{"id":1985,"date":"2025-01-30T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2025-01-30T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T00:03:00","slug":"monday-morning-windows-10-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/monday-morning-windows-10-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday morning Windows 10 blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So coming into work Monday morning, I had to put up with this gay crap. The laptop had installed an update Friday evening when I left, then when I turned it on again it wasted more time. The computer couldn’t be used for nearly 20 minutes. Let me guess: Windows 11 is more of the same, right? Assuming this laptop can even be upgraded to Win11 by October, it’s just going to get even slower. With Linux, your computer is usable while updates are installed, without having to shut your computer down. It just updates in the background. You may need to restart your browser or sometimes logging out and logging back in is required, but there’s no thumb twiddling like there is with Windows. I hate Windows. This would would be a better place if businesses and institutions would just switch to Linux. I feel like the escaped slave from Plato’s Cave trying to convince his fellow cave dwellers of the existence of blue skies and green grass, but everyone would rather focus on the shadows on the wall of the cave. Windows sucks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So coming into work Monday morning, I had to put up with this gay crap. The laptop had installed an update Friday evening when I left, then when I turned it on again it wasted more time. The computer couldn’t be used for nearly 20 minutes. Let me guess: Windows 11 is more of the … <\/p>\n

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