• nik282000 16 hours ago

    And yet this is still the dominant workstation and home desktop OS. Between bricking machines and handing encryption keys over to government agencies Microsoft continues to erode its own reputation.

    • pjmlp 12 hours ago

      It could be a different story if OEMs would finally start selling properly supported laptops with GNU/Linux pre-installed on computer stores, those that normies visit, not the online ones HN members know where to find, or build themselves from PC parts.

      And on the Apple side it isn't going much better, given that new devices come with Tahoe.

      It is an overall failure of the system, and wrong incentives for computer companies.

    • sixtram 14 hours ago

      love the title of Windows recovery process screen: uninstall latest quality update

      • ChrisArchitect 13 hours ago