BluescreenOfDeath

@BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make this thread look like it's your first day on the internet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  run win.exe Open AOL Log in www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think my favorite part of swapping has been forgetting how Windows does things. I’m so embedded in Linux and how it works every day that I don’t remember where to go for certain things in Windows without having to search.

  I remember some power user shortcuts like run prompt shortcuts (appwiz.cpl or control userpasswords2) but I used to be able to walk people through how to get certain pages in the Windows UI, and I couldn’t do it today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I made the swap after they forced Windows 7 update behavior to change. You used to be able to download updates but you got to choose when to install them. Then they changed it to either they’re on and fully automatic, or fully off.

  At the time, I was running a computer repair company, and my work computer running Win7 was running a data recovery on an accidentally formatted drive for almost two days. After I had left and the program finished, Windows was all “Oh, the computer is idle now. Let me give you a 15 minute warning that I’m going to install updates and reboot if you don’t cancel”.

  After the second time, I formatted my work computer. Shortly after, I did the same to my gaming PC. Haven’t looked back once.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of us manage to break the cycle, but despite how much I love Linux (ups and downs) I understand that it isn’t for everyone currently.

  What most people want is a stable system they can just use without understanding much if anything about how the underlying systems work. They don’t care that wifi drivers can be fixed through a few terminal commands, they rail against the fact they have to do much of anything at all besides click [Next >]. And I can’t blame them; that’s what Microsoft has trained them for.

  So many people with random toolbars and junk extensions in their browsers because the [Next >] button is how they get past whatever problem they have. The average user isn’t very tech savvy, and it takes someone with a desire to learn to truly thrive in a Linux environment.

  I’ve converted my mom to Kubuntu, and she does well, but she’s also an outlier (she has an expired CCNA certification).

  Linux suffers from a catch 22: there’s not enough users because there’s not a lot of commercial support because there’s not enough users because… And the people who are donating their time to make it better are saints as far as I’m concerned, but there’s only so much people can do for free. Things truly have gotten better, but until more typical user types can adopt Linux with little to no fuss, not much will change.

  And that fact hurts my soul.