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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by duxup on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:25PM (#25107628)
It has been ages since I had to reinstall windows.

I was a thing I just did once in a while more than a decade ago but I haven't had to on multiple systems for a long time now.

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by edgyquant on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:54PM (#25107802)
To be fair this true on both OSs in the last 5-10 years. You can just upgrade to the newer versions so no need to uninstall.
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by duxup on Monday November 16, 2020 @06:56PM (#25118683)
Yeah I never really have to reinstall for it's own sake anymore anywhere.
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by imtringued on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:06AM (#25109664)
Unfortunately I always got my windows updates as soon as possible which meant lots of bricked systems because Microsoft doesn't test their updates.
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by hackerfromthefu on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:49AM (#25111557)
Maybe try to defer them for a week?

I do that, and have had no issues in the Windows 10 timeframe across 3-4 Win 10 OSes, one on canary, err Windows Insider (slow ring).

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by duxup on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:35AM (#25112938)
Generally I install as soon as I get a notice, never had that issue.
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