Installing OS, 10 years ago:

Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

Installing OS today:

Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

  • papafoss@lemmy.world
    0·
    9 months ago

    I think the biggest shift in the last 20 years is troubleshooting in Linux and windows.

    20 years ago and I had to troubleshoot issues and Linux. It genuinely required a good bit of computer knowledge to get it done. Sometimes hours of work to figure out how to get a webcam to work Or how to fix grub?

    Windows back then used to be so easy. And there was usually something that would do a quick fix.

    However, now and I run across a windows issue. It’s a nightmare. I can put hours of work into trying to fix a driver issue or an issue with updates and get nowhere. Then go to reinstall the operating system and have to spend more hours just to get it installed.

    Now in Linux, not only do I rarely have issues but also fixing those issues are pretty straightforward. And if I can’t fix it a reinstall takes minutes and I’m back up and running in no time.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I feel like Linux respects me as the user. Like, I don’t know why this broke, but you get to keep both pieces. We believe in you. Good luck!

    • andrewth09@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      Windows tries to obfuscate any useful information while Linux tries to give logs and man entries to walk the user through what went wrong.

        • andrewth09@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          Well OBVIOUSLY you need to set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session\Windows\Microsoft\Win10\MSWindows\CockNBalls\BSODWord to 0 then restart your computer.

          • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Sorry, that was before KB1103995. The new method requires you to check a box in your OneDrive account first before the entry is respected.

            • reinei@lemmy.world
              1·
              9 months ago

              Except you already have that update installed, the box is not checked and the entry is still respected, nobody could possibly tell you why because that’s not how it’s supposed to work and everyone else works as stated! And now you have to live with the knowledge that your system is in some unobserved quantum superposition with a critical fix in place which may stop working at any moment for any reason and nobody can tell you how you even managed to get into this situation…