Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Atreyu
From : Weatherman
Date : Tue Nov 22 2022 08:05:13


A> In this household computers work for me and not the other way around. And
A> nobody nags me to do anything. I hate being nagged. Windows 10 and 11
A> always nag about something. Worse than the exwife. OS updates in
A> particular. Theres ALWAYS some stupid OS update or Dot-net fiasco to the
A> tune of 500mb~2gb worth of downloading. At least once or twice a month.
A> Unacceptable.

The .NET are the worst - taking loads of time for updates.  When you have thousands of servers to patch, this is a constant nightmare.  That is why so many platforms have moved away from Windows Server and created custom "appliances".  The OS is just something to boot up the application.

A> And its 2022 and even with these lovely massive updates, the GUI is still
A> horribly broken when you go to rename a file on an SMB share and something
A> happens to the network connection; the entire explorer process crashes and
A> any other related operations crash. No warning, no explanation, nothing,
A> not even an "unknown error" logged anywhere.

I see the same thing on Windows 10 from time to time.  Probably some bug in explorer where it crashes and reloads the desktop.

A> Linux is no better with some of this stuff... I just wish there was a
A> modern OS that would act like an OS, talk like an OS and stop looking cute
A> or trying
A> to be my buddy. And doesn't need constant updates. Talks like a computer
A> and just runs my bloody programs.

Just like how Apple took hold of the phone market, the vast majority of people are not technical.  They just want some fancy looking pretty thing that has flashy icons and loves to charge their credit card everytime they click anything.

- Mark
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