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I run Windows 11 on my gaming PC powerful desktop and a good work laptop. No issues. No idea what you guys are doing. I can also now run and install over cmd powershlle with choco, scoop and winget. Get Firefox, VLC, MPV and all that. Get Powertoys. Run Christitustech utlity for tweaks. So even less usage for Linux imo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
They talk about improving memory footprint and performance, but simply removing (or making optional) the massive amount of cruft and telemetry in a default Windows 11 install would go miles. Installing Tiny11 and then running a debloat over its corpse results in a much faster and less memory hungry default clean install.
> The theme is simple: fewer disruptions, more clarity, more control. This update moves Windows toward a single monthly restart by consolidating OS, .NET, and driver updates, and gives you more flexibility to time updates around your schedule. We’ve also made changes to the Power menu so you’ll always see the standard Restart and Shut down options without having to install a pending update first. You decide when upda…
Executive management at MS must be seeing interesting (migration) numbers on their dashboards, so they've gotten involved in white-washing their reputation without changing business strategy, hence the executive-level manifestos and platitudes coming out as of late. I'm sure they see the EU/Worldwide decoupling from US companies as definitely-going-to-happen and they have no control over that, so retaining US consume…
They went all in on pretending to care about quality since the MacBook Neo. The numbers they're seeing must be terrifying.
Abandon windows, and abandon any software that runs only on windows. It’s the only way out.
It fascinates me to speculate about who this is for. At least among people I've talked to, the ones who still want windows (instead of the obvious alternatives) cite wanting things to "just work", often claiming that they "don't want making the computer work to become a second job" or similar. I personally don't think these preferences reflect the reality of how much effort using e.g. a linux distro is in this day an…
Windows insider builds have always been for people who like being on the cutting edge, it's the same as people who run nightlies for Linux. Some people just enjoy testing and the pain that comes with it.
I recently got locked out of my machine because logging in with the mandatory Microsoft account-backed primary user of my machine didn't work anymore. It said I was offline and I had to use the "previous password" even though I didn't have a previous password for that account. Hacking around in the recovery console to add another administrator user worked, but then I couldn't reset the original user's password becaus…
All this fluff about the insider program seems to be very ignorantly missing the point.
What's needed more than ever is No BS instead of more BS.
Namely get Microsoft Accounts back out of the picture unless opted in.
Along with curtailing Bitlocker, One Drive, Copilot, and things like that.
Now to make it really good again, there needs to be no further disk activity after Windows has booted, other than user-initiated saving & loading. Plus of course no network traffic other than user-directed bandwidth usage.
Along those lines I think it goes without saying that as soon as Microsoft has any legitimate commitment to open-source efforts, we'll know by the way they document & release everything they know about NTFS.
I recently got locked out of my machine because logging in with the mandatory Microsoft account-backed primary user of my machine didn't work anymore. It said I was offline and I had to use the "previous password" even though I didn't have a previous password for that account. Hacking around in the recovery console to add another administrator user worked, but then I couldn't reset the original user's password becaus…
I run Windows 11 on my gaming PC powerful desktop and a good work laptop. No issues. No idea what you guys are doing. I can also now run and install over cmd powershlle with choco, scoop and winget. Get Firefox, VLC, MPV and all that. Get Powertoys. Run Christitustech utlity for tweaks. So even less usage for Linux imo.
A friend of mine has been running the same Arch install since 2009. Does this mean Linux is problem-free and people who struggle with it are doing something wrong? No, it doesn't. Same with Windows.
Executive management at MS must be seeing interesting (migration) numbers on their dashboards, so they've gotten involved in white-washing their reputation without changing business strategy, hence the executive-level manifestos and platitudes coming out as of late. I'm sure they see the EU/Worldwide decoupling from US companies as definitely-going-to-happen and they have no control over that, so retaining US consume…
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I don't know if you realize it but your post single-handedly demonstrates a lot of the reasons why Windows is bad ...
When people cricitize Linux there's always people responding "it's simple really, just run this super long command and do this and that".. looks like the same thing to me.
Every OS is utterly terrible right now. Linux is free at least and the work Valve has put into it has dramatically improved the normal person experience.