• FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Steps to troubleshoot Windows:

    • Reboot, pray
    • Google the error, if any
    • Randomly change registry settings, delete files, install software on the advice of random Internet people/LLMs until the software works or the randomware kicks in.
    • Thank god you’ve never had to touch a Linux terminal, clearly a fate worse than death.
    • Reboot again, just in case
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      14 minutes ago

      Randomly change registry settings, delete files, install software on the advice of random Internet people/LLMs until the software works or the randomware kicks in.

      See? Here’s your problem. You’re doing random stuff without understanding what it does or even without a guide. Try that on Linux and tell me how well your OS works. :)

      In general, seems like you’ve been sheltered from Windows for the past, I don’t know, 15 years? In terms of reliability and stability, 10 and 11 are on par with MacOS.

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      4 hours ago

      Sfc /scannow

      Dism something

      Are the most common troubleshooting steps and that’s in command prompt

      If that doesn’t work then registry

      If that doesn’t work reinstall the whole OS

      If that doesn’t work just accept that x not working is part of the experience

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      13 hours ago

      Looks fairly similar to what you would do on Linux. Change registry to config file (unless you’re using Gnome, then it’s both). You’re right though, on Windows, people don’t usually have paragraph long commands to paste into the terminal to fix some issue. Instead, on Windows you have Microsoft support posts where a “Microsoft Community Support” non-employee pastes non-helpful boilerplate tech support copypasta which are somewhat adjacent to the user’s issue.

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        12 hours ago

        Linux at least gives us useful logging and the software packages have documentation that is accessible without paying for a Microsoft Support contract.

        The Linux community support can actually fix your problems without boilerplate copypasta and doesn’t cost anything but you’ll get the customer service that you pay for.

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          Linux at least gives us useful logging

          Mate, don’t take it the wrong way, but you’re living in a fantasy world if you think an average user has any semblance of idea as to where logs are or how to read them.

          The Linux community support can actually fix your problems without boilerplate copypasta

          LOL, nice one! :D

          I’ve read “just recompile the kernel” together with “just switch to [distro_x]” more times than I can count to… :D