Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ...
by PaulHoule on Monday March 27, 2023 @04:33PM
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That problem is fundamental to how Linux and Windows deal with a bad situation.
Back when the love letter crisis was ungoing I had a Linux machine fill the disk with log messages and deleting /var/log/messages didn't free the space because there still was a process that had the file open.
In a similar situation in Windows you can't delete the file. Either way it is a problem like looking at Cthulhu and something bad is going to happen either way you resolve the situation.
So I was thrilled when I saw a headline saying that removing media would be fixed in Windows 11. The article informed me that Microsoft's solution was (pause for effect) to remove the system tray icon.
Apply palm directly to face.
I'll admit that modern Windows is more stable than in the past. But how much of that is simply the benefit of memory safety in C#? Also stricter oversight of third-party drivers.