I've worked at a company that used windows server and IIS for their internal hosting. Holy hell am I glad I haven't had to touch that piece of garbage since I left. How can anyone take that mess seriously as a webserver?
I am still gaming on windows 10 pro. I am not downgrading to 11. Windows 7, and 10 is the sweet spot for windows, except you can't play steam games on 7.
I think it's less that they're not allowed to use their brains, it's more that AI is letting them "write" so much code they can't possibly review or test it all properly.
Actually, XP has open source security options and onecore API to run modern apps through a compatibility layer. It's the best time to be using XP and ditch modern systems.
Most Linux desktop environments still follow the flat style that windows and Mac have adopted. I have browsed through icon packs and window decorations. It is hard to find good maximilast designs.
Meanwhile, I've seen zero of these issues on windows 11.
Windows sucks, fuck Microsoft, but stories like this are insanely overblown. It remains the most compatible way to play games without hassle.
I'm rooting for Linux, though. Can't wait to switch once it's more widely accepted. Right now I just use it for a few specialized machines and purposes.
Inb4 downvotes and judgements from obnoxious Linux fans.
Windows update managed to get a system I only use for gaming into an unrecoverable state a few months ago. I know a bunch of windows sysadmins, trust me, you've been lucky, stability this year specifically is dogshit.
Also bitlocker has multiple backdoors which is a problem for corporate that I really cannot overstate
Bless your heart.... Never go into IT and for the love of all that is holy, don't get a system admin job... The world is a beautiful place until you're knees deep in the shit
I didn't downvote you (for a couple of reasons¹), but I just wanted to share my experience: I've been playing games exclusively on Linux for a couple of years now, and it generally works well. Of course it depends on what games you play, and so your mileage might vary, but in some cases I even had a better experience on Linux than on Windows. Mostly due to not having to deal with windows shenanigans. (drivers, reboots, the usual).
But I agree with you that these stories are indeed overblown. Current Windows, with all its problems and everything, is still much better than any previous Windows. I'd still avoid it if I could, and you need to do things to make it behave sanely...
[1] The reasons: the downvote is not meant to be a "I don't like this", nor "I don't agree with this", but should be used to signal bad comments: spam, trolls, noise... Plus, I don't think what you said is wrong.
I’ve been gaming on Linux for a bit now. I did just run into a series of games my group plays that all break Linux for the sake of kernel anticheat; which was unfortunate.
We may see that change with the popularity of the Steam Machine, but the boost will probably be smaller than the Deck.
Yesterday the settings app crashed because I pressed the back button.
Today Windows started shutting off for absolutely no reason at all, just gone. Normally I would say ram, psu or memory. However the same computer runs Linux just fine. I resolved the issue by removing windows from the computer.
I installed windows 11 the other day. I found out that I am not allowed to use my actual name as a username. The operating system is actually racist.
Everyone who uses windows is just coping at this point.
Only the windows 11 users. Windows 10 is still getting security updates, and the rest works fine. If steam changes its requirement to only windows 11, I would be switching to linux.
That's true to a point, but I feel like Microsoft should have the budget and infrastructure to properly test their releases. A bug every once in a while? Sure. Multiple serious bugs that break major features every year? Pretty embarrassing.
Didn't they go through a lot of effort to not have to have many testers?
They have rolling releases and preview channels for regular users to bugtest for them.
All this money can now be spent where it matters - on a new yacht
What annoys me most about Windows is the deletion mechanism when process else has a file; I can't delete it no matter how many times I try, and I have to reset the computer, lol
I once had a caller claim he was one of the dudes that invented the internet. I was like ... well you certainly haven't kept up with things since then...
I usually see the reverse. People who work with computers making every effort NOT to need to help.
My favorite is a friend who does techsupport for a datacenter. He always asks "wait, this computer you're having trouble with, can you lift it? Would you say it's smaller than your fridge? Oh, sorry, then I can't help you"
My friend doesn't know his linux password, and can't download anything without it. But he is too impatient to figure out how to reset it. While I am stubborn and will sit at my computer till i fix an audio issue, or any problem I have.
