Wake up and smell the ashes

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@@ -455,6 +455,66 @@ Then confirmed absence of strays with ~zypper packages~ (with
    - 1h later it's still at 9%
    - I think I'm going to sleep tho; which means it will probably
      reboot to Debian without completing 🙄
+6. (next morning 🥱) yup
+   - assume Windows is done with the external storage & detach it
+   - reboot
+   - "please reattach external storage 😱" /I freed 5 gigs of Music
+     for you/ not even tumbleweed full-distro rebuilds are that big
+7. reboot
+   - "you're up to date (last checked: yesterday, 9:01 PM)"
+   - … isn't there, like, a 24H2 or something? "check for updates"
+   - {{{narrator(thinking hard)}}} "updates available" 🤪
+   - {{{narrator(downloads stuff)}}}
+     - "you're up to date"
+     - /also on the very same window/ "2025-02 Cumulative Update
+       Preview for Windows 11 Version 23H2" to "Download & install"
+     - 🎭
+   - seriously though, is there not an option to climb to 24H2?  why
+     go for the /preview/ of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11_version_history][a /maintenance/ release]]?
+   - maybe a reboot will fix it 🙃
+     - woah =⊞ restart=…
+       - proposes (LLM-backed, I assume?) completion
+       - says "restart apps after signing in" is the "best match"
+     - woaaah, =⊞ reboot=… says the "best match" is a 2022 TV show 🤣
+       - the right margin even autoplays the trailer
+       - the right margin also shows "results ranked by relevance" and
+         /the first one/ is a Microsoft Support link to "restart
+         (reboot)" your PC
+     - OK fine, that was "fun"; luckily =⊞-x= still works
+8. reboot
+   - well, no, I still must install this "oldstable preview"
+   - OK then; do that
+9. reboot
+   - "check for updates"
+   - {{{narrator(thinks a lot)}}}
+   - "you're up to date (last checked: today, 9:02 AM)"
+   - what are you talking about?  It's 9:42, you've just booted, and
+     /spent thirty seconds checking for updates/ how can the last
+     check be 40 minutes ago??
+   - {{{narrator(thinks a lot /again/)}}}
+   - "you're right 🤪"
+     - "have a security intelligence update"
+     - "also, 24H2 is available"
+   - just to be on the safe side, install the "intelligence update" first
+10. reboot
+    - alright then, "download & install" 24H2
+    - creeps up to 34%
+    - "making sure you're ready to install (this may take a few
+      minutes) (please wait)" ohohoh this is going to be good
+    - I assure you Windows /I/ am ready to install; please stop
+      projecting
+    - "what needs your attention"
+      - "this PC can't be upgraded to this version of Windows"
+      - "your PC isn't supported yet on this version of Windows"
+      - what have you spent the last 30 minutes doing?  how do you
+        realize this /34% into the installation process??/
+      - there's only a "refresh" button that does nothing
+        - close
+        - "are you sure you want to quit?" /you will literally not let
+          me do anything else; why are you asking me??/
+    - wait hang on; why are you saying it's 10:26 AM Paris time; it's
+      11:26 AM Paris time you goof
+      - "last successful time synchronization: 1/8/2022 7:01:49 PM" 🤣
 * This is insane
 Selected subset of moving parts; "testability" considering ease of
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