I’m actuslly greatful that microsoft went all power drunk on us, as it moved me to Linux. And eased my mind a ton about viruses and messing up,the system, and a other huge boost is that it’s so easy to reinstall and get back up and running just how I like it. With windows it takes me several days of looking stuff up, getting updates, programs,,customizing the look etc. With Linux it’s a bit over an hour after the install. I,have everything written down now, so,that really speeds up.th3 personal settings and where to find them all as I forget lol
Updating with windows 7 used to be really really aggravating, especially if you reinstalled windows and had to update it all again. It woild take days. With many many reboots, and the downloads a,ways seemed to,either get stuck/freeze, or take forever. It was os bad I had to download something to ‘fix windows updates’ before it woild even begin to search the computer (which took forever, sometimes hours) for needed updates, then again the s,ow as molasses downloads of,the actual updates.
That used to,be very aggravating. Linux takes at most about 20 minutes or so to fully update from a scratch Install. And now I can’t even update windows 7 which I bought along with my machine, so I own an operating system I can’t even use safely anymore. Thanks ms!
So, thank you Microsoft for driving me to Linux. Much appreciated.
Absolutely, same here. I tried Linux a couple times back when it was Redhat. Everything went well with Win XP and Win 7 and then came the Win 10 thing. In no way was I falling for the MS BS anymore. So as a last ditch before giving up on PCs altogether I decided to take a look at Linux again even if I had to use it with the terminal. I read reviews and settled on Mint because of the “Best Distro” reviews.
I was blown away by what Linux used to be and what it is now. I was now set and good to go. And like I mentioned, that was six years ago and that same first install is still running like it was new. That laptop is so old now most of the keys have popped off it and I have to use an external keyboard. That is the only “hardware problem” I have ever had with Linux... lol