Comment by 30p87@feddit.de on r/pcmasterrace morons attempting an anti-Linux meme

I just saw “VLC Plus Player” on a Windows smartboard in school yesterday. It’s malware. Made possible by the installer design of Windows.

Installing Windows in general to a usable state is a 1+h job for me.

Download ISO (No Torrents, so it takes a few minutes)
Let Rufus patch it (local account etc.)
Boot from stick
Complete the first setup
Reboot and hope Rufus patched the acc creation alright
Waste 2 minutes on disabling Cortana and Clicking No and Continue everywhere, of course manually with a mouse
Finally boot
Remove everything from the task bar, start menu and desktop
Uninstall everything possible
Spend 10 minutes to manually get the firefox installer without using Edge which would cost another 10 minutes of useless setup and privacy nightmare
Use the registry to enable dark mode (Because I’m not paying even 10€ for basic functionality)
(OPTIONAL) Pause the VM and save it, because I’m definitely not using Windows on a real machine. If at all I use it only because there’s alternative Linux software for my Keyboard, Mouse and Headset

Hint: :q!

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