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Anon goes back to Windows 10 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The operating system doesn't degrade, it is just the user installing more and more crap without cleaning. Which is regular usage for your average user.

A fresh install just gets rid of old crap that has nothing to do with the operating system.

In comparison, I regularly remove software I don't need and make sure my startup is clean of things that don't need to start every day and it keeps my Windows 11 fast as fuck. I have a laptop with an old Windows 11 install that is just as snappy as it was when I installed it.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I install whatever I want on my Linux desktop without thinking about it, and the file browser is still as fast as it was the day I installed it (really fast). I don't have to do regular housekeeping to ensure basic functionality remains performant.

If the operating system is architected in such a way that simply installing things (you know, one of the main reasons to have a computer) degrades the performance of basic functionality, that's a problem with the operating system.