• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    Windows breaks:

    1. find a Windows installation Disc or USB (1 hour)

    Linux Breaks

    1. Find Linux Live USB (5 minutes)

    You know both of these are easy to find on the internet, right? Why the 55 minute discrepancy? Is Microsoft throttling your download?

    Install Windows updates (8 hours)

    I guess they are throttling your downloads. What did you do to piss them off?

    Separate /home partitions are a godsend.

    And easy to do in windows if you care to spend a few minutes. People praise Linux because it’s customizable then bitch about windows forcing them to customize.

    There are so many legitimate things to whine about in windows. It kills me to see people lash out in ignorance and just hardcore make shit up

    • RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml
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      1. People with Linux installations tend to have Linux LiveUSBs already created, so finding one is faster. Most people don’t keep Windows installations handy, so it takes a while to locate the Media Creator online, download the file, and begin the process

      2. Or if you are someone like me, who keeps an older build of Windows 10 on a flashdrive, the updates require multiple restarts, before being able to install the Feature Updates. Maybe 8 hours is a stretch, but it certainly feels like it

      3. It’s possible to do separate %userprofile% drives, sure, but it feels clunky and can’t be done during install like you can with Linux

      It’s funny you talk about people making shit up when my post is slight satire in response to the pure satire meme. Maybe you should talk to OP instead.

      • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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        People with Linux installations tend to have Linux LiveUSBs already created, so finding one is faster. Most people don’t keep Windows installations handy, so it takes a while to locate the Media Creator online, download the file, and begin the process

        Your failure to prepare is Microsoft’s fault.

        Or if you are someone like me, who keeps an older build of Windows 10 on a flashdrive, the updates require multiple restarts, before being able to install the Feature Updates. Maybe 8 hours is a stretch, but it certainly feels like it

        How is this different than installing from an Ubuntu 20.04 disk? Another failure to prepare.

        can’t be done during install like you can with Linux

        Sure it can. All you need is an answer file. You can put that on your USB, and it’ll become the default just like Linux. It’s actually significantly easier to customize a windows installer than most Linux installers.

        It’s funny you talk about people making shit up when my post is slight satire in response to the pure satire meme. Maybe you should talk to OP instead.

        OP seems to understand this community in a way that you don’t. OP is also making legitimate criticisms of some members of the Linux community rather than lies born out of ignorance of the product he is criticizing.

        • madthumbs@lemmy.worldOPM
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          Sure it can. All you need is an answer file.

          -And they’ve been doing this since I can remember (at least 20 years).

          OP seems to understand this community in a way that you don’t.

          -OP made, built, and mods this community. -Thanks for the great, appropriate responses!