It’s like Microsoft is advertising for Linux at this point, lol.
“KB5094126 patched 208 security vulnerabilities on June 9, but the update has triggered Recycle Bin display glitches, BitLocker lockouts on enterprise hardware, OneDrive failures, and system freezes, with the first fix not expected until July 14.”
I see they let AI at their codebase.
This is my shocked face.
Honest.
This is why I run Linux.
As a longtime Linux-only user, I love how M$ is driving people over to a new OS. But, with increased publicity and adoption makes it a growing target for hackers.
I actually would prefer windows people stay on windows…becuase I don’t want my favorite operating system dumbed down…
Odds are, like most things on Linux, there will be an option for a dumbed down distro or a reasonable one. Things like Ubuntu, grasping for mass appeal, will get dumber. Arch, for example, likely won’t.
We can send them off to ZorinOS as their first diatro. It’s like Linux on training wheels lol
My middle son, who is non-technical but anti-microsoft, runs Fedora 44 (same as I do actually)
He actually really prefers it… :)
One second, let me restart Windows for updates then I can respond. Lol!
You might be able to. You might not. At this point, 50/50 chance. ;-)
Windows has become an early 2000’s webpage. Filled with ads, quiet installs, and nagging deceptive pop-ups.
Hey real quick, you want to make edge your default browser and talk to Cortana?..
“You have clicked no. Microsft Edge is your new default browser! How can I help you more with the microsoft experience?” - Cortana.
Reminds me of that tweet:
"Does microsoft understand concent?
- yes
- Ask me again later"
I still love the older Windows like Windows XP way better. It really didn’t do any of that shit. You just needed a pop up blocker.
7 was it for me. That XP start up sound and bliss hits me in the nostalgia.
I think I’m glad that microslop didn’t go with Cortana as their dumb LLM name.
Not that there were any good back when Cortana was the Pc AsSiStAnT for Windows, to be clear.
just replace the old ‘punch the monkey’ with certain other faces…
and you’d get clicks like crazy.
Nothing AI can’t fix.
“If it ain’t broke
don’tyou can’t fix it!” -Copilot
I am not surprised in the slightest.
On a little tangent: my work laptop recently updated and the entire thing was going swimmingly (well aside from the fact Windows needs to restart 3 times in order to “Update and Shutdown” but eh) up until it got to 100%. The time it took to get from 0% to 100% was less than from 100% to actually finishing. I had enough time to hypothesize they let AI change something in the update process and one condition was to not increase how long it took to “complete” the update, ie get to 100%.
