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Everyday I am happier I’ve moved to Linux Mint on my personal computer and have macOS at work.
Random, but mine started randomly turning itself back on. This is honestly bizzare and dangerous. Why the fuck does my PC suddenly turns itself on while I'm sleeping? Using event viewer and commands to see what triggered it returns nothingness, as if nothing triggered it
Instead of waiting a few more years for Linux to reach the level of ease-of-use needed to overtake Windows, MS is being sporty by moving the goal closer.
Linux is currently easier to use than Windows. People who think otherwise are Windows users who think different equals worse.
Exactly. A lot of people seem to think that different = worse, or that not supporting the same software means it supports less software. I couldn't move to Windows right now because there is a ton of stuff I use Linux for that Windows has no alternative, or the alternatives are terrible. It works both ways.
This is simply not true. I don't understand what lying about this does for anyone.
As a recent Linux convert, pretty much every hardware has full windows support while Linux you'll have to hunt for shit.
Basic stuff like Nvidia graphics cards or even Logitech peripherals will not "just work" on Linux.
Again, I love Linux and for me the pain was worth it, and most of the issues aren't really Linux's fault, it's the manufacturers who are assholes, but your average windows user had no idea about who's responsible when their mouse won't work and they can't install Logitech software.
On Linux Mint, my Nvidia graphics card and Logitech keyboard and mouse just worked.
Weird i converted 3 systems to linux last year and every hardware was plug and play, except a 3070ti for which it was open the driver launcher and click once
I find that a lot of stuff is easier on Linux. Like downloading and updating most software. Heck the official Minecraft launcher works better on Linux with multiple accounts than on Windows. Just try some distro’s out
Go install Linux Mint and you might just realize that line is already way behind microsoft.
windows seems to be self-destructing , might be sooner than that.
A few more years? Try Mint 22.3 Cinnamon, like millions of others are!
Can confirm. Was stuck at "You're 0% there" screen for like 20 minutes. Then it "unfrozen" itself and rebooted just fine. But yeah I wish I had the time to move to Linux soon.
All your computers will not respond to command until an agreement is reached for total US control of Greenland.. and Iceland. Farteched?
Copilot created this patch with pride.
Wtf kind of insanity is this? Run out of battery then asshole.
I was just thinking unplug the desktop.
Be hard for it to stay on with no power cord/battery…
Same as when my computer refuses to finish writing to a flash drive. When I press that "safely remove hardware" button, it is not a request, it is a warning. If the data is corrupted after I yank the stupid thing, so be it
Unplug the shit
Install Linux Problem Solved.
I just want to know why my Windows 10 laptop is waking up by itself in the middle of the night to apply updates it isn't supposed to have? What the fuck?!
Have a look at "wake timers", they might be at fault and need disabling
Thanks. It was set to Allow Important Only when plugged in, I've disabled it. This prevents me from using Wake-On-Lan, though, which is shitty. I fucking hate Windows.
You don't own proprietary software. When you allow it access to your computing resources, you can just hope it does what you want it to do, the way you want it to.
Sounds like a bonkers extremist position, and in a way it is, but it's also true.
I'm sure the patch was something super important like shoving more Microslop Copilot in your face, making Copilot OS even slower, and using Copilot to spy on you better
microslop patch
the key is, from microsoft's perspective, you don't own your computer
I hate myself for enjoying Battlefield 6 enough at the moment to still be shackled to Windows. It's almost like have BF4 back again.
Please flame
There are plenty of other shooters to enjoy over here, even Halo works and that just feels like it should be illegal
Yank the cord
Looks like we are going back to the old days of the big switch
LOL this response triggers me on MacOS when I tell it to install "unknown" software or turn off Bluetooth.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU CANT DO THAT, I AM YOUR OWNER AND IM TELLING YOU TO DO IT SO JUST FUCKING DO IT"
Jesus, my son wanted to add a classmate as a friend on Xbox Live last night. It should have been a two step process from a parent perspective: Authenticate, then authorise (though the lad was delegated the task of the latter technically).
When he tried to add the friend, I had to:
Just so he could get to the point where he could select "add as a friend", what the actual fuck
