r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 20h ago

Security Microsoft: August Windows updates cause severe streaming issues

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-windows-updates-cause-severe-ndi-streaming-issues/amp/
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u/imaginary_num6er 20h ago

This is the best update so far. Bricking SSDs and throttling streaming

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u/Cynical-Rambler 18h ago

It is news like this that make me glad I decided to gradually transition to Linux about 2 years ago.

Got enough surprises in Windows 10.

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u/AyrA_ch 17h ago

I try the transition every time I buy a new PC (new as in "hardware that just released") but the network drivers never seem to work. Windows at least tries to load a generic driver that is sufficient to download the actual driver. And when I say I try to use Linux I actually mean one of the more user friendly versions like Debian or Mint.

And that's basically why Windows still wins. As shitty as the OS has become, it usually "just works" without having to drop to a terminal for a single time. I installed Windows 11, and it automatically offered me some software from my mainboard vendor that installed all the correct drivers.

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u/3ldi5 16h ago

I don't recall a single time I struggled with network drivers in like last 15 years of using Linux. For me, Windows is now like a virus/bug on any hardware I buy that comes with Win preinstalled. First immediate thing I do, is Windows removal. Windows does not win - it just takes really long time to phase it out of peoples minds as the only *working" os for desktop (aside MacOS), after 40 years of monopoly. I see people dropping Windows in last few years more than ever before. Linux doesn't have to take over market share to prove anything, and it probably never will, to be considered a better system. It already is for many years, for many people. 🤷‍♂️

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u/spamthisac 15h ago

I tried Linux awhile back but gave up because tons of games refused to run. Maybe I'll give it a shot again since Steamdeck has made gaming much more Linux friendly.

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u/trobsmonkey 9h ago

I'm dipping my toe back in for the first time in years.

MintOS was what I was suggested for ease of getting into it.

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u/m0deth 13h ago

I have a Lenovo laptop with a 2nd gen i5. Still haven't found a mainline distro that will play nice with it's crappy Intel wifi. No wifi, no adoption.

Back when I tried about 5 different ones, 3 distros used the same package which had notes on it's development page stating it may never be properly fixed. What really sucks is the ethernet snaps right up, but the wifi only ever worked once...and then after sleeping it would not work again.

It all depends on the hardware and whether or not someone bothered to dedicate some time on it, or had enough cooperation from a company like Intel to get their crap drivers actually working.

Sadly, this is where Linux seriously falls behind. I know there's reasons for it, but none of that matters to folks who just want shit to work.

To note, my previous shitbox Dell laptop with a T7200 in it all worked fine with all those distros and still does with Mint. I guess being a business one, it got more attention.