alt Hacker News> The meme is still alive that windows accumulates garbage and becomes slower with time, so you need to reinstall it periodically.
I've not needed to worry about this since Windows XP. Which was what? 25 years ago almost.
> Reinstallation is also how you fix regressions, because ms is busy with cloud services.
I've never had hardware regressions with Windows. I've had plenty of weird and annoying bugs return with Linux.
e.g. My Dell 6410 has an issue where the wifi card would die after suspend with kernel 6.1. However it would get fixed by a patch, and then get unfixed the next patch.
> As I remember, on linux I have an ample choice of kernel versions, but I didn't encounter regressions. For windows intel provides only the latest drivers.
"Swings and Roundabout".
Again. It is a pretty niche problem. I've had plenty of weird hardware regressions with the Kernel. Recently there was a AMD HDMI audio bug, IIRC it was kernel related.
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>I've never had hardware regressions with Windows.
Until recently I didn't either. Windows resizing to 640x480 when display turns off and sound resetting to 100% after a toast notification.
>It is a pretty niche problem.
I think hdmi audio is a niche problem. What do you even use it for? With linux you can at least try a different version, with windows you have to just eat it.
I’ve had the same experience. Never had a regression with windows. Had plenty with Linux.
One Linux kernel version broke hdmi audio and another fixed it. Recently a change to power management has made my Intel Ethernet controller stop working about an hour after the computer boots up. And so on. Each time I’ve needed to pouring through forums trying to find the right fix. That or pin an older version which worked correctly.