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"Just reboot it" is 1000x more polished than having to jump into the terminal or reinstall your OS (both of which are 100% inaccessible to the average user). Tr
by skeaker 2y ago
"Just reboot it" is 1000x more polished than having to jump into the terminal or reinstall your OS (both of which are 100% inaccessible to the average user). Troubleshooting can be done by googling your issue on Windows whereas Linux has dozens of repos with that all require different troubleshooting steps on much more niche websites that won't come up on the first page of google while the average user doesn't know what the hell a GNOME or a KDE is.
Windows wins 100-0 in terms of polish in the eyes of the average user, and that's saying something given that it's not very polished as you said.
- olyjohn 2y agoPlease. The standard for fixing Windows has been to backup and reinstall the OS for as long as I have used it. You can spend days trying to fix a problem with the OS, or just reinstall it in a couple of hours, most people go for the quick and easy reinstall. This is standard for phones, tablets too, since you can't actually even attempt to fix them.
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoSince Windows 10, I've had good luck with repairing installations using dism rather than reinstalling. And if you were planning to set the customer's computer up to be identical to the way it was before, doing an in place repair can save time.