At work I dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint. It is astounding how much better the user experience is for updates on the Linux side. Or maybe I should say, it’s astounding how much worse the Windows experience is. I think Mint takes about as long to update Firefox, vscode, and my freaking kernel all at once as Windows takes to update Microsoft Defender definitions.
They need to go back to making manual updating a thing, plus separating out critical security patches, from their stupid feature fluff.
I’ve had my system broken by Windows Update way more times than I’ve ever been hacked or caught a virus/worm.
Windows is just not quite there yet for desktop use. Give them a few years to clean up their sharp edges and clunky UX and add some long overdue features, then maybe it’ll be a real alternative.
Has Microsoft never heard of testing and QA?
I’m pretty sure they laid off a lot of their QA team before and didn’t replace them since then.
Me just enjoying linux working while people around me constantly complain about windows. At this point have the money for mac or use linux is what i would say but of course you cant expect people to switch a part of their computer they didnt even know could be switched out.
