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sometimes I think MSFT should buy Everything and replace Windows search with it. There are some plugins that use it for other file managers.

But then again, they will almost certainly screw it up, given that Windows Search still can't search my start menu reliably without pauses. And their history with acquisitions and integrating tech isn't very good.

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Things like that infuriate me and make me want to throw my laptop out of the window. There's no excuse for the start menu search not being instantaneous, but Windows isn't the only offender. Searching for an app on Android is also slow.

With Windows, it is death by a thousand paper cuts. With Linux, you might get your arm chopped off while getting every device (or sleep) to work flawlessly, but once it works, it stays working. And small things like search work like you expect them to.

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