Yes, but it's the sheer volume of incognizant users that causes me this concern. It's the same group that will be mislead to psychosis through AI interactions in the near future
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riskable@programming.dev · 75 pts · 86d
Proving once again that windows isn't ready for the desktop.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 86d
you want it running all the servers only, then?
riskable@programming.dev · 11 pts · 86d
If you want unautomatable, ludicrously expensive, insecure mountains of instability... Go for it👍
Ghoelian@piefed.social · 5 pts · 85d
I've worked at a company that used windows server and IIS for their internal hosting. Holy hell am I glad I haven't had to touch that piece of garbage since I left. How can anyone take that mess seriously as a webserver?
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 85d
I am still gaming on windows 10 pro. I am not downgrading to 11. Windows 7, and 10 is the sweet spot for windows, except you can't play steam games on 7.
unmagical@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 86d
My family member who works at Microsoft
Mom on trying to understand why I don't like AI
The obvious outcome of forcing devs to not use their brain
Vince@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 86d
I think it's less that they're not allowed to use their brains, it's more that AI is letting them "write" so much code they can't possibly review or test it all properly.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 86d
They... they broke the recycle bin, eh?
So you're just not allowed to delete files anymore?
... I guess that would give them more AI training data and also make people need even more storage so... sure, fuck it, why not.
xxxb@feddit.org · 7 pts · 86d
but it broke onedrive too so the ppl can't even "buy" the storage.
pipe01@programming.dev · 5 pts · 86d
No, read the article
ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 84d
Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 86d
TOTALLY BROKEN
ABSOLUTELY UNUSABLE
I suppose headline hyperbole is appropriate for a shitpost, lol
Beangut@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 86d
If there's internal file names why the fuck can't I rename a file while it's open in a program?
This operating system is garbage from a design perspective let alone its implementation
cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -4 pts · 84d
Sucks Linux is so unstable and sometimes just breaks for no reason.
Beangut@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 84d
I am sorry that using a computer falls beyond your comprehension.
You should endeavour to be better, dim one.
cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 84d
Thank you for understanding.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 85d
Yeah sorry, that's absolutely broken behavior and completely unacceptable, especially for paid software.
Raverbunny@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 85d
Makes me glad I used ReviOS to disable windows update (and I also have no OneDrive or Edge).
And that's only for when I actually need windows, my daily is cachyOS.
regdog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d
I use Arch btw.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 86d
Windows has always been hot steaming garbage. Why is this news in 2026.
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 86d
That's not true. XP is awesome!
Cyber@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 86d
Is?
Ok... it was... but is...?
I guess you're helping out by absorbing allll the malware 🤔😉
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 86d
Actually, XP has open source security options and onecore API to run modern apps through a compatibility layer. It's the best time to be using XP and ditch modern systems.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 85d
People will do literally fucking anything to avoid Linux
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 85d
So I actually am using Linux currently. My PC only has USB 3.0, so I can't install XP until I get the PCIE to USB 2.0 adapter.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 0 pts · 85d
I swear
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 1 pts · 85d
Or, you could use a modern OS...
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d
Nah. All modern operating systems are flat and boring. Windows XP and MacOS snow leopard have style.
ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 84d
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 84d
Most Linux desktop environments still follow the flat style that windows and Mac have adopted. I have browsed through icon packs and window decorations. It is hard to find good maximilast designs.
luciferofastora@feddit.org · 4 pts · 86d
I guess there is a kind of disaster affinity that keeps people watching out for the newest ways in which it is?
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 86d
Meanwhile, I've seen zero of these issues on windows 11.
Windows sucks, fuck Microsoft, but stories like this are insanely overblown. It remains the most compatible way to play games without hassle.
I'm rooting for Linux, though. Can't wait to switch once it's more widely accepted. Right now I just use it for a few specialized machines and purposes.
Inb4 downvotes and judgements from obnoxious Linux fans.
redsand@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 86d
Windows update managed to get a system I only use for gaming into an unrecoverable state a few months ago. I know a bunch of windows sysadmins, trust me, you've been lucky, stability this year specifically is dogshit.
Also bitlocker has multiple backdoors which is a problem for corporate that I really cannot overstate
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 85d
Bless your heart.... Never go into IT and for the love of all that is holy, don't get a system admin job... The world is a beautiful place until you're knees deep in the shit
CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 86d
I didn't downvote you (for a couple of reasons¹), but I just wanted to share my experience: I've been playing games exclusively on Linux for a couple of years now, and it generally works well. Of course it depends on what games you play, and so your mileage might vary, but in some cases I even had a better experience on Linux than on Windows. Mostly due to not having to deal with windows shenanigans. (drivers, reboots, the usual).
