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Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject	Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Date	2026-01-03 02:05 +0000
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:30:35 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

> On 2026-01-02 15:13, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 07:56:49 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2026-01-02 01:47, rbowman wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 18:11:33 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You're not wrong about machines no longer updating. Every honest
>>>>> person who's used Windows 10 or 11 for a long period of time will
>>>>> confirm that every so often, you'll come across updates that either
>>>>> failed or refused to install. From that point on, unless you know
>>>>> the cumbersome way to fix it, it will refuse to install any
>>>>> subsequent updates.
>>>>
>>>> When I had a machine on the Insiders program it got to that point.
>>>> The cumbersome way was a well trodden path for me but it didn't help.
>>>
>>> I always (eventually) managed to get it to work, but the way to fix it
>>> is definitely not intuitive. Even experienced, power users would find
>>> the instruction difficult to follow, so I can imagine what kind of a
>>> nightmare this would have become for casual users.
>> 
>> You know you have a problem when you invoke the update troubleshooter
>> and it crashes.
> 
> I liked learning that in Windows 11, if your system won't boot as a
> result of an update, the repair tools you're given don't function at
> all.

https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-users-love-to-underestimate-how-
stable-linux-actually-is/


"There's a phrase that gets passed around the internet that goes "Linux is 
free if you don't value your time." The idea is that, while Linux comes at 
zero cost, you put in so much elbow grease into getting it to run properly 
that you spend more of your free time than if you used, say, Windows or 
macOS.

That may have been true back when it was made in the late 90s by Jamie 
Zawinski, but I don't think it holds any water these days."

The page today has another article:

https://www.xda-developers.com/bring-late-90s-linux-to-life-with-this-
modern-fork-of-kde-1/

Some people have too much time...

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Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-01 20:09 +0000
  Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-01-01 18:11 -0500
    Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-02 06:47 +0000
      Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-01-02 07:56 -0500
        Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-02 20:13 +0000
          Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-01-02 15:30 -0500
            Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-01-03 00:26 +0000
            Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-03 02:05 +0000

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