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Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users (www.techspot.com)
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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 44 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I jumped onboard last weekend. Built my new computer from parts because I couldn't find a system I liked that didn't come with a Windows license, and I refuse to pay for a shitty OS I won't use.

I installed Mint have been happily gaming for just over a week now. I even upgraded my kernel when I came home for lunch one day. That's not something you can say about Windows!

[–] elauso@feddit.de 27 points 9 months ago

I'd recommend staying with your current distro if you're happy with it!

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Linux gang, but I use Windows at work and do a full update ("Please wait... We're working on things...") weekly over lunch due to being trapped in the Windows insider program. It takes about half an hour. Longer than compiling a kernel though.

[–] Patch 2 points 9 months ago

The pain of this. I have two separate Windows work laptops (one for my employer, one for the firm we work with; data separation fun). The number of times I've booted up the second laptop ready to dive into a meeting or to quickly grab a reference only to be confronted with 15 minutes of that.

Between pestering me to check for updates, pestering me to restart to complete updates, hanging on shutdown to carry out updates, and hanging on startup to finish updates, I feel like I spend an unfeasible amount of time and brainspace thinking about system updates. Why? I've got actual work to do too!

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

that's awesome, i'd recommend trying out EndeavorOs for your next distro