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Yesterday it worked / Today it is not working / Windows is like that Reflecting an understanding of the state of computing usability last updated in the early

Yesterday it worked / Today it is not working / Windows is like that Reflecting an understanding of the state of computing usability last updated in the early 90s.

ttctciyf 6y ago
> ‘I just installed KB4512941 and now Windows Search is broke and Cortana process in taskmanager takes 90% CPU,’ a Windows user wrote on Reddit. > On Twitter, one gamer shared his pain after the update stopped his favourite game from working properly. > ‘Very cool that Skyrim is broken,’ he wrote. > ‘Yet another thing Windows updates has ruined for me. They’ve taken everything from me.’ - https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/09/microsoft-admits-windows-10-bug-causing-problems-around-world-10710714/ https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/09/microsoft-admits-windows-10-b... (Or find your own counterexamples: https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+update+destroyed https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+update+destroyed )
- Doxin 6y ago
  Windows update is the #1 reason I even ever moved to linux in the first place. - you can run updates whenever you like. no nag screens, no automatic reboots - even when you do run updates you don't usually need to reboot and if you do need to reboot you can choose when to do so yourself. - updates don't install ads or other unwanted crap - (on debian at least) updates don't tend to break anything. - no stalling boot - no stalling shutdown -- I can't count the amount of times I've stayed up late because windows update was preventing shutdown. - still automatic updates if you want with all of these advantages.
  - jimnotgym 6y ago
    Old news
    - Doxin 6y ago
      Yes. so? Just because you and I know that windows update is awful in comparison to package managers on linux doesn't mean everyone does.
- jimnotgym 6y ago
  Of course you could have dozens of mac users working from home during the crisis, where a minor version VPN update requires an os upgrade but if you upgrade the os some other software won't work.
amiga-workbench 6y ago
I've lost count of how many Windows updates Microsoft have had to retract over the last few years.
caseymarquis 6y ago
Some Linux distros are like that too. The users are just better at figuring out why. (I recall updating Ubuntu breaking DNS and killing my internet, and tracking down the issue to needing a new symlink after a service was changed or something like that) Edit: Helps when it's open source.
- ttctciyf 6y ago
  Application b0rked; no we have no plans to fix: systemd installed.

Yesterday it worked / Today it is not working / Windows is like that Reflecting an understanding of the state of computing usability last updated in the early 90s.

ttctciyf 6y ago

> ‘I just installed KB4512941 and now Windows Search is broke and Cortana process in taskmanager takes 90% CPU,’ a Windows user wrote on Reddit. > On Twitter, one gamer shared his pain after the update stopped his favourite game from working properly. > ‘Very cool that Skyrim is broken,’ he wrote. > ‘Yet another thing Windows updates has ruined for me. They’ve taken everything from me.’ - https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/09/microsoft-admits-windows-10-bug-causing-problems-around-world-10710714/ https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/09/microsoft-admits-windows-10-b... (Or find your own counterexamples: https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+update+destroyed https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+update+destroyed )

Doxin 6y ago
Windows update is the #1 reason I even ever moved to linux in the first place. - you can run updates whenever you like. no nag screens, no automatic reboots - even when you do run updates you don't usually need to reboot and if you do need to reboot you can choose when to do so yourself. - updates don't install ads or other unwanted crap - (on debian at least) updates don't tend to break anything. - no stalling boot - no stalling shutdown -- I can't count the amount of times I've stayed up late because windows update was preventing shutdown. - still automatic updates if you want with all of these advantages.
- jimnotgym 6y ago
  Old news
  - Doxin 6y ago
    Yes. so? Just because you and I know that windows update is awful in comparison to package managers on linux doesn't mean everyone does.
jimnotgym 6y ago
Of course you could have dozens of mac users working from home during the crisis, where a minor version VPN update requires an os upgrade but if you upgrade the os some other software won't work.

amiga-workbench 6y ago

I've lost count of how many Windows updates Microsoft have had to retract over the last few years.

caseymarquis 6y ago

Some Linux distros are like that too. The users are just better at figuring out why. (I recall updating Ubuntu breaking DNS and killing my internet, and tracking down the issue to needing a new symlink after a service was changed or something like that) Edit: Helps when it's open source.

ttctciyf 6y ago
Application b0rked; no we have no plans to fix: systemd installed.