I find this mildly infuriating, I only use Windows for work, I even personally purchased Windows 11. Local account and disabled as much as I could. I personally do not like Windows or Windows in general.
Well, now I do an update and they throw this up like I need to walk thru these steps (again). Not even a “Skip”/“Don’t remind me again”. Windows is not what it used to be and after disabling half the Microsoft stuff I’d expect not to be bothered again. It’s really a built in ad more then anything.
2023-08 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5029351)
When it asks for an account just use a@a.a
Just upgrade back to Windows 10.
You spelled GNU/Linux wrong.
Linux has a host of there problems, like checking if your laptops hardware is compatible. Which isn’t a thing for Windows.
Having to chose a distro also sucks. You have to make pro and con lists and shit. With this distro my WAN card might work, but this distro has more of the programs I need on there package manager and this distro has newer packages but fewer…
This is the point most users quit Linux, before Installation
Distro hopping is not a popular sport and is not representative of Linux as a diverse ecosystem at all.
Nobody said a word about distro hoping so I don’t know what your point is
sure there’s a little bit of learning and set up at the beginning, but the rewards vastly outweigh the cons. If you change your mindset a little bit you’ll see the variety of distributions as a blessing rather than a curse, as you’re not locked into only having a single OS to choose from, and it can new a lot of fun trying out all the different styles and setups. Ultimately though as long as you choose one which has a largish support community then it doesn’t matter really which one you choose.
Yeah, but with Laptops there will always be a time you have to open up the terminal and punch in 20 commands from a sketchy tutorial from 2015 to maybe get your fingerprint reader to work. How realistic is that for the 90% of user population which do not work in IT?
If it’s your own machine, I recommend running one of the Windows 11 debloaters.
I’ve moved all of my personal machines over to Linux (specifically Ubuntu). Windows just isn’t worth it anymore.
Don’t support Windows. Just use windows activation scripts and run Chris Titus Tech’s Windows security and debloating script. If you can, you’re better off on Linux.
So glad i ditched windows a decade ago and never locked back once. What a shit show
I always wonder what people like you do for CAD.
Try to remember that some of us have to use windows for work. Comments like yours are unhelpful. The world would be entirely made of of people who don’t care/complain + people on Linux if it weren’t for certain software.
I do a lot of CNC cutting, 3D printing and designing my own parts. U may laugh at it but i am very fine with using FreeCAD and OpenSCAD for that.
The thing that really rubs me the wrong way about all this is we pay for Windows, I have 3 licenses for Windows 11 and it’s gotten so annoying that I don’t even use them anymore. I’ve been a Linux user for quite a while already and between Microsoft’s doing more and more data collection, and more ads, I just walked away from it a couple years ago. Fortunately, I was in a position where I could do so. I feel bad for folks that must use Windows for this or that and can’t escape it.
You just have to pick your poison. Windows is easy to use. I don’t want a walled garden ios machine, nor do I want to spend 2 hours on a forum trying to troubleshoot every little thing on Linux.
Exactly this. Tried Linux mint a while but everything was a hastle for me as a new user. Every program I wanted to install had a different method to do so. I ended up not much using the laptop where I installed it on. A pity, I love alternative software.
As a Linux user I can tell you that I run into plenty of issues no matter what distro I use. I still prefer it over windows.
