The problem with Linux, they say, is that you have to fiddle with it endlessly to get it working; Windows, by contrast, Just Works Right Out of the Box.

Oh, but you don't actually want to use Windows as it comes out of the box, so they tell us you have to use a custom build, replace utilman.exe with cmd.exe, create an unattend.xml, don't connect it to the internet during the install procedure, run these commands, make these registry changes, apply these group policies, and install these aftermarket utilities and then you can FINALLY get a decent Windows experience.

Just don't use Windows Update, or it will all be reset again.

I'm glad I left that world behind.

I'm not telling you to use Windows. I'm telling you I use Windows lol

It sucks a lot actually, and everything that's good about it is good despite what Microsoft do to it and not because of them. I love my Lunix too, but sometimes I just wanna click on some robot heads in MvM or make the cars go fast that both don't work so well on my OS of choice: https://old.reddit.com/r/framework/comments/1nkpkoo/burnout_...

After that I’d still have to clear hundreds of gigabytes of disk space it hordes under \Windows.

TBH I use both windows and Linux since ages and it's Linux that's painless and always works, but my main personal OS is still Windows (10) because I can't get all I need running well (or at all) on Linux.

And yes, the windows updates resettling all these little necessary settings is little infuriating.

> Windows, by contrast, Just Works Right Out of the Box.

Yes, it is after you install it on your box that it stops working. /s