I think my favorite part of swapping has been forgetting how Windows does things. I’m so embedded in Linux and how it works every day that I don’t remember where to go for certain things in Windows without having to search.
I remember some power user shortcuts like run prompt shortcuts (appwiz.cpl
or control userpasswords2
) but I used to be able to walk people through how to get certain pages in the Windows UI, and I couldn’t do it today.
If I had a nickle for every BSOD error code I researched only to find “have you tried running
sfc /scannow
? What about a refresh? You tried both and nothing worked? Just reinstall!”More documented my ass. Linux at least tells me what’s wrong. “No space left on device” or “missing dependency” is way better than “Error code 0x0000007e”