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BLKNSLVRyesterday at 1:59 PM5 repliesview on HN

Calculator taking measurable seconds to load was the last straw for me for Windows 10. Exclusively Linux at home for a couple of years now, and there's a relatively steady stream of headlines to remind me of how good a decision it was to switch away.


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layer8yesterday at 4:43 PM

Luckily, one can still revert to the classic calculator: https://win7games.com/#calc

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yoyohello13yesterday at 4:23 PM

Yeah, I've been exclusively on Linux at home since 2019. I have to do work on Windows though and it's a daily reminder that Windows is a piece of shit and gets worse with every update. WSL is the only thing that makes it bearable. It's like releasing a long relaxing breath when I can finally get on my home computer.

evikstoday at 1:20 AM

Isn't it way easier to just find a better calculator app (same for most other straws)?

projektfuyesterday at 2:46 PM

Thankfully, that has improved, but there's still a weird bug where multiple instances of the calculator will spawn for no reason at all.

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SV_BubbleTimeyesterday at 2:32 PM

I switched in 2023 or so, I have not seen one headline per your example or anecdote or comment or tea leaves that have made me question moving away from windows.

Not one, not once. Even my worst day on Linux where something does work for seemingly no reason, still better than Windows.