Went out for a lunchtime walk yesterday, it had been raining in the morning, bringing the temp down to about 30°C.

I had to get back indoors after 15 mins because I was just getting hotter and hotter as I walked, even though the air felt cold. Then I noticed that none of the morning’s rain had evaporated, so the humidity was a tad high :-|

It was deceptive, and I can imagine people getting caught out by this if they’re not thinking about it (in the same way the some hikers die when they set off without enough water and get too far out)

Indeed. I really didn’t like Windows 10, but this is ridiculous :-(

This is me. I got a new work laptop last November with a good spec and loads of ram, because I’m a “power user” … and it absolutely drags on every little thing.

Windows Explorer falls over sometimes. Click on the start menu and wait for it to catch up. Lots if waiting for updates to complete. Don’t get me started on actually running MS programs on it.

And this is the Enterprise version with the worst shit already switched off.

Meanwhile, at home I have a 12 year old Thinkpad that was decidedly mid-spec when new, with completely stock Linux Mint, which flies along (the only change from stock being an SSD, and lots of stickers). I don’t even need to switch to a lighter window manager :-)