I have been away from this blog for quite a while, but it is time to come back and summarize some of the main changes that I have undergone. I guess that I will do it as a series of posts.
Who needs Windows?
Yes, in October, I succumbed to the temptation from the evil empire and installed Windows 10 to my daughter's laptop as a dual boot with Mageia. Well, I actually did it because of two reasons: Windows-based school assignments and a Windows-only game that she wanted to play and that does not run well on WINE.
In full honesty, I have to say that MS has simplified the install process a lot... to the point that Cortana even convinced me to activate the network. However, a pair of funny things happened. First, when Windows started nagging so that I activated the product (by buying a license), the Windows store gave me a message indicating, "we are pretty sure that we do not have the product that you are looking for." So, the Windows 10 Store cannot find a license for Windows 10.
The other thing that I saw in the store was the several fake apps that imitate the look of Firefox or Chrome, but are more like skins for Microsoft's Edge. Mmm, one wonders if those contribute to the illusion of the usage of Edge.
Anyway, since I installed Windows 10, that laptop has been booted on Microsoft's OS only two days to complete a school assignment.
And the game? It ran terribly, worse than in WINE, so I had to trade it for another game... Microsoft's very own Minecraft. That will be the subject of another post.
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