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    Installing OS, 10 years ago:

    Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

    Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

    Installing OS today:

    Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

    Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

    Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

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    [–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

    You don't download shell scripts from github for windows. You download batch scripts and exes from random file hosting sites, and they don't even fix your problem.

    [–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    Maybe Linux is 10 years ahead. Let's give our windows users some insight about their future:

    Don't remove the French language pack with sudo!

    [–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

    If you have a 64 bit computer, you gotta delete system32.

    [–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    Idk, installing Linux was pretty easy 10 years ago too. Can't comment about anything earlier than that though.

    [–] zloubida@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    They are probably like me, thinking that the year 2000 was 10 years ago.

    [–] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

    thinking that the year 2000 was 10 years ago.

    This is patently absurd, 10 years ago was 1994.

    [–] pathief@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    Last week I installed Windows 11 on a new laptop that came with FreeDOS installed. It was a really dreadful experience, I never thought it was this bad.

    • The windows 11 installer couldn't find any hhd partitions or hard drive, while FreeDOS could. After googling for a while I had to download an Intel Rapid Something driver from the manufacturer's website and load it up when installing windows 11.

    • After installing Windows it required an internet connection to proceed but I assume the wi-fi drivers were not installed. USB tethering didn't seem to be working either so I had to continue the setup elsewhere, where I had physical access to the router.

    • I had to skip a lot of things throughout the installer, which kinda shocked me. Office 365 and even games, before I even booted the actual OS.

    • Fully updating Windows took 2 hours. Fresh ISO, gigabit Ethernet connection, nvme HDD. Damn.

    Pretty miserable experience and completely impossible to an unexperienced user.

    [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

    My last windows 11 installation took over 7 hours divided over 3 or 4 days, I dont even remember, I'm trying to forget. It was an absolute horror show and indont get why anyone accepts this. If I want to pay and get fucked I'll find an escort, but I have Linux AND a wife.

    [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    Even after finally booting the OS you still have to remove mcafee and cortana with revo uninstaller.

    [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

    Actually, after a grueling 7 hours installation journey, i removed those peasky things by tossing an LUKS LVM filesystem over it and using that drive as a secondary drive on my desktop. Fuxk windows