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Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by 20after4 »

the_third_wave wrote: post #276
Mistletoe wrote: post #273

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I'll just sell it and get a used Macbook Air, they go for like $99 on Ebay now. Every time in my life I have installed Linux with such high hopes and get annoyed by all the crap that doesn't work.

Can you give some examples of "things which do not work"? Seeing how as I've been using Linux for close to 30 years and have it running on loads of different types of hardware with more or less everything working - yes even Bluetooth - I'm always somewhat surprised by these problems which fail to haunt me.

I think some people just don’t even bother to resolve an issue. Maybe it’s not even broken but just reflexively assumed to be broken if something isn’t immediately as they expect it to work. My parents both use Linux daily and rarely ever need me to provide any support. Ubuntu or Debian has worked out of the box on every machine I’ve touched over the last 10 years. Avoiding nvidia graphics is probably the secret to success though, and may be the issue responsible for many people who have a much more negative view of Linux “just working”

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by PostOnce »

bunbun69 wrote: post #359
PostOnce wrote: post #324

Microsoft did a tremendous amount of hard work to convince me to make the effort to migrate away from Windows at home and at work. They want to lease me a word processor. They want to put ads in my digital filing cabinet. They want to take 30% of my software revenue, and when they realized they couldn't have it, they said they'd settle for 12%. No dice. There are zero Windows machines in my home or in my business rig…

I doubt Microsoft cares that you migrated away.

Not only do they not care, they don't know I exist. That doesn't mean I have to tolerate their behavior.

Their empire crumbles anyway, that's why they're doing this to Windows, because they know the future is (sadly) on the web, and the OS is less relevant than the browser now, and more replaceable than it was 20 years ago.

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by garbanz0 »

tuxinator wrote: post #267
garbanz0 wrote: post #255

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My experience leaving Windows was like yours... until I did a software upgrade or had to replace my graphics card, etc. Hours of fighting the command line, glitchy graphical bugs. For me, the desire to cultivate my linux computer like a garden ended up being a distraction from using my computer like the tool it is. Just my 2cents.

When was the last time you tried Linux? I just replaced my entire computer (CPU, motherboard, GPU, etc) and my Debian (bookworm) installation booted with zero issues. No need to reinstall anything. I certainly remember fighting with xorg.conf settings, graphics drivers, and kernel modules in the past. I haven't had to deal with troubles like that in nearly 10 years though.

I was using plain Ubuntu around 2020. Upgraded from an ancient GeForce to a pretty standard AMD graphics card and it totally wrecked my installation. While debugging in the command line, my screen was constantly flickering. Headache inducing. Then while trying to reinstall Ubuntu, I accidentally messed up my windows installation. It took a weekend to get everything back to normal, and it just wasn't worth it at all.

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK wrote: post #191
bombcar wrote: post #169

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They’re called phones and they’re killing the windows desktop like Linux users wanted in the 90s. It’s a very monkey’s paw scenario.

Accidentally Android spies on you to the extent Microsoft couldn't even dream of in their evilest of dreams. And there is no way to root/control it to prevent that spying. Unlike Windows.

> Accidentally Android spies on you to the extent Microsoft couldn't even dream of in their evilest of dreams. And there is no way to root/control it to prevent that spying. Unlike Windows.

https://www.grapheneos.org/

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by deafpolygon »

dehrmann wrote: post #176
jimmaswell wrote: post #155

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I wish antitrust enforcement focused on this stuff again. Remember when MS merely including a web browser at all was brought into question?

Microsoft also used to have 90% market share. It's less impressive now that Mac is a viable competitor and iOS and Android are good enough for 80% of common tasks.

> that Mac is a viable competitor

Almost made me spit out my drink

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by sampa »

For all those who stay on Windows only for games, google for vfio it's a virtual machine with Windows for games Uses a dedicated graphics card, has like 3% cost.

Bonus is you don't have to care about updates and viruses/trojans. Disk C with OS is just a raw file, that you can copy at will.

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by _a_a_a_ »

bunbun69 wrote: post #359
PostOnce wrote: post #324

Microsoft did a tremendous amount of hard work to convince me to make the effort to migrate away from Windows at home and at work. They want to lease me a word processor. They want to put ads in my digital filing cabinet. They want to take 30% of my software revenue, and when they realized they couldn't have it, they said they'd settle for 12%. No dice. There are zero Windows machines in my home or in my business rig…

I doubt Microsoft cares that you migrated away.

How many of the top 500 supercomputers run windows?

They care.

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by tmtvl »

Aperocky wrote: post #293
MagicMoonlight wrote: post #193

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Linux can play pretty much anything under Proton now. And older games tend to work better than on Windows because Proton runs the actual code instead of trying to force it through the current windows OS that is 10 versions on and doesn't have any of the APIs anymore. A lot of old windows games don't even run on windows anymore.

Thanks, I might need to try that, does Proton require SteamOS or I could use any linux flavor I like?

You can use any distro you like. I'm using OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and have basically the same experience as most people on ProtonDB. The thing to remember is that to use Proton for games that Valve hasn't verified, you have to go into your Steam settings and under Steam Play check "Enable Steam Play for all other titles".

I have noticed that some games work better or worse under different versions of Proton, though.

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by steve1977 »

PostOnce wrote: post #324

Microsoft did a tremendous amount of hard work to convince me to make the effort to migrate away from Windows at home and at work. They want to lease me a word processor. They want to put ads in my digital filing cabinet. They want to take 30% of my software revenue, and when they realized they couldn't have it, they said they'd settle for 12%. No dice. There are zero Windows machines in my home or in my business rig…

What DAW are you using that is Windows-only?

Re: Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

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Post by _Algernon_ »

bunbun69 wrote: post #359
PostOnce wrote: post #324

Microsoft did a tremendous amount of hard work to convince me to make the effort to migrate away from Windows at home and at work. They want to lease me a word processor. They want to put ads in my digital filing cabinet. They want to take 30% of my software revenue, and when they realized they couldn't have it, they said they'd settle for 12%. No dice. There are zero Windows machines in my home or in my business rig…

I doubt Microsoft cares that you migrated away.

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