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Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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waboremo wrote: post #58
dmonitor wrote: post #30

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I've been quite enjoying macOS. It's a different paradigm for sure, but as I get more fluent in it I find I enjoy it almost as much as my linux desktop. Windows still feels like I'm waging war against Microsoft for control of my computer, though.

It's frustrating how easily Microsoft is annoying users purely because they have to have every single pixel monetized on Windows. So much user frustration comes down to this. A potentially useful widget feature if it was open to Windows app developers first, is just another avenue to throw MSN News and ads at you, becoming yet another thing to fight your computer about.

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Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by Fire-Dragon-DoL »

aaomidi wrote: post #94
proc0 wrote: post #49

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It's amazing to me that Mac and Windows don't really feel (from UX standpoint) that much faster or smoother than 10 years ago despite hardware being much more powerful. Computers get faster but software keeps operating on the "edge" by adding more complexity. Linux is nice, but it would be nicer to have a UX focused product that keeps it simple and takes advantage of fast hardware instead of seeing it as an opportuni…

> Linux is nice, but it would be nicer to have a UX focused product I feel like this is being over-used at this point. Modern gnome works fine.

I disagree. I have been using Kubuntu and Fedora at work.

Fedora supposedly is amazing because always ahead, and I would, except that I'm terrified of upgrading because every time I do, gnome breaks plugins. Gnome without plugins is not usable from my perspective (system tray), which essentially managed to create this horrible situation where I have to delay upgrading for 6 months to be on the safe side.

Kubuntu on the other side, is ubuntu. Canonical messed up badly with Pro, so I'm looking for alternatives. That's when I realized that my only problem with Fedora IS GNOME. Next time, I'm sticking to KDE, I don't care what the most common one is, KDE seems to be more stable and that's important to me.

And the window manager is way more flexibility for heavy multidesktop users...

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by ldxza »

Gigachad wrote: post #70
mkasberg wrote: post #12

Crap like this makes my Linux desktop (Gnome on Ubuntu) feel nice in comparison. As the mainstream players have added more bloat/ads/etc (e.g. ads in the start menu) over the last N years, and the Linux desktop has gotten more mature, it really does just feel simple & smooth in comparison. Not suggesting Linux is for everyone, but if you happen to use it or are thinking about it, it's nice.

I don't suggest Linux to anyone who can't set it up themselves now. Every time I set someone up with Ubuntu or something, they don't realize you have to manually update it so everything is 4 years out of date and the upgrade process doesn't even work anymore so you have to do a full install again. Windows is built for the average person who just needs their computer to manage itself. The average Windows or macOS user…

This is why you show them. I did. And they were fine with doing it.

But if someone is like my brain damaged sister (who drinks their lives away) and is incapable of grasping any information, I make a simple script with just a single command (that I put in a folder called 'scripts' under root) to run at a specific time in the background to do the updating (Typically during hours of non use). The only time it really has to be rebooted is when a new kernel is installed. Well, I let the user take care of that whenever they reboot, or shutdown their machine.

In fact, to make life easier, that is what I do for all of my household computers so that I don't have to think about it (because I am lazy).

Ever think of doing that?

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by ldxza »

tpmx wrote: post #61
richwater wrote: post #43

Seriously who gives a shit? Apple force updates your iphone all the time.

I think anyone who uses win 10 cares. Win 11 is shitshow. Tried it on my gaming machine a few months ago because I was curious. The best thing about it was the ability to revert to Win 10. It was time limited - you could only do this within 1 week after the "upgrade". I explicitly paid money to Microsoft for a Win 10 license to be treated like this.

Could just give Linux a chance for gaming.

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by spartanatreyu »

stjohnswarts wrote: post #65
spartanatreyu wrote: post #22

> Many users are likely to click the first highlighted button without reading the message Honestly, these are most likely the people who would benefit most from being dragged kicking and screaming into updating, lest they fall victim to randomware.

Windows 10 is still receiving updates. this seems like shitty way to shove windows 11 on them.

Yes, but eventually it will stop receiving updates.

And it'll be better to forcefully migrate in a slower progressive/staggered manner rather than everyone all at once, to reduce the impact of bugs.

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by jaimex2 »

wrldos wrote: post #95
riskable wrote: post #71

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> I've had trouble with sound, wireless (both wifi and bluetooth), graphics, boot, and power-state management with Linux, Hah! I could say the same for Windows! I'm the family IT support person and I've experienced all those problems and a whole lot more in Windows. Especially after Windows upgrades (e.g. going from Windows 7 to 10 or 10 to 11). At least with Linux there's always a way to fix it. It might be in some…

There isn’t always a solution on Linux. I’ve hit a few things over the years where I’ve hit a wall and got stuck. On two occasions I fixed it myself and submitted patches and got entirely ignored. The bot closing your ancient PR that the maintainer of a large open source project didn’t even bother looking at is the status quo in my existence. Now I acknowledge that I’m helpless on any platform.

In 10 years, there's nothing I've run into that a kernel update didnt fix.
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