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Win95 to Vista destroyed our logic of solving software problems (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (5 children)

One of the things I noticed when I first switched, was the difference of advice on forums. Linux users would ask for reports and pinpoint errors giving a fix. Windows forums would be wild random often unrelated guesses ultimately leading to "just reformat".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Until you find the answer on a Windows forum posted by some Indian dude performing unpaid labor.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Or the "don't worry I fixed it" one time poster

[–] hardcoreufo 2 points 1 week ago

There's a special place in hell for those people.

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