diff --git a/src/posts/2024-05-25-i-hate-you-microsoft.md b/src/posts/2024-05-25-i-hate-you-microsoft.md index 31bb69b..20cc510 100644 --- a/src/posts/2024-05-25-i-hate-you-microsoft.md +++ b/src/posts/2024-05-25-i-hate-you-microsoft.md @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ now as it's the last frontier that linux hasn't conquered. this has actually been a great productivity boost for me as windows is so terrible that i _don't even want to boot it just for games_. +![i hate you microsoft](./images/i-hate-you-microsoft-torvalds.jpg) + ## spoiled by linux at the risk of sounding too much like i have a neckbeard and fedora, linux truly @@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ get GRUB and arch to work. according to google, it basically forces you to sign all of your efi boot partitions for dubious security benefits -- in other words, make it harder to install free operating systems. -ok, fine. i'll just re-enable this thing. surely it can't be that hard? +## ok, fine. i'll just re-enable this thing + +surely it can't be that hard? the glorious arch linux wiki of course had an [entire page](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot) @@ -61,3 +65,17 @@ up lost in what i call "linux limbo", and so after an hour of trying, i gave up. whatever, i'll just enable secure boot, then boot directly into windows and bypass GRUB. + +great. now ethernet doesn't work in windows, but it does in linux. somehow +microsoft managed to fuck up so bad their hardware support was worse than linux. + +and then, i'm not baking this up, i **blue screened**. **_how do you managed to +make an OS this bad?_** + +--- + +i ended up giving back and returning to my hyprland desktop, where i'm writing +this now, from neovim (did i mention i use arch)? i can't believe people still +subject themselves to these subpar experiences and aren't outraged about it. +frankly, if my only option was to use windows, i'd throw away my computer and +become a rancher or something. maybe i should do that anyways.