One night our computers all decided to update without our consent as windows does. Everyone’s computer crashed and the updates and how they broke each system varied wildly.
My laptop got totally bricked. I mean I used windows recovery USB, a damn actual disk, tried every safe mode, bios, windows repair utility thing I could. Nothing.
I reinstalled Windows 11 completely. To my utter fuckong bewilderment it was STILL BROKEN. Could not get to the sign in menu even though I could reinstall the OS. I’d seriously never seen anything like this shit and I’ve been building PCs for 2 decades.
So I said fuck it, loaded Linux mint on to the laptop and just like that, I could get to a desktop again.
The really shocking part, everyone at my work used all the computers, so if someone was near my laptop and needed to get something done, they’d just take a seat and do the task.
It took 3 months for anyone there to realize I had even moved on from windows.
They all used Libreoffice and other pre installed software and our workflow literally did not change at all, if anything I spent less time fixing fucking windows.
Good riddance, I will NEVER go back to that horse shit. They don’t respect you and it’s on purpose.
My old W10 PC is now Linux as of last week. (Cachy OS, test rig)
My thin clients? Already Linux. (Ubuntu server)
My laptop, also Linux. (Mint)
My W11 PC… It will be Linux, Mint dual boot this weekend.
Now… my phone. You win this round Android, but GrapheneOS is clawing at the door. Google will foolishly stop support for my phone this October and the new phone will probably be… You guessed it… Linux.
I know Ubuntu allows you to try out the OS off of a USB before you do a full install. Do note that performance will probably take a hit since it’s running off a USB, but it usually works just fine for basic web browsing, writing a spreadsheet, etc.
Everything Microsoft is fucked.
They worked so hard to cram every feature and make everything one fucking platform and the bugs just kept piling up.
I don’t need to fucking access my files through Teams. I don’t fucking want OneDrive to be a requirement for auto save. I fucking hate Copilot.
I just fucking want Excel to work.
You charge a subscription fee now. Where the fuck is that money going because it clearly is not going into product development and support.
God damnit! I am too fucking lazy to switch to Linux but you’re really going to make me do it aren’t you?
The funniest thing happened at my work this year.
One night our computers all decided to update without our consent as windows does. Everyone’s computer crashed and the updates and how they broke each system varied wildly.
My laptop got totally bricked. I mean I used windows recovery USB, a damn actual disk, tried every safe mode, bios, windows repair utility thing I could. Nothing.
I reinstalled Windows 11 completely. To my utter fuckong bewilderment it was STILL BROKEN. Could not get to the sign in menu even though I could reinstall the OS. I’d seriously never seen anything like this shit and I’ve been building PCs for 2 decades.
So I said fuck it, loaded Linux mint on to the laptop and just like that, I could get to a desktop again.
The really shocking part, everyone at my work used all the computers, so if someone was near my laptop and needed to get something done, they’d just take a seat and do the task.
It took 3 months for anyone there to realize I had even moved on from windows.
They all used Libreoffice and other pre installed software and our workflow literally did not change at all, if anything I spent less time fixing fucking windows.
Good riddance, I will NEVER go back to that horse shit. They don’t respect you and it’s on purpose.
My old W10 PC is now Linux as of last week. (Cachy OS, test rig)
My thin clients? Already Linux. (Ubuntu server)
My laptop, also Linux. (Mint)
My W11 PC… It will be Linux, Mint dual boot this weekend.
Now… my phone. You win this round Android, but GrapheneOS is clawing at the door. Google will foolishly stop support for my phone this October and the new phone will probably be… You guessed it… Linux.
I know Ubuntu allows you to try out the OS off of a USB before you do a full install. Do note that performance will probably take a hit since it’s running off a USB, but it usually works just fine for basic web browsing, writing a spreadsheet, etc.
I am going to be USB booting into Linux, to try and recover data off a failing drive, from a Syneology NAS.
It will be my first toe dip.