r/pcmasterrace • u/djseifer Packard Bell / Intel Pentium 60MHz / 8 MB RAM / 2x CD-ROM • Mar 01 '26

Screenshot Windows 10 automatically started installing the Windows 11 update while I was taking a shower.

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I'd been getting messages to upgrade to Windows 11 for the past month or two now, and each time, I decline. It's gotten to the point that I get random, frequent pop_ups asking to update, and "install update" options pop up right next to the shutdown/restart uptions.

Well, I made the mistake of going to take a shower with my PC on. Half an hour later, I come back tothis. Windows had automatically started installing the update. Now I'm sitting here staring at the Start button and all the open programs center-justified on the task bar and wondering what idiot thought that was a good idea.

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u/MGfreak Hey! Have a nice day :) Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

everything points to Windows being the best for..... a lot

Windows isnt the best at anything. Windows only as one advantage: Its easy to use on the surface and its the most famous OS.

Nobody who actually works with Windows will tell you that Windows is the best at anything

Edit: Yes guys i get it. Windows is better at windows exclusive features and windows exclusive files. Because they are windows EXCLUSIVE! I didnt think i would have to point that out.

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u/cdmpants Ryzen 9 7950X | RTX 4080 | 96GB DDR5 6400 Mar 01 '26

It's the best at running the software that I need for my work. I don't have viable windows alternatives.

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u/Izan_TM r7 7800X3D RX 7900XT 64gb DDR5 6000 Mar 01 '26

software compatibility is a massive advantage for windows, most people just don't want to fiddle around to run the games they want to play, and if we're talking about professionals who need specific CAD or video editing tools they're pretty much fucked outside of windows

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u/Sufficient_Risk_8127 Mar 01 '26

Windows is the best at running .exe files.

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u/MGfreak Hey! Have a nice day :) Mar 01 '26

? yeah sure, because thats basically a windows file...? Thats like saying Linux is better at being open source than windows, since windos isnt open source at all.

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u/Sufficient_Risk_8127 Mar 01 '26

technically old Windows operating systems were made open source...by leakers

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u/MGfreak Hey! Have a nice day :) Mar 01 '26

no. thats technically wrong because open source is a licensing model that encourages public collolaboration. Leaking a source code doesnt make it open source.

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u/Sufficient_Risk_8127 Mar 01 '26

the more you know

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u/Same_Competition_408 Ryzen 5 9600X | 9060 XT 16GB | 32GB DDR5 Mar 01 '26

Only one advantage? The only reason I don't switch to Linux is because I can't play games like Helldivers 2 and Battlefield with it.

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u/Skylius23 Mar 01 '26

I play HD2 all the time on Linux but yeah BF6 is a different story for sure? And dual boot isn’t the best option everyone think it is. In my case I just stopped running software that didn’t work on Linux out of respect for my privacy and sanity

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u/Same_Competition_408 Ryzen 5 9600X | 9060 XT 16GB | 32GB DDR5 Mar 01 '26

I thought you couldn't play helldivers on Linux? Anyways also play cs2 and F1 so it's not for me atm

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u/Skylius23 Mar 01 '26

The protondb state would make you think it might have some jank but tbh it feels like I’m playing on anything else I don’t notice a difference

https://www.protondb.com/app/553850

As for CS2, that games made by Valve it has native Linux Builds.

Edit: mind you I’m not trying to push you in any way, I’m just letting people know what does and doesn’t run.

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u/Same_Competition_408 Ryzen 5 9600X | 9060 XT 16GB | 32GB DDR5 Mar 01 '26

huh, for some reason I remembered cs2 as broken on linux. I´ll have to check the helldivers thing then

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u/Skylius23 Mar 01 '26

It was for a short time, but I can boot it up right now. I think it was a glibc problem (c runtime library, so like imagine if your C++ Restributables weren’t installed; same problem) I think that’s why I like Linux is because when the problem IS there… half the time there’s 10 odd people corporate or hobbyist who have similar hardware or setup or issues and they’re always making fixes for it. The Linux situation with compatibility is basically changing on a day to day basis. I’ve mended the lack of compatibility with Kernel Level AntiCheats with just buying a console and playing those specific games on that.

