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Almost nine gigabytes in size: Windows update 24H2 creates an undeletable cache file (www.digitec.ch)

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[–] humblebun 96 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Hi. Microsoft employee here. That's happening because we don't give a shit and we are being replaced by folks from India

[–] [email protected] 18 points 54 minutes ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago)

I hope you're having an amazing day! I am a windows fan and user, just like YOU! I will do my very best to help you solve your issue. I know you have had a bad experience and it must have been very hard for you. But rest assured, i will help you to the BEST of my ability!

Please try running the troubleshooter.

(troubleshooter doesn't fix anything)

Try reinstalling windows. Goodbye!

And then they fuck off and stop reponding.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Also try SFC /scannow

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Does it fix anything btw? I'm just wondering how it does work after all

[–] [email protected] 4 points 42 minutes ago

If I remember correctly, it scans system files and replaces broken/corrupted ones. It can work on some issues, but it's not a fix all thing.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Wasn’t this reported as being a result of the preview build?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 hours ago

It was released. Did you read the article.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah, but don't get in the way of the Windows evil, Linux savior movement here on lemmy or you'll get downvoted to oblivion. Pointing out simple facts apparently means you're a shill.

At least that's what I've seen in all the Windows posts over the last couple months. Not sure what changed from before that, but something definitely did.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure what changed from before that, but something definitely did.

People got fed up with Microsoft putting undeletable 9-gigabyte cache files on their systems? And AI junk that screenshots everything you do? And surveillance? And making the OS more hostile and worse in general with every release?

Lemmy exists because people got fed up with the corporate analogue. You'll see a lot of the same sentiment in other matters too.

[+] [email protected] -12 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I'm just pointing out that it's a sudden and extreme change in commentary with no ramp up. The kind of thing that in other contexts, like politics, often comes from something like a coordinated attack or disinformation scheme.

Real world testing of a new propaganda campaign system on a topic most users don't give a shit about (Windows vs Linux), in a niche corner of the internet (Lemmy), isn't exactly an unlikely scenario.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, this is just what it's been like from the moment Lemmy got momentum. The fediverse is pretty fundamentally aligned with the goals and interests of the same people who are part of the FOSS and Linux philosophy. From where I joined more than a year ago, it's been more or less the same.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

If that's the case and I've somehow managed to just never see any of those threads until recently...

They might want to know that constantly saying "Windows bad, Linux good" in every thread doesn't convert people, it just gets annoying. That in turn makes people dislike the group and dismiss what they say without a second thought, even if they're right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 minutes ago (1 children)

Using Windows on purpose because of a couple annoying nerds is quite the self-own

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 minutes ago

Posting as if your choice of OS is inherently superior to other choices is just pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You seem to misunderstand. Here on the Fediverse, Linux users are NOT such a minority as on the rest of the Internet. Most people here do not need "converting". They already have. Again, you're not on Reddit or Twitter. You are literally surrounded by open source enthusiasts.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh I don't misunderstand at all. They're preaching to the choir and thinking they're doing something. Like idiots.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yes, it's called a circlejerk. Happens on many forums where people agree on something. It's not that serious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 minutes ago

...and as Internet has turned in to a myriad of echo chambers, circlejerking and trolling is all there is anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I remember the browser wars, that's when microsoft exposed themselves how shitty they were to the world IMO.

That's a long time ago. Years and years.

The ramp up started then, IMO.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 36 minutes ago

Pathetic, try again

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

1 downvote so far

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Linux Mint. You are welcome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

After trying Zorin and having a host of issues, I'm slowly replacing that dual boot option with Mint. Excited to give it a shot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

How is fractional scaling on Mint? On Ubuntu 24.04 it's really crap (slow, blurry, flickering cursor, weird artifacts etc)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That depends on the DE, not the distro.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Okay so how is it with Cinammon, mate xfce? I know it's crap with Wayland and Xorg especially with nvidia drivers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm honestly not sure as I don't have a display where I need to worry about that.