, and waiting for the sun to burn out or for Microslop to sober up and stop letting a chatbot drive the coding department. Maybe one of those two things will happen before Gates sees any legal recourse for nights spent on Epstein Island.
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Windows updates break a shit ton of stuff, it's best to wait any news about it breaking something for a few days
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