Windows

I had to buy a laptop for my kid to use for some online testing that required windows 11. They install some rootkit like malware that only runs on a baremetal install. So virtual machines were out, Linux was not supported.

So I plunged into that cesspool. Holy crap what a shitshow just to get an install.

Its true they force you to use a ms account to complete install. You must have WiFi enabled or might as well return it. Took 2 hours to download whatever it needed to complete the setup. Hadd to create 2 online accounts because the 1st one errored for an unknown reason.

After it booted I discovered S mode. You must sign in online and enable Hello to get out of S mode to install anything other than ms apps.

To use local account, you need to click around 4 or 5 different areas in order to remove online, then hello, then the passkey, then remove the ms account. I haven't even begun cleaning up the diags, spyware, ads,suggestions, etc....

I feel dirty now.

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Microslop - making irony obsolete since Bill Gates learned he could impress people by jumping over a chair

I like mentioning sometimes that there’s a small delay when you click the Start button, because it’s a React component. My coworker told me he cannot unsee it now.

"May have" lol. Thats like saying bugs bunny may have been a cartoon rabbit.

I love watching Windows users complain about it, and continue using it.

I bought a new deivce last week wich came with Win11 home. There was no way to turn it on and see the desktop without getting online and loggin into an account first. So I removed that interface for accessing Microslop services and installed an OS in its place.

And unstable. The amount of shit that crashes on Win11 is absolutely abysmal. Windows Explorer is my enemy on the computers we have a work. At least once a month Windows Explorer crashes or freezes, the task bar disappears and I have to reset it, or clicking on windows on the task bar doesn't bring them back up (I have to Alt-tab just to get to a window that is behind another).

It wouldn't be a huge issue if it was consistent. I'm fine with dealing with technical issues on a regular basis. The problem is that some problems persist while others show up and disappear. And the problems are different on every computer but are all frustrating to deal with. Its always been a thing with Windows but these days I straight up can't even do certain tasks at work on certain computers because they simple do not work anymore with Win11

No shit. Win10 made explorer slow as shit somehow, and the start menu was slowing in 8.1 already. Win11 slowed them both even more and they’re firing more javashit at us because someone thinks it’s an acceptable front end language. It’s fucking not. It’s just a lot of people know it.

Who uses windows en who uses linux here ?