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[-] ssolos@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

NGL I gotta say that sounds like a fluke. I've never had to spend more than an hour on a fresh windows install. I run Windows on my desktop and Linux Mint on my laptop. So while I haven't done thousands of installs if 7 hours was a constant issue no one would be using Windows.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's 7 hours when you factor in the updates and the time spent having to go fish for software all over the Internet.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

Maybe use an installer that was downloaded more recently than 2015?

[-] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

What kind og software did you need to find? Last time i did a fresh install of win10 (a couple of weeks ago), I downloaded Rufus to make the bootable USB and that was the only thing I needed to go "fish for all over the internet"... 30min later I was up and running, updates scheduled to run during the night when I didn't need to use the computer.

[-] danque@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Fish for software... honestly it's harder to find your shit working for Linux than windows. But to each their own department.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I can count the times that I've needed windows for something other than a game (no longer an issue) in the past 25+ years on one hand.

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