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Sharky6
7y

'At school on my laptop'

'School ends'

'Packing my shit'

Windows: 'Update and shutdown ;)'

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  • 1
    Yup- been there.
  • 2
    @mrtnrdl if only more people installed Gentoo
  • 0
    Updates are disabled on my school laptop... 😂
  • 0
    I had the stupidest reason to switch to linux. Windows lagged too much for me :P
  • 2
    @mrtnrdl I wanted to start using Arch Linux but it has been a pain In the ass getting it to work. Even on virtual box. I've been told I should try Linux Mint
  • 0
    It's still possible to shutdown normally without doing the updates first, though.
  • 2
    @Sharky6 Mint is almost plug and play, depends on the hardware actually... Give it a shot, you might like it, personal best mint flavour: Cinnamon
  • 1
    Always. Right now it's in my bag trying to install the Win 10 Creators update.
  • 0
    Alt-F4. Works every time (used to at least, haven't used Windows for a while now)
  • 0
    @ChrRubin I used to be impatient and just do a hard shutdown, but it fucks up the filesystem wasted more time fixing windows than waiting for it to update
  • 1
    You should try Linux or Mac.
  • 1
    "closed the lid. Goes home"
  • 0
    The influx of Microsoft shit is too much. Just set your settings correctly and you should be fine. Microsoft is about baby steps to handle everything.
  • 0
    This is the part where you go into the settings and have "close lid does nothing" then tuck that bastard away, so you don't have to deal with it.
  • 1
    @Sharky6
    just take xour time and go through the arch linux beginners guide step by step - it's really good and should be enough to have a basic setup at the end (if you don't have any special requirements).
    somewhere i should a have a step-by-step tut from my last install lying around ... *starts searching*
  • 1
    Linux ftw. Lol
  • 1
    No kidding, a friend of mine just went through the same yesterday.
  • 1
    Telling a windows user "Install Arch!", "Install Gentoo!", "Use i3 windows manager!"... heh. If that's the stuff you suggest to a newcomer, you'll chase them right back to Windows.

    If you're sick of Windows, just throw Mint, Ubuntu or Fedora on a machine, install all the tools you need to be productive, and use it for a month or two. Diehard linux fans will all have their opinions about which distro & desktop environment combination is the best, but if you start out you just need a simple solution which works reasonably well out of the box.

    Systems like Arch and Gentoo with i3 or xmonad are awesome, light and modular. But "can be customized" is often a bad feature when you need to finish up your feature branch before the end of the week...
  • 0
    @bittersweet I agree, I would personally recommend Debian or Ubuntu depending on the requirement; however, the "Install Gentoo" thing is merely a common joke.
  • 0
    Linux, install a Linux distro.
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