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Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by dist-epoch on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @06:19AM (#45501340)
> no simple way to work the partition tables

yeah, that's exactly what your average Windows user wants from an OS

Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by array_key_first on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @08:17AM (#45502201)
The average windows users wants it to run the software they want and not completely fucking shit the bed. Windows is allowed to be designed poorly, and it is.

But, shockingly, despite Windows goals being so small and easily achievable, Microsoft still fucks it up.

Wine is a better Win32 implementation than Win32. And Microsoft just can't help making the OS worse. Every new feature is basically strictly worse than the stuff before.

All they have to do is do nothing and continue making the same things work. But no.

Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by exe34 on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @06:24AM (#45501370)
you managed to pick on the one thing you don't know how to do.
Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by dist-epoch on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @06:59AM (#45501614)
I know very well how to use diskpart, thank you
Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by vntok on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @06:37AM (#45501450)
Average users don't care that ping only pings 3 times by default either, you know.
Re:Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows... by dspillett on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @07:41AM (#45501920)
Pedant point: 4 times.

Though you might not notice the last result ever if you always run it from the GUI run box instead of a console, as the resulting console in that instance closes pretty instantly after the fourth result is displayed.