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[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

Welp, Windows 11 is going to make me quit my sysadmin job of 15+ years, after all. I already refuse to use it at home but have no options at work. Bet dollars to donuts this was some sort of vibe coder AI fuck up we'll never be able to confirm.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Again, why are people paying money for this bullshit?

This is just normal and on par for Microsoft. When was the last time they didn't fix a security issue because they didn't wanted the bad publicity, causing the US government to be hacked?

Oohh, we will never do it again, pinky promise!

Microsoft's evil but oh my fucking god, they're so incompetent that they can't even be evil without fucking shit up

Install Linux already,.be done with the nonsense

[–] LongboardingLad@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

This was the push I needed to get off Windows completely. Some update broke Bluetooth connectivity. It's penguins all the way down for me now.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 24 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

windows quality has seemingly took a nosedive after 7 and never recovered. glad to have left.

[–] rickywithanm@aussie.zone 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If windows 7 was still supported it would be my go to for the rare “I need windows” moments. Windows 11 seems sluggish to me

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

windows 11 is just ridiculous. it's slow even on state of the art computers, takes 6-8gb of ram just to idle on the damn desktop.

[–] rickywithanm@aussie.zone 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I got my father onto Linux a while ago and the first thing he commented on was how snappy the whole system was

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

Same thing for one of my grandparents.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

Yeah I remember when Linux Update did this . . . oh wait, no I don't.

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago

Oh look a whole new reason to avoid windows 11.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 43 points 20 hours ago (10 children)

God damn, after ~20 years of being off Windows reading about problem after problem on each and every update is exhausting.

How do you all (Windows users) deal with this shit?

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

This is the first Windows update that has significantly altered how my daily driver laptop works (read: for the worse).

It's too inconvenient to use a Windows computer anymore. I'm switching to Linux

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 4 points 8 hours ago

By not using newest microsoft stuff. I'm always few years late to their next windows.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Wait 3 weeks before applying updates and let other people be the guinea pigs. It's usually enough time for things like this to be caught and withdrawn by MS.

[–] HalifaxJones@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Haven’t updated to windows 11 yet and probably won’t. Just gonna wait until I can afford a new PC then learn how to install Linux

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

There's nothing to learn. Mint and Fedora were click click done.

[–] wholeofthemoon@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Because I haven't had these issues in 20+ years? 🤡

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Most people don't have this issue. You are only reading about the less than 1%. Per usual, everything posted her is overblown and the linux trolls feed on it.

[–] sykaster@feddit.nl 21 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

I've never had an issue of this gravity on Windows. I use Linux and it has its issues as well. Stability is not why I use Linux lmao

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 3 points 3 hours ago

Perhaps not stability, but certainly the ability to understand a problem and fix things is why I use Linux. On Windows or MacOS you just get "Oops, something unexpected happened", or if youre lucky "Error -2847".

On linux you can read the journalctl or have a poke in /var/log/ and actually find an answer that's more helpful than "reinstall the operating system / program"

[–] 474D@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Stability is why I use an atomic distro

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Same way as I do on Linux. There was a post a few weeks back about an Arch update breaking vlc if you don't manually install a new optional dependency after an update split the package.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Arch has always broke. Arch will always break.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Whatever doesn’t break makes us stronger (at using the Archwiki)

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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 35 points 21 hours ago

Just vibecoding a kernel module, nothing out of the ordinary at Microsoft.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 52 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I am using three drives on that list. Uninstalled KB5063878 and blocked updates for over a month.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 17 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm using several of them too, but the update refuses to uninstall. Oh well, fingers crossed eh? Thanks Microsoft.

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[–] Australis13@fedia.io 32 points 22 hours ago

Ouch. Glad I don't run Windows 11...

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 24 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I was able to roll-back this update. But my computer is still running Windows. Help!

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Start looking into desktop environments, everyones quick to suggest distros, but de imo is more what matters day to day, most distros just work and will help you grab the same stuff in different background ways and/or with different terminal commands.

They should all have de options or have community alternatives of them that come with a certain de like kde or gnome.

Close to windows, minimal customization (still more than default windows

Cinnamon

Iphone + cydia, opinionated base experience with extensions that can completely change the look and add stuff like panels/dock

gnome + extension store

Windows but ultra customizable, tons of settings and directly customizable from the ui itself by right clicking

kde plasma

Keyboard user, hand always on it, like shortcuts and code editor based customization with documentation

hyprland

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Solid advice!

And remember that "DE hopping" is much easier than distro hopping, as you can install multiple and try them out without reinstalling your system.

Personally I'm a shill for Plasma, as I think that their motto "simple by default, powerful when needed" is very true. Out of the box, you get a grandma-ready UX that's pretty intuitive to any Windows or Mac user, but once you start to dig in there's so many "power user" features. Now every time I'm on a different system I instantly miss all the little QoL that I never even think about, and almost everything is neatly packaged in the system settings or context menus, without having to install extensions or set up a dozen different components

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Imo plasma settings/options can be a bit overwhelming, cinnamon can be underwhelming lol, as a former cydia user, I really like toggleable extensions with indidual settings that can be as complex/basic as they need to be.

My main issue with plasma is I cant stop tinkering with my theme/ui because the settings are so easily accesible. I get distracted easily. Gnome with a few curated extensions helps me focus, realized on accident using it because davinci resolve had issues on kde plasma using the global menu (didn't resolve after removing the menu)

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

I thought I was the only one who found KDE to be far TOO customizable. I used GNOME on openSUSE and actually enjoyed it. Used KDE on PoP! and hated it. Of course, the distro may have played a part in that. PoP never seemed to run right on my dual gfx Yoga 720. Using Cinnamon with Mint on it and I like it, but agree with a lack of all desired customization options. I can do about 90% of the tweaks I like to make.

I've never heard of cydia, though. Of course I'm like a 110yo on Windows when it comes to Linux usage. I couldn't even get openSUSE to reinstall from a flash drive after testing some other distros. Kept getting out of memory when it would attempt to install. I do think it was my favorite flavor of all the ones I tried!

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I've read in another article that NG Lv 1 means that the drive is recoverable and NG Lv 2 that the drive is unrecoverable.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

NG Lv 3 means you no longer have a computer.

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand. writing large amount of data at once breaks nand controller? and how that's an os issue?

[–] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe has something to do with making assumptions about how the nand controller is going to allocate things across superpages but that is a stupid random guess and also I have no idea why it’s an OS issue but boy do they keep finding ways

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

os updates write large amount of data to disk at once. especially a highly bloated os like modern windows. whatever the trigger, it's still faulty nand controller. you can very well cooy a 20G file and see disk is corrupted.

[–] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

That’s a good point on how the OS could be “causing” it. I don’t think my take was very likely after I thought about it for a while.

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

All of my computers are working just fine.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Is your drive 60% or more full and have you tried to transfer something 50gb or larger? From what I saw, those are some of the triggers.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

And the worst part is even if it succeeds you're still running Windows.

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 6 points 21 hours ago

Even though switching my laptop to Linux was a bit of a pain, especially for other family members, i didn’t regret it at all before. This just makes it even more reassuring as the right move.

Even the programs I had that rely on windoze I just run in wine or in a small vm.

If you can switch, do it!

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