First read that as Windows 3.11, the definition of decrufted.
Well, Windows 3.1 wasn’t an operating system, so it isn’t really a comparison.
Why does it need to be compared?
De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
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Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surprisingly, I'm not sad at all. I've been using Windows for a long time and recently purchased a new computer with Windows 11. It's such an abomination that it forced me to try Linux for the very first time on my production machine, and I'm very pleased with the results. A thank you to Microsoft for giving me a reason to look somewhere else, and a sincere thank you to the open source community for all the work they…
the problem is that many many companies have standardised on windows as desktop. you as an Employee do not really have a choice. At first you still try to use windows at work and linux at home but the little differences in muscle memory become too much so sooner or later you cave and use windows at home too.
Having recently started a job and being forced to use Windows for the first time in ... 20 years, I wholeheartedly agree with that statement.
It's been some month and I now start emojis with "(" instead of ":" ...
... also I am surprised what a shitstorm "finding a place to save a file" is. I was amused by a former student of mine who claimed that she "only had the files in Excel!", but now I can understand that the file dialogs in Windows literally have "folders" for different programs.
With OneDrive folders, other OneDrive Folders, local folders, Application folders, Network drives I completely understand how people get confused ...
Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
Except for apple music constantly popping up?
Got a touchbar? I discovered the fingers on my right hand barely brush the bottomed edge of it when I make certain multi-key keystrokes. Right where the play “button” was by default. Took me forever to figure out why Music was opening “randomly”. I ended up setting the touchbar to static, not per-program customizable, and replacing most of it with a “spacer” element. Fixed the problem. Luckily they’ve realized they w…
Play/Pause press on a headphone will also do it. And there's just no way to disable that.
Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
I gave up trying to use a mouse on OSX years ago (the acceleration curve causes physical pain for me) and leaned into what Apple did right: trackpads. I got an apple trackpad for my desk setup, and otherwise use the built in trackpad on the macbook. Doesn't help for those who need a mouse device (cad/design/photo-editing, etc), but for what I use it for (software dev/ops work), it's great. Trackpads in a windows ecos…
God bless the trackpad on Macbooks. Some Windows laptops come close but none match it. Thumbs up for Smooze if you're looking to try and have a somewhat usable mouse experience. It's 20 bucks because of course it is, why wouldn't a tool to allow a need that basic cost money? It does have a trial. Maybe another commenter can recommend something free but when I was looking a couple years ago it was the only thing that…
> Maybe another commenter can recommend something free
Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is great, although my use-case is a bit different to your original use case. I would love a group policy version (xml or something) of this that can be centrally setup for any PCs we unbox. I think InTune itself can actually do most of this stuff if you can track down the right settings ... The trouble is keeping it up to date between Windows updates because they auto-install the bloatware.
> The trouble is keeping it up to date between Windows updates Just run the script again after a major update. Only takes a minute. And don't let Windows update automatically. I have used this script and it works well. Also found this in the other comments https://atlasos.net
Atlas OS default setup seems a lot like Windows Server out of the box. Server 2022 (with gui) comes with Windows 10 look and feel and is very lightweight in terms of features, no search, no background tasks, etc. Most desktop apps are compatible with it.
Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#156Suppose you are buying a new laptop ... does anyone else feel sad that their operating system has effectively turned into some weird social media marketing tracking data harvesting hybrid of a thing? But in the name of progress and security, you can't stay on Windows 10. So for me it's this weird middle ground right now .. waiting for either Windows to U-turn, die out, or for more work apps to port to OS X.
No because I use Linux and every time I sit at my computer I say "thank you" to myself because of it.
I own Apple products too. But for real work, I use Linux.
Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#157Suppose you are buying a new laptop ... does anyone else feel sad that their operating system has effectively turned into some weird social media marketing tracking data harvesting hybrid of a thing? But in the name of progress and security, you can't stay on Windows 10. So for me it's this weird middle ground right now .. waiting for either Windows to U-turn, die out, or for more work apps to port to OS X.
I keep saying that Linux is now the best of the three major desktop OSes, and it's not because it's improved that much. We have regressed so far in UI and user abuse.
It has been the best OS for such a long time. Hardware support will just be miserable for the foreseeable future.
I was eyeing at the options available to dual-boot a recentish Surface Pro, and it was a grand total of 0. Now, it's not a big issue since WSL2, but it would still have been nice.
Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surprisingly, I'm not sad at all. I've been using Windows for a long time and recently purchased a new computer with Windows 11. It's such an abomination that it forced me to try Linux for the very first time on my production machine, and I'm very pleased with the results. A thank you to Microsoft for giving me a reason to look somewhere else, and a sincere thank you to the open source community for all the work they…
I'm currently in a phase where I'm deciding if I switch to Linux or MacOS. But it has become clear that staying on Windows is no longer an option. I've been a Windows user since version 3.0. Maybe even earlier versions since I was using DOS initially. It's sad to see into what they've turned it. Well, they'd just have to stop the spying and it would be somewhat tolerable, but that's not an option for them.
The memory management on Linux is worse than in Windows and Mac.
Mac has an efficient memory compression and dynamic swap system, Windows also has one, but a little bit less efficient in my personal experience, and on Linux you have to configure zRAM or zSwap and they don’t work as well. You can’t keep memory pages as compressed data in RAM what you can do in Mac and Windows. The out of memory behavior is also very bad on Linux, where it will just lock your system. On Mac it will spill swap to disk as much as you have disk space.
That is one anecdote for how Linux has a bit an inferior user experience.
Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who’s been on Linux on and off for close to a decade (full time last few years) I’ve noticed something interesting. Now that so many apps have a browser version and prioritize the mobile version, the isolation caused by being on Linux keeps decreasing. Between your phone and your browser, that’s not quite 100% coverage, but it’s very good and improving all the time. You use your phone when you need a work…
I've been on linux for the better part of the last 6 years. Legitimately the only times I can recall _not_ being able to do something on Linux were a handful of use cases: - Multiplayer games: Steam Proton largely solves compatibility for a lot of games now, but the included DRM and anti-cheat for some multiplayer games made them unplayable. - Certain specialist tools like Photoshop, some CAD software, etc. Open sour…
I tried multiple times to use Linux as primary desktop. I gave up. Windows hardware support for consumer devices is just better. And games, especially old games.
Linux is amazing , but for a everyday machine. I've given up on Linux, I don't have time to configure it. Also every desktop ui Ive used on it isn't quite as polished as windows.
Re: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
#160Maybe I'm overthinking this, but how on earth did the EU pass a regulation[0] with such far-reaching implications? First Apple opening up to third-party app stores and RCS, now Microsoft giving users a bit more leeway. How come none of the big tech lobby against it in the EU? If it survives the waves of appeals, the DMA will probably change the entire technology landscape in the near future. Not that I'm complaining…
I would imagine they did lobby against this, likely fighting tooth and nail legally. However I do not think the EU is as easily swayed, especially as EU regulators are generally skeptical of the business practices of large US multinationals. IMO, and possibly objectively, the EU is generally more pro-competition and pro-privacy, it is also much harder to buy out politicians due to the parties being really fragmented…
especially as EU regulators are generally skeptical of the business practices of large US multinationals
The singling out of US multinationals is a bit of a myth, it's just more visible to us tech people and since the revenues are larger, the fines also tend to be larger. But they also fined Daimler, Scania, DAF, Philips, Volvo, Deutsche Bank, etc.
http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/editorcharts/EU-GOOGLE-...