It’s for your own good, mind (and some Windows 11 users will get this too)
  • A new patch is being quietly pushed to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs
  • It’ll force upgrades in certain circumstances to keep the PC in support
  • This update will mean more nag prompts coming to your PC
  • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
    25·
    9 days ago

    as difficult as plugging in a flash drive

    That’s a gross over-simplification

    They have to

    1. Download the windows ISO
      • How do you find the original ISO and not a cracked one?
    2. Get instructions to modify the ISO
      • Hope you get the right set of instructions from a genuine website
    3. Download Rufus and install
    4. Make backup of their data
      • Hope you disabled Bitlocker also
    5. Reboot and press the F? key to change boot order (F? varies from system to system)
      • How do you even find the right key for this?
    6. Follow the installation process

    One of the reasons Linux is not widespread is because following these “simple” instructions is too much for an average user. So I doubt a Windows user will be bothered to modify their OS. I have installed different variants of Linux 100s of time and even I need to check online if their are any hidden gotchas.

    • Mr_BlottEnglish
      12·
      9 days ago

      Exactly. You’d get your family “computer person” to do it.

      If they care about the OS you want to use, they’ll upgrade to W11 this way.

      If they’re obnoxious, self congratulatory Linux users, they’ll try to force you onto an OS you don’t understand

      Which is better for the average person?