It’s not really broken, couldn’t get the microphone to work with any program

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[–] 41 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Got into an argument about this once. The other person insisted that if I wipe my hard drive and reinstall, that I’m a pathetic moron who doesn’t deserve to use a computer.

In fairness, it’s usually better to fix things so you can learn, but dang they were toxic.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To be fair, at least with Windows, if you do a reinstall I've always found that it never runs quite like it used to. I've sometimes had to deal with some weird quirks afterwards. A friend of mine who kept switching between Google Android and open-sourve Android on his phone said the same thing. Every time he reinstalled Google Android, it simply wouldn't run as well as it did beforehand.

    It's like taking a plumbing pipe out and putting it back in. Or taking apart a car engine and putting it back together. It never quite fits together the way it used to anymore.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago*

    I had the opposite experience with Windows (7 up to 10), every now and then I would have to reinstall it to get some random feature working, which made the system run smoothly for a while - which checks out, considering Windows' affinity for software rot.

    Then again, I increasingly debloated it as time went on, which I'd assume contributes to its instability.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    People like that are why more folks don't like Linux and tech in general.

    Bro, gatekeeping computers is something children do.

    "You much get invited to a lot of parties?" is generally a good response. "Everyone makes mistakes, you're living proof".

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