People have trouble installing Windows? You enter a license key and click next a couple times.
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You missed the part where you either sign in with your Microsoft account or cut your Internet, remove the webcam, fake your own death, and do the secret tap code in the bios to just have the OS without letting Microsoft into your butthole.
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Try doing it on a b650 motherboard that's so new the windows installer doesn't even have the correct ahci drivers
It's a joke post. Which makes it extra funny, and quite sad, how many of the comment seem to think it's serious and are unironically chiming in with complaints.
OPs username is "Peter Poopshit", I wouldn't take anything they post seriously.
Several people thinking this post is too stupid to possibly be real because they think linux users are smart says everything you need to know about this community.
I cant tell if people in this thread are trolls, ultra elite linux shills, or just people incapable of following simple instructions...
Like I get it, windows bad or w/e... But to act like it takes longer than an hour or two to install it, let alone 2 whole fucking days is just asinine.
Imagine having enough of a skill issue that it takes you 2 days to install Windows OS. The OS that idiot proofs itself by literally holding your hand on every option and walks you through itself to install.
Im not even joking, I re-install and have installed windows the past few years multiple times on personal devices for myself and my family and friends and even do it for professional devices and servers for my job. It is brain dead easy, enough that my tech illiterate grandparents managed to re-install it before I could make the drive to meet them and do it for them... I can't take this OP or anyone else seriously if they can manage to install a linux based OS but somehow have 2 days worth of trouble with Windows OS...
skill issue
Nice bait I guess. Windows may have bad things, but I have no idea what you're talking about here
ROFL windows is the easiest thing ever to install. Same with steam.
Sounds like either you’re terrible with computers or you have some serious hardware issues.
Blaming it solely on windows is a joke.
@Coreidan @PeterPoopshit ah, can you install windows without a microsoft-cloud account nowadays ? Please tell me how.
It's kinda funny how many people have no problem at all with a cloud account on their phone but get a mild stroke when Windows asks them to create a Microsoft account.
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ROFL, I like Linux, but if you can't install windows 11 easily. The problem isn't win11...
I have gotten so used to not dealing with windows that on the rare occasion when I do go back I find that I have to check my anger and aggression while doing so.
Do you struggle dressing yourself too? Lol
I thought this would be a post complaining about the usablility of windows as a desktop, not the one thing windows does right...
I recently just reinstalled windows on my gaming pc and arch on my laptop, and I completely agree with you. especially the fact that now windows 11 force you to sign in. I know it can be skipped, and average users probably wont care, but FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!
archinstall is such a breeze, and in general for linux, I can control precisely what to install and configure it to be exactly how I like it, as opposed to windows I had to find some sketchy debloater scripts to remove all the craps, disable the telemetries, and hoping it doesn't break anything.
And if I break anything, linux always have detailed documentations, where as windows...its always some indian guy on youtube teaching you how to run windows troubleshooter and hand you more sketchy scripts
I'm upvoting this because it's hilarious, but on a serious note, installing windows is so easy my granny could do it.
The only thing, and I assume that's where you struggled, is sometimes the formatting of the hd doesn't want to work. In that case, a quick google will help you out, but also just format it quickly with diskpart and continue the installation.
This person is either cursed or idk what they were trying to do. Installing Windows literally couldn't be easier, you don't even need to think about partitions, you can just let it create them itself.
I reinstall Windows every cca. 6 months to clear all the bloat i pick up, it's really not that hard.
Windows 10 LTSC is the way to go if you absolutely have to use Windows, I'd love to use Linux on my gaming rig but Assetto Corsa + my simracing hardware doesn't play nice at all.
Sounds like a skill issue on your behalf.
Windows has it's serious flaws, and I would never willingly go back to it at this point, but the installer is too hard? This sounds like a you-issue rather than a Windows one.
It's definitely more frustrating. I've had a similar experience trying to help people with their Windows PCs. Thankfully I've managed to convince a few to switch to Linux Mint.
Being unable to delete OneDrive is reason enough to drop Windows imo.
I have a Windows partition on my workstation. It serves really two purposes, some manufacturers issue firmware upgrades that you can only install from Windows and games. Recently that partition got scribbled and I had to re-install. The most recent Windows ISO would NOT install for me from a USB, I HAD to burn a double sided DVD to get it to install. Then within two weeks of installation it runs into an update that keeps failing. Gotta fucking love it. And this is Win10, I am not ever upgrading to Win11.
Builds New PC -> Can't even start Steam
Somehow I don't think the problem is Windows.
@PeterPoopshit this has to be a shitpost this person is either extremely stupid or shitposting. windows install takes 15 mins worst case. no trh install is not great because you sit there for 10 minutes hitting no no no but its not hard
On some linux distros the only thing you have to press is "yes". Sounds easier to me than having to press "no" for 10 minutes
No one argued that it is not easier. The point is that it is not hard.
curious but how could anti cheat work on linux
EAC for example has a module you can install on steam. With it installed you can play games that use EAC (eg Apex Legends or Battlebit) on Linux
You can tell them all the pros and cons about it, but in all 38 years of my life, I've only had one person enthusiastically wanted to try something new on their PC, a fellow class mate from back in highschool. People legitimately don't like new things when they think what they already use is perfectly fine.
Ironically this reasoning is exactly why I ended up switching to Linux when Windows 8.0 came out. I hated the new start menu so much and the Linux distro of my choice had a very similar one to Windows 7.
Couldn't agree more
It is not harder, windows is just playing find the config toggles with its users. it's like easter all year long.
That shit absolutely drives me bonkers. And all the non-resizable dialog boxes make me want to scream every fucking time.
I keep a virtual machine of 10. I don't enjoy using it though.
I think that's what I will eventually do. Right now it's still dual boot.
I wiped windows and installed Linux back in 2004 and never looked back.
Now im only forced to use windows in work, constantly asking my work mates how to do this n that on it. I sure they think im sine sort computer illiterate numpty with no clue.
My Windows machine at work is so locked down today I can't do anything anyway. I have to open a ticket every time I want to install something. Just as well. I have zero interest in mucking about with Windows anyway.
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