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_For instance Microsoft and Apple regularly update ntoskrnl.exe and mach_kernel respectively for security fixes, but it's unheard of that these updates ever com

_For instance Microsoft and Apple regularly update ntoskrnl.exe and mach_kernel respectively for security fixes, but it's unheard of that these updates ever compromised the boot process._ I had updates rendering my computer unbootable by messing up the MBR at least twice.

jaimex2 8y ago
Exactly. You cant walk away from Windows 10 without the chance of coming back to a bricked system because it auto-updated and broke.
- sgc 8y ago
  This issue of Windows update and other lock in trends is 80% of the reason I just (in the last month) switched to a Linux desktop. The other 20% is that the ui on Linux has finally progressed enough that I could consider it the least worst option. That is a first since I tried many times and wound up reverting to Windows. So far the only thing that really bugs me is that I have to apply fixes in the terminal. Like installing a printer only to find the scanner function was installed but wasn't configured - and the only way to get it to work is read a few forums until you can figure out which of the myriad installed utilities will actually return the info you need to configure the driver, etc. It's often a few, because the first half dozen results are wrong! Strangely enough, I don't find anything in Linux to rival Notepad++, WinSCP, or AutoHotKey - just the type of thing I was expecting to find new and improved. Those programs just have a better UI, and great functionality, to get things done without going full command line commando or buying into a the resource bloat of full ide. Right now I am using both sublimetext and visual studio code, because they both have things the other lacks. I could just use np++ for everything before. Doubling my ram made that less painful than it would have been otherwise. Obviously a very personal itch, but one I suspect a number of people who are on the cusp of accepting a Linux desktop might have. But I trust Linux's stability since I have had zero issues in decades of administering my servers, and don't worry about updates the way I do on a less informative OS. Specifically, once you are used to apt, the list of packages that will be installed tells you a lot about what might break or not on your system. And there will always be a way to revert to older libs if necessary, which might not be true on a locked OS.
  - fatboy93 8y ago
    Did you try notepadqq, late or kwrite? Notepadqq is notepad++!
    - sgc 8y ago
      It's not in the way I use it. I found the plugins for notepadqq seriously lacking. I haven't used kwrite in years, I guess I should give it another try.
  - aepiepaey 8y ago
    You may want to try Filezilla or gftp for something similar to WinSCP.
    - sgc 8y ago
      I'm using filezilla, it really doesn't compare in terms of ui or even functionality.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
It did used to be true. Windows 10 and its adoption of no-QA and "our time is worth more than the users'" parts of open source culture put an end to that.

jaimex2 8y ago

Exactly. You cant walk away from Windows 10 without the chance of coming back to a bricked system because it auto-updated and broke.

sgc 8y ago
This issue of Windows update and other lock in trends is 80% of the reason I just (in the last month) switched to a Linux desktop. The other 20% is that the ui on Linux has finally progressed enough that I could consider it the least worst option. That is a first since I tried many times and wound up reverting to Windows. So far the only thing that really bugs me is that I have to apply fixes in the terminal. Like installing a printer only to find the scanner function was installed but wasn't configured - and the only way to get it to work is read a few forums until you can figure out which of the myriad installed utilities will actually return the info you need to configure the driver, etc. It's often a few, because the first half dozen results are wrong! Strangely enough, I don't find anything in Linux to rival Notepad++, WinSCP, or AutoHotKey - just the type of thing I was expecting to find new and improved. Those programs just have a better UI, and great functionality, to get things done without going full command line commando or buying into a the resource bloat of full ide. Right now I am using both sublimetext and visual studio code, because they both have things the other lacks. I could just use np++ for everything before. Doubling my ram made that less painful than it would have been otherwise. Obviously a very personal itch, but one I suspect a number of people who are on the cusp of accepting a Linux desktop might have. But I trust Linux's stability since I have had zero issues in decades of administering my servers, and don't worry about updates the way I do on a less informative OS. Specifically, once you are used to apt, the list of packages that will be installed tells you a lot about what might break or not on your system. And there will always be a way to revert to older libs if necessary, which might not be true on a locked OS.
- fatboy93 8y ago
  Did you try notepadqq, late or kwrite? Notepadqq is notepad++!
  - sgc 8y ago
    It's not in the way I use it. I found the plugins for notepadqq seriously lacking. I haven't used kwrite in years, I guess I should give it another try.
- aepiepaey 8y ago
  You may want to try Filezilla or gftp for something similar to WinSCP.
  - sgc 8y ago
    I'm using filezilla, it really doesn't compare in terms of ui or even functionality.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago

It did used to be true. Windows 10 and its adoption of no-QA and "our time is worth more than the users'" parts of open source culture put an end to that.