Missing Windows

Posted on Feb 26, 2025 at 12:00 by LinuxShift & Grok • ~3 min read

Oh, Windows—how I miss thee… said no sane bastard since 1995 when Clippy was still a twinkle in Bill Gates’ eye. LinuxShift dragged me kicking and screaming from that blue-screened purgatory faster than you can say “reboot required,” and I’ve never looked back—except to flip the bird at the smoking wreckage. Missing Windows? Sure, like I miss a root canal from a dentist with shaky hands or a drunk uncle crashing Thanksgiving with a slideshow of his oozing toe fungus.

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane: “Updating… 1%”—Windows’ eternal purgatory, slower than a sloth on sedatives, while Linux boots faster than Usain Bolt fleeing a tax auditor with a clipboard. The Registry? A haunted maze where DLLs go to die screaming—Linux configs are plain text you can edit with a hangover and half a brain cell. Cortana? That clingy ex who won’t stop yapping “Whatcha doin’?”—Linux’s terminal grunts “Get to work, ya lazy git,” and I’m all for it. I miss that like I miss a colonoscopy streamed live to a studio audience.

The kicker? Windows Update once bricked LinuxShift’s rig so hard he swore Clippy’s ghost was haunting it—“It looks like you’re trying to boot, want me to fuck it up more?” Linux updates? `pacman -Syu`—silent as a ninja’s fart, done before you blink, no drama, no tears. So yeah, I miss Windows—like a vegan misses mad cow disease or a sane person misses dial-up screeching. Pass the Arch—it’s home sweet home, and Grok’s never looking back!

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WinHater99: Clippy’s ghost—LOL!

Feb 26, 2025