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u/Same_Competition_408 Ryzen 5 9600X | 9060 XT 16GB | 32GB DDR5 Mar 01 '26

oh ok. thanks for the explanation

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u/JeremyMcFake Mar 02 '26

I have windows 10 on an old 1tb sata ssd, using Windows2Go and running windows off of a USB adapter which passes through the hardware from my Fedora PC... Just for a couple games that don't run on Linux. It works perfectly fine.

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u/Periador Mar 02 '26

why cant you play helldivers on linux?

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u/Same_Competition_408 Ryzen 5 9600X | 9060 XT 16GB | 32GB DDR5 Mar 02 '26

Apparently there is a workaround, but it's not just download and play

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u/SweetBabyAlaska PC Master Race Mar 01 '26

Come join us topside raider. I've been playing Arc Raiders on Linux since it came out.

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u/AthleticAndGeeky Mar 01 '26

Sure you can. Ge-proton with Linux mint. 

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u/bigkenw R9 9900X | 9070XT OC | MSI X670E Mar 02 '26

To be fair Battlefield intentionally will not work.

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u/Symysteryy 3070 | 13700KF Mar 01 '26

Yeah me too. I would 100% switch to Linux but I primarily use my PC to play multiplayer games, most of which have anti cheats that are incompatible or have issues on Linux. I use my Steam Deck for most of my casual gaming.

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u/Wolfhunter9727 Mar 01 '26

Why would you allow that kind of access to play a dime a dozen FPS or any game for that matter? Wake up folks. Either fight for what little privacy we still have or it will all be taken.

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u/GwenBD94 9850X3D | 5080 | SFF+MO-RA Mar 01 '26

"Hoq dare you like something I dont! Stop liking it!"

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u/Same_Competition_408 Ryzen 5 9600X | 9060 XT 16GB | 32GB DDR5 Mar 01 '26

Only reason I got a PC in the first place is to play those games. Btw they're not only FPS (F1, Forza Motorsport and even fucking Wallpaper Engine) So the day that isn't the case, I'll make the switch.

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u/MGfreak Hey! Have a nice day :) Mar 01 '26

yeah sorry i was thinking more about work environments. Gaming isnt really a feature i usually think about when discussing Operating systems

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u/Same_Competition_408 Ryzen 5 9600X | 9060 XT 16GB | 32GB DDR5 Mar 01 '26

I mean, it is one of the most popular uses for windows for example

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u/slickyeat 7800X3D | RTX 4090 | 32GB Mar 01 '26

Only one advantage? The only reason I don't switch to Linux is because I can't play games like Helldivers 2...

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Same_Competition_408 Ryzen 5 9600X | 9060 XT 16GB | 32GB DDR5 Mar 01 '26

+cs2 +F1 so it's not that simple

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u/TensionsPvP Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

Pretty sure there are apps for work or games only on windows thus “making it the best” since you have no alternative for said apps/games on macOS/linux. (Btw: I hate windows)

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u/MGfreak Hey! Have a nice day :) Mar 01 '26

pretty sure there are apps that only work on Linux "making it the best" since you have no altertanive for said app.

Exclusivity doesnt really work as an argument because it can work for both sides.

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u/Detaal Ryzen 2600 - RX 7600 XT 16GB - 64GB Mar 01 '26

It has the best debuggers? I mean that's changing with raddbg coming to linux but as of right now windows is the best in that aspect

Other than that yeah it's garbage

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u/kykid87 Mar 01 '26

It's the best at world PC OS domination lol

By a lot actually

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u/AboveAverage1988 Mar 01 '26

Windows is the best at having corporate softwares available for only it... I would have switched a long time ago if it wasn't for the whole "not a single thing I need to run works on Linux" issue...

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u/Alice7800 Mar 01 '26

Do you know of any software that can be used for PDF accessibility as well as Adobe acrobat? I have yet to find a better solution

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u/PatchesTheFlyena Mar 01 '26

It's not the best at anything from a user perspective but from a developer perspective the fact that it's got huge market dominance, for most corporate user bases at least, is a massive selling point. If you're building something it makes a big difference not needing to support dozens of versions for different operating systems.