Recently I had a hiccup with my main SSD drive. I have a dual boot Win/Kubuntu setup. Linux was crashing hard and Windows was giving me blue screens. After I resolved the issue (cooling/loose connection, idk) my Linux was doing fine, but Windows was giving me blue screens. I think it was doing an update when it crashed.

After a couple of hours messing with my recovery USB and booting in safe mode, I was able to fix the bad update and reboot normally.

I tried to open Firefox and it couldn’t find the executable. Looking into the Program Files Mozilla folder, I found the .exe files had been renamed to .exe.sig???

Then looking for the Edge browser, I suddenly found out that Microsoft Copilot AI had been installed!?!?!?!?!?!?

What the actual fuck???

I never wanted that trash on my PC! That’s one of the reasons out of the many that I didn’t want to use Windows 11.

And it’s a weird fucking coincidence that Firefox was fucked. I couldn’t even rename the files to .exe because they wouldn’t execute. Looks like they were encrypted or some shit? What the fuck is Microsoft pulling?

It’s a happy coincidence because you know what? I’ve been thinking about going full Linux install since all my games and Windows applications work with Steam, Proton and Bottles now.

I really don’t see any fucking reason to keep using Windows. Fuck this shit and fuck Microsoft.

Edit: Oh and that’s on top of all the other bullshit like forcing users to create a MS account to install Windows 10 now and having to jump through hoops to have an offline installation. And also defaulting to having all your user folder documents into their fucking One Drive cloud.

I’m done.

  • SkyNTP
    73·
    1 month ago

    The thing holding me back is multi monitor support. It’s just atrocious on Linux (and has been for a long time). I have issues with:

    • can’t duplicate screens (“not supported” huh?),
    • random screen not detected,
    • broken layout when screen changed,
    • flickering and constant layout changes

    Not sure if anyone has tips? NVIDIA and Intel displays, scarred to even try VR.

    • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
      91·
      1 month ago

      NVIDIA

      That’s your problem right there. So often, when somebody says “I have a problem with Linux”, they mention NVIDIA. Sir/Madam, you have a problem with NVIDIA. Those fucks have been a thorn in the backside for more than a decade. As the creator of linux said “single worst company they’ve dealt with”.

      Tips… uh… in rising order of monetary cost

      • no cost: install a distro that might have support for downloading the right proprietary drivers (linux mint, Pop!OS, ubuntu, bazzite? nobara?)
      • no cost: try to install the proprietary drivers yourself
      • variable cost: get a geeky friend to try and fix it for you, compensate with a beer, meal, or vacation depending on how annoying it was
      • buy an AMD GPU

      For temporal cost, reverse the order.

      Anti Commercial-AI license

    • Cyborganism@lemmy.caOP
      3·
      1 month ago

      I have a simple setup with only one monitor. I haven’t messed around with having two screens yet. But I used to when I had a laptop and I don’t remember it being that difficult. I dunno.