Is it possible that Microsoft Windows is not a very good computer program

[pomi@social.tchncs.de]

@mcc@mastodon.soc'rename win.exe linux.sh' was very helpful

[barbra@social.vivaldi.net]

@rsada @mcc well, after getting rid of the built-in spyware and ending all Windows updates, and refusing extended support,10 is finally stable. No more crashes since October 24th of last year.

Which is what a lot of us who didn't bother with extended support kind of expected to happen.

[keithzg@fediverse.keithzg.ca]

@mahadevank @mcc Windows was born into a world that already had inodes, but it's damned if any of its filesystems will ever support such Unixian devilry

[everton137@social.vivaldi.net]

@mcc on a scale from 1 (really bad) to 10 (really good), how likely bad is it? I haven't used it since 1997.

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@mcc can't be. It's installed on nearly every computer so it must be good. Why would anyone use anything but the very best program.

[sfphotogrphr@mastodon.social]

Sure, that’s possible — Windows is basically a pile of 512 kB memoirs that never learned how to clean up after themselves.

[lefoyenlibre@mastodon.social]

@mcc It can't be "not very good"...
It's a dreadfull, horrible crap. No less...

[skedarwarrior@techhub.social]

@mcc your asking the wrong question.

The right question is, is it possible windows is the worst OS in history due to being a giant black box.

[niavy@masto.bike]

@mcc
It is.

I went to see a good friend yesterday, I had to use his computer and I felt dirty using Windows 10.

...oh, wait, is it a flat square Windows logo ? That's Windows 11 ...

...at least he has Firefox.

...oh, a taskbar ad ?

I showed him Kubuntu on Distrosea.
I asked him if his computer worked well or was "muddy driving". I told him I could change his OS within 20 minutes with a spare USB key .

Planning to put this pre-pandemic Acer on @fedora @kde 🥰.

#Linux
#Windows

[skedarwarrior@techhub.social]

@rsada @mcc Think 10 is bad, look at how bad 11 is on bs hardware requirements alone...!

[skedarwarrior@techhub.social]

@honor2025 @mcc Been using linux for over 10 straight years. It is so much less crappy.

[groupnebula563@mastodon.social]

@mcc WHAT???? /j

[itseperkele@expressional.social]

@skedarwarrior @mcc Is it worse than TempleOS?

Yes. Yes it is.

[clement@sciences.social]

@mcc Is it possible that smoking is not very good for health

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@mcc And getting worse, with better alternatives available…

[marjolica@social.linux.pizza]

@oblomov @mcc Yes, but as you well know, MS Apps and Google apps and Meta Apps also already there along with Windows OS when you buy a PC (or Android phone or Tablet for that matter, if it's an Apple PC or phone or Tablet then its their stuff instead). Because the company that makes the PC is bribed to put them there. And so people use the OS and there Apps because they know no better.

[honor2025@mastodon.social]

@nommiesav @mcc I read Linux is over 5% now - 1st time ever to be that high

[honor2025@mastodon.social]

@skedarwarrior @mcc I wished I tried years ago.
I knew about it, but always feared I'd brick my PC

[ladyliberty5591@mstdn.party]

@mcc I was wondering when someone else would notice that Microsoft sucks.

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@clement