Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareemptiestplace@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAnd then you’re left searching for bullshit error messages and potentially unable to fix the problem regardless of your level of expertise.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago… No you just use Windows built-in rollback feature. Which I think even auto-recovers these days of it detects a failure to boot after an update.
minus-squareverdigris@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWindows recovery fails in plenty of circumstances, it’s not a magic bullet. Snapshots are like you can do with btrfs, but that’s not exactly how Windows recovery works.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOf course not, but it works 9/10 times for most people. Enough so that most people never have to deal with a faulty Windows update.
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoHah! Can someone here chime in and tell me when the slow AF (as in, it can take hours) rollback feature actually worked‽ Who TF is that patient‽ You can reinstall Windows and all your apps in half the time required.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think it recovered my PC for me twice, and it took about ~10 minutes each time at most. Good luck reinstalling everything in that time lol.
And then you’re left searching for bullshit error messages and potentially unable to fix the problem regardless of your level of expertise.
… No you just use Windows built-in rollback feature. Which I think even auto-recovers these days of it detects a failure to boot after an update.
Windows recovery fails in plenty of circumstances, it’s not a magic bullet. Snapshots are like you can do with btrfs, but that’s not exactly how Windows recovery works.
Of course not, but it works 9/10 times for most people. Enough so that most people never have to deal with a faulty Windows update.
Hah! Can someone here chime in and tell me when the slow AF (as in, it can take hours) rollback feature actually worked‽
Who TF is that patient‽ You can reinstall Windows and all your apps in half the time required.
I think it recovered my PC for me twice, and it took about ~10 minutes each time at most. Good luck reinstalling everything in that time lol.