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My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology
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[–] lung 80 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I just got a new laptop and was genuinely gonna try windows 11 and wsl for my coding needs. But in first boot, it demands internet to do updates. Ok, I connect to coffee shop wifi. Nope, won't do it because it can't handle the click through screen to accept wifi ToS. Fine. I take it home, where my Internet is great but has a glitch where it drops out for a few seconds now and then. Turns out that windows will literally cancel updating and demand I reconnect and restart for the kind of drop that I barely notice day to day. So I gave up, plugged in my ArchLinux thumb drive, and mkfs.ext4 before rsyncing my entire old computer to it

[–] doodledup 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You use Arch Linux but can't fix your wifi?

[–] Shardikprime 0 points 5 months ago

Actual autism I know

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You sound like a Linux veteran.