[UPDATE] Windows 10 October Update Potentially Deleting Files and a Warning for Intel Users

[Arika]

5 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said:

Why do people just accept this instead of kicking that piece of s**t software to the curb?

because there is no full fledged alternative for most people...

 

How do people still not know this?

[ARikozuM]

Good thing I've been running Pro editions for the better part that I can remember. 

[Delicieuxz]

It looks as though the issue was reported to Microsoft by many people months ago, but Microsoft just ignored it.

 

 

 

 

[suicidalfranco]

5 hours ago, Arika S said:

Maybe I shouldn't tell you about tumblr or Twitter then. 

why would i go there when i already have 4chan

[suicidalfranco]

28 minutes ago, Delicieuxz said:

It looks as though the issue was reported to Microsoft by many people months ago, but Microsoft just ignored it.

 

snip

cause the feedback hub serves for something now?

I remember that it was that place where MS would just ignore top requested features and keep doing what they're doing (jack shit) while giving the die hard fangirls who'd post there a sense of usefulness

Also can't stop laughing at the reaction of some

[jagdtigger]

9 hours ago, Arika S said:

because there is no full fledged alternative for most people...

For most ppl there is.... Ubuntu(and flavors), Linux Mint, Fedora, etc. Take your pick...

[Arika]

4 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

For most ppl there is.... Ubuntu(and flavors), Linux Mint, Fedora, etc. Take your pick...

Doesn't matter what distro you use when there are many programs and games that are not on Linux. You're also assuming that even casual users will be able to switch when so much of Linux relies on terminal. 

[mrthuvi]

32 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

For most ppl there is.... Ubuntu(and flavors), Linux Mint, Fedora, etc. Take your pick...

Have you seen the average windows user? They are not able to install windows let alone linux. 

[Speed Weed]

So you can only edit the registry to make it download updates but will notify when to install them, and if you try to disable the service it will restart after the computer restart. Dam Microsoft make disable Windows 10 auto update more difficult than Windows 7. 

[jagdtigger]

38 minutes ago, Arika S said:

when so much of Linux relies on terminal

It does not rely terminal for anything that concerns the average user.

 

42 minutes ago, Arika S said:

many programs and games that are not on Linux

For games it seems valve covering that part, for programs most of them has linux version or a very good linux alternative.

 

12 minutes ago, mrthuvi said:

Have you seen the average windows user? They are not able to install windows let alone linux.

That does not change the fact that linux could easily replace windows for many ppl. Not to mention how easy it is to install it.... (It even automatically offers up the option to install it beside windows and it will do it automatically all by itself.)

[LAwLz]

18 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

It does not rely terminal for anything that concerns the average user.

 

For games it seems valve covering that part, for programs most of them has linux version or a very good linux alternative.

 

That does not change the fact that linux could easily replace windows for many ppl. Not to mention how easy it is to install it.... (It even automatically offers up the option to install it beside windows and it will do it automatically all by itself.)

While that is true, and many people could easily adopt GNU/Linux if they just gave it a shot and didn't constantly compare it to Windows. But the vast majority of people get confused by simple things such as icons on the desktop being rearranged.

 

I'd even argue that for things most people use their computers for, Ubuntu would be fair easier to use. But tech literacy is in general extremely low so people often need to stick to the things they have learned. 

 

I don't believe for a second that Ubuntu is harder to use than windows. But reinstalling a computer, and relearning the few things they have already learned is too much for the average user. 

[jagdtigger]

4 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

But reinstalling a computer, and relearning the few things they have already learned is too much for the average user. 

Well i guess this christmas im gonna see how hard it is. My parents aging laptop is slow AF(some old E450 APU) and im planning on getting them a DELL Inspiron 15 3576 with linux preinstalled...

[suicidalfranco]

wonder how much of this is true

https://imgur.com/nanUSK6

[jagdtigger]

4 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

wonder how much of this is true

https://imgur.com/nanUSK6

[TetraSky]

Just found out that the "Photo" app, since this latest update, is gone. My Windows no longer has a dedicated picture viewing application... so I have to use paint to view pictures... great.

[Hellion]

What a god damn mess....

 

Yet all the mouth breathers will still continue to cling to windows because looking up how to not press next 5 times is far too cumbersome a task.

[GoodBytes]

1 hour ago, suicidalfranco said:

wonder how much of this is true

https://imgur.com/nanUSK6

Welcome to the world of big Corp companies.

Assuming it is true, there is a lot similarities where I work. Everyone has different ideas, and everyone highlight how their ideas are better.

And do the business side of things, many "quick patch", "temp stuff", "prototype-only", becomes permanent stuff.

Then it comes to a point where it all collapse, and "We will do it right this time", and at release, it fixes and "makes it right" on most things, but the cycle eventually restarts.

 

And no, open source is not better... it all depends on who you have in a formed team. If you have a team. If you are the only senior developer, and you need to work with a team at some office that are all juniors or seniors that you question why he is even one, due to resource constraints... well you can't code the whole thing yourself, and you have to take what you have. Same for an open source project, if most people there are terrible, good chance that a really good person won't come in, and go "Hey guys, let me rewrite everything properly, and then you'll all complain on how bad it is after, because it is different, or has a some flaws in design which I think is minor, but you think it is the end of the world, and reject it all! Ok let me start!", is very slim to none. So an open source projects needs to start in a good community to start with, with a lot of enthusiasm to make the project a success.

[TopHatProductions115]

ReactOS anyone?

[asus killer]

42 minutes ago, Hellion said:

What a god damn mess....

 

Yet all the mouth breathers will still continue to cling to windows because looking up how to not press next 5 times is far too cumbersome a task.

That statement is absurd. 

[Drak3]

4 hours ago, jagdtigger said:

For most ppl there is.... Ubuntu(and flavors), Linux Mint, Fedora, etc. Take your pick...

Not a single one of those is even a quarter way decent alternative to Windows for most people.

[Master Delta Chief]

Let's just hope that Microsoft doesn't pull this under the rug like some developers/manufactures do these days and pretend nothing happened. So far, I haven't encountered anything wrong on my end nor do I notice anything deleted in my documents folder or for that matter on my cloud. Yet, I am amazed that this just slipped through. 

[jagdtigger]

16 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Not a single one of those is even a quarter way decent alternative to Windows for most people.

Care to elaborate? All of them is superior to windows in stability, speed and quality. Most ppl only need skype, a browser, and a text editor. All of them is accessible on linux.

[Drak3]

5 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

All of them is superior to windows in stability

Far from it.

 

5 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

speed

Only on low end hardware.

 

6 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

quality

Far from it.

 

6 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

All of them is accessible on linux.

That doesn't make up for Linux itself being a shit alternative for most people.

[jagdtigger]

4 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

That doesn't make up for Linux itself being a shit alternative for most people.

Can you provide some proof to back this up or you just stubborn? Because all of my machines run linux so im talking from experience.

[Drak3]

Just now, jagdtigger said:

Because all of my machines run linux so im talking from experience.

None of my important machines run Linux from 6 years of experience.