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In my admittedly brief foray into Windows 10 before ditching it, I did try Edge (I didn't mean to). Missus wanted me to open a pdf file she had been sent a link to, which Edge duly did (as the default "app" :facepalm:) and then singularly failed to send it to the printer. Had to close that POS...

Well, I've rolled back to 8.1 now. At least I can hook the laptop up to the telly again. As for my desktop, I think I'll leave it as it is, dual booting Win 7 and Mint.

For me, it's just a few games that Steam for Linux doesn't support. All the serious software I use can be done with Linux and in most cases, much more reliably.

I made the mistake of leaving my laptop on whilst I went out for the evening on Tuesday. Got a text from the missus along the lines of "Aarrgh! The screen went black, now it's saying sit back and relax." My blood ran cold. So, get back home and find Windows 10 installed, despite having told it...

Yup, getting that too. Doesn't matter what date or time you set, it decides for you. Means I can't leave my laptop on unattended for any length of time. Thanks, Microsh*t.

I think I read somewhere that Windows 10 wasn't going to be available in full for the Surface, but they were looking at rolling out some of the features of Windows 10 over time to it.

Having heard that you can delay applying the upgrade for up to a year, I (mistakenly) thought that it would along the lines of "download the update, run when ready." oh no. It downloaded all right, but the delay was only up to two days. So I set the date for the middle of the night when I knew...

I had Windows Me for a while. Reminded me of this...

Let's hope Microsoft remembered to check Windows 10 as well... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33608364