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Re:Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS by DANmode on Sunday January 07, 2024 @01:40PM (#38903861)
> when it comes to everything “just working”, it’s hard to beat.

You've never had updates bork your Windows machine, its drivers etc a few hours before an important meeting, I see!

Re:Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS by tsss on Sunday January 07, 2024 @02:15PM (#38904203)
No, but I've had at least ten counts of apt gimping itself somehow during an update.

Who here isn't intimately familiar with

> Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock

Re:Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS by DANmode on Sunday January 07, 2024 @02:27PM (#38904312)
I've had over ten of each.
Re:Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS by Eduard on Sunday January 07, 2024 @08:05PM (#38907008)
Cancel meetings - updates then can't bork your system just before them.
Re:Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS by DANmode on Monday January 08, 2024 @12:24AM (#38908617)
Just started carrying two machines, or having a remote desktop standing by to present via someone else's screen.
Re:Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS by Sakos on Sunday January 07, 2024 @05:17PM (#38905738)
I've had the same issue with Linux. It's far from immune. I've also generally found it easier to recover a borked Windows install than a Linux one.
Re:Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS by soraminazuki on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @05:36AM (#38924511)
I never had that issue with NixOS.