• pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes, it required a command line to perform disk partitioning and even a basic pre-erase.

    It also asked about 20 more questions than necessary, and I had to answer “no” to each and every one of them.

    Where Linux asks for a username, Windows insisted multiple time that I had to create an account. The only workaround was to physically unplug the Ethernet cable.

    There’s also a step where you need to lie about your regional settings to avoid getting plastered with preinstalled trash.

    If you blindly click “next” through a Windows install, you will get the most bloated, horrible, invasive experience possible.

    There Windows installer is an absolute fucking minefield.