But I agree with you that these stories are indeed overblown. Current Windows, with all its problems and everything, is still much better than any previous Windows. I'd still avoid it if I could, and you need to do things to make it behave sanely...
[1] The reasons: the downvote is not meant to be a "I don't like this", nor "I don't agree with this", but should be used to signal bad comments: spam, trolls, noise... Plus, I don't think what you said is wrong.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 85d
As someone who is forced to use Windows for work, this is just not true. It is SO MUCH SLOWER than Windows 10 or 7
kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 85d
Katana314@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
I’ve been gaming on Linux for a bit now. I did just run into a series of games my group plays that all break Linux for the sake of kernel anticheat; which was unfortunate.
We may see that change with the popularity of the Steam Machine, but the boost will probably be smaller than the Deck.
cevn@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 85d
Yesterday the settings app crashed because I pressed the back button.
Today Windows started shutting off for absolutely no reason at all, just gone. Normally I would say ram, psu or memory. However the same computer runs Linux just fine. I resolved the issue by removing windows from the computer.
I installed windows 11 the other day. I found out that I am not allowed to use my actual name as a username. The operating system is actually racist.
Everyone who uses windows is just coping at this point.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 85d
Only the windows 11 users. Windows 10 is still getting security updates, and the rest works fine. If steam changes its requirement to only windows 11, I would be switching to linux.
cevn@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d
That will be over before long, just like all the good windows operating systems that came before it.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 84d
I get updates till October. After that I might get malwarebytes, if it isn't too expensive.
cevn@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 84d
May as well just rock windows XP, ngl, I have considered it.
cevn@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 85d
The other day I pressed back on the settings app and it crashed. Never happened on XP.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 84d
Jesus...
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 86d
It happens to everything. I updated my stock rpi’s last night and now rpi connect only works for cli.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 86d
That's true to a point, but I feel like Microsoft should have the budget and infrastructure to properly test their releases. A bug every once in a while? Sure. Multiple serious bugs that break major features every year? Pretty embarrassing.
filcuk@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 86d
Didn't they go through a lot of effort to not have to have many testers?
They have rolling releases and preview channels for regular users to bugtest for them.
All this money can now be spent where it matters - on a new yacht
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
My fleet of windows machines are working fine though.
omodasonya3@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 86d
What annoys me most about Windows is the deletion mechanism when process else has a file; I can't delete it no matter how many times I try, and I have to reset the computer, lol
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 85d
End task on explorer.exe and then run it again
File explorer is a shitty thing
decapitae@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 86d
Nearly every time.... when will the 'consumer base' learn?
jtrek@startrek.website · 16 pts · 86d
Many people are weirdly helpless about computers. If you've ever tried to help someone with tech, you've probably encountered the
Kind of user.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 5 pts · 86d
You forgot the know-it-all dude, that infact, doesn't know anything.
weimaraner_of_doom@piefed.social · 5 pts · 86d
Or the "pc handyman".
Me: "Why does your motherboard have a ...uh... sheen and smell like WD40?"
PC Handyman: "Well it was running slow so I greased it."
I wish that were not a true story.
ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 84d
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 85d
couldve atleast used isopropyl alcohol
EntirelyUnlovable@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 86d
"I used to work in IT you know" often gets followed by "what's a browser tab?"
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 86d
I once had a caller claim he was one of the dudes that invented the internet. I was like ... well you certainly haven't kept up with things since then...
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 86d
I usually see the reverse. People who work with computers making every effort NOT to need to help.
My favorite is a friend who does techsupport for a datacenter. He always asks "wait, this computer you're having trouble with, can you lift it? Would you say it's smaller than your fridge? Oh, sorry, then I can't help you"
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 85d
I haven't troubleshot windows in years. I fix switches, firewalls, Linux, and some mac issues.
Its like I can't fix a BMW or Audi but can still work on other cars.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 85d
My friend doesn't know his linux password, and can't download anything without it. But he is too impatient to figure out how to reset it. While I am stubborn and will sit at my computer till i fix an audio issue, or any problem I have.
ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 84d
decapitae@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 86d
Yes, but it's the sheer volume of incognizant users that causes me this concern. It's the same group that will be mislead to psychosis through AI interactions in the near future
ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 84d