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How bloated is Windows actually?
Idles at 50% CPU usage running background tasks on a dual core. For steam deck, enough to be noticeable in FPS.
I haven't used Windows in a few years, but I was actually fairly happy with Windows 10 as a casual user.
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Stream actually paid for contributions to Wine if I understand correctly. I too planning to use a gaming centric distro for my next gaming PC build. The horseshit they've been pushing at me on 10 has been atrocious. The lie that 10 would be the last. Injecting pages into Chrome. Windows acts more and more like literal malware.
> I too planning to use a gaming centric distro for my next gaming PC build. I don't find that the distribution makes that much of a difference? I just use Arch Linux, and install all the programs (gaming centric or otherwise) that I need when I need them. I guess I'm lucky, because the Steam Deck's distribution is based on Arch Linux, but I used it before it was cool. I suspect the main differences between the distr…
I know a fair bit about OS internals but especially when I'm gaming I want to play rather than read and follow technical docs.
Sorry, not sorry.
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Yep, the technology is already there. Just a question of time before they flip the switch for good and force it down everyone's throat and call it "enhanced security and user experience".
There are so many legacy apps being used in the corporate world, I don't see this realistically ever happening.
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That would never work, they would have to have some kind of override. Microsoft doesn’t have that kind of leverage over Windows users because they don’t have tight vertical integration. If Windows 12 enforced that, users would just stay on Windows 11 and MS’ leverage would decrease even further.
I can’t believe people didn’t stay on Windows 7. It seems to have slid into some always-online ad-filled cloud hellhole since. Office365 is worse than Office 2000. This is the OEM strategy still at play. You gotta hand it to Bill Gates for capturing PCs for decades. People truly don’t care how poor their operating system behaves, because your only other option is to buy a Mac.
I have no idea why people even consider updating, must be some really weird case.
There is zero new value in the latest Windows versions, just plain nothing new, there is really no reason to switch.
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Idles at 50% CPU usage running background tasks on a dual core. For steam deck, enough to be noticeable in FPS.
Is that 50% CPU usage across all cores? That's impressive (as in impressively bad). I haven't used Windows in a few years, but I was actually fairly happy with Windows 10 as a casual user.
Devs don't test on low spec machines and MS fired the team that maintained the testing PC zoo a decade ago.
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Until you need to download something from the app store (happened to me the other day on a mac I wiped and then needed to bring on holiday so now I need to go through the process again afterwards)
Irrelevant. You can still use the OS and run any code you want.
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Irrelevant. You can still use the OS and run any code you want.
I didn't have time to code a Vpn client before going on holiday...so I needed to get wire guard from the macos store.
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You don’t need to use the Server SKU. LTSC exists. It’s basically the Server version, but without any of the Server stuff.
To be pedantic, Server 2022 is a newer build than any Windows 10 version.