Reply to Re: Curiosity about operating systems transitions
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but I find that when something goes very wrong, good luck fixing Windows without a full reinstall.
By the way, I think I can actually give a recent example :
On Linux, I had an issue with KDE becoming broken after installing a faulty package, and none of my desktop shortcuts would work anymore. I used a TimeShift backup, ran a few tests, spotted the faulty package which broke my system, and everything went back to normal.
On Windows, I was getting file system errors and did a file system repair with Chkdsk. Chkdsk then got stuck and decided to freeze the computer for what seemed like forever on the next reboot, and I had no other choice but to force-shutdown the computer. I was aware of the risks, and sure enough, my NTFS partitions were damaged beyond repair. I had to reformat nearly everything to a blank state with a Linux USB stick, then I used a UEFI recovery tool which wouldn't work anymore because I'd reformatted the main partitions, so I had to figure out how to restore the original partition layout in order for the UEFI recovery tool to be able to function properly. Then it restored a very old version of the operating system, and I had to wait for many hours before my computer could go back to its proper state, what with the updates and all. I nearly lost my OS and wasted a whole day due to this. I never had an issue like this on Linux, and I've been using it for more than 10 years.
promptly installed virtual box
I don't know whether you will be interested, but just so you know, you can legally get VMware for free nowadays, although it does require creating an account.
Ehr... I can't really claim windows is superior because it runs windows specific software.
Fair point.
By the way, I think I can actually give a recent example :
On Linux, I had an issue with KDE becoming broken after installing a faulty package, and none of my desktop shortcuts would work anymore. I used a TimeShift backup, ran a few tests, spotted the faulty package which broke my system, and everything went back to normal.
On Windows, I was getting file system errors and did a file system repair with Chkdsk. Chkdsk then got stuck and decided to freeze the computer for what seemed like forever on the next reboot, and I had no other choice but to force-shutdown the computer. I was aware of the risks, and sure enough, my NTFS partitions were damaged beyond repair. I had to reformat nearly everything to a blank state with a Linux USB stick, then I used a UEFI recovery tool which wouldn't work anymore because I'd reformatted the main partitions, so I had to figure out how to restore the original partition layout in order for the UEFI recovery tool to be able to function properly. Then it restored a very old version of the operating system, and I had to wait for many hours before my computer could go back to its proper state, what with the updates and all. I nearly lost my OS and wasted a whole day due to this. I never had an issue like this on Linux, and I've been using it for more than 10 years.
promptly installed virtual box
I don't know whether you will be interested, but just so you know, you can legally get VMware for free nowadays, although it does require creating an account.
Ehr... I can't really claim windows is superior because it runs windows specific software.
Fair point.
