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[–] 43 points 1 year ago (12 children)

All you need is a bootable usb stick

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    To be honest, you need that weekend with Linux too but it’s fun instead of dread, and you get to set it up in a whole new way

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    And the fix is understandable. The number of times I've had to fuck with Windows and never quite understood what I did that made it work, because you couldn't repeat it twice. Sometimes it was just the number of reboots you needed to do for it to uncross the turd caught sideways and suddenly work fine, until it didn't...

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    You're underestimating my ability to brick things at the hardware level there...

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Tip: if you used a hammer, you are installing an OS incorrectly, but if you didn't threaten the computer with a hammer you also did something wrong.

    All computers are driven by fear, that is why I always kick them when they make too much noise.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I always talk nicely to my computers. They're trying their best, and sometimes I have to accept their best isn't what I hoped for today.

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