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Why is everyone hating on Windows 11?
I have an Acer Predator computer. It's about 5 years old. Windows for some reason decided to change to an EEFI boot system, something I have had on my 20-year-old Ubuntu computer for some time. Windows did NOT supply information on how to achieve this, or even an installer. They just said it was necessary. I did everything I could find to get it done, but in the end my computer wouldn't even boot up. I took it to the Geek Squad and they simply reinstalled Windows, which resulted in being able to boot back into windows but at a cost. I have to spam F12 to choose the boot menu, which then allows me to tell the computer to boot using the Windows Boot Manager. Now windows, every time it provides updates, needs to reboot twice to install them, so I am spamming F12 a second time around to finish installation. Windows always pissed me off because I spent hoards of money getting the computers, software, and games, then each time it updates to a new version none of the software or games I had work any more. Ubuntu still runs even dos programs, the office suites are free (good because I use them at home, not at work), and it tells me everything I need to know about how to write programs even. Windows has always been about making millions from people who don't. By the way, the Geek Squad found out after "fixing" my computer that the hardware was insufficient for an EEFI boot.