• RiderExMachina
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    1 day ago

    Windows breaks:

    1. find a Windows installation Disc or USB (1 hour)
    2. backup files from broken installation (2 hours)
    3. Install windows (15 minutes)
    4. Install Windows updates (8 hours) 4a. Debloat/Decrapify Windows (30 minutes)
    5. Restore backed up files (2 hours)
    6. Find and install previously installed programs (??? Years)
    7. Try to remember accounts and special settings for special previously installed programs (3 hours)

    Done in 16 hours

    Linux Breaks

    1. Find Linux Live USB (5 minutes)
    2. Reinstall Linux (10 minutes)
    3. Install updates (20 minutes)
    4. Reinstall previously installed programs (5 minutes)

    Done in <1 hour and spend the rest of the weekend playing Elden Ring

    Separate /home partitions are a godsend.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      Windows breaks:

      1. find a Windows installation Disc or USB (1 hour)

      Linux Breaks

      1. Find Linux Live USB (5 minutes)

      You know both of these are easy to find on the internet, right? Why the 55 minute discrepancy? Is Microsoft throttling your download?

      Install Windows updates (8 hours)

      I guess they are throttling your downloads. What did you do to piss them off?

      Separate /home partitions are a godsend.

      And easy to do in windows if you care to spend a few minutes. People praise Linux because it’s customizable then removed about windows forcing them to customize.

      There are so many legitimate things to whine about in windows. It kills me to see people lash out in ignorance and just hardcore make shit up