Submitted by flabberghaster in just_post

I sometimes feel like I don't know how to use anything but Linux, and want to branch out. But, windows wasn't any good when I quit using it (last windows version I used was XP lmao) and every time I see a new version it seems to be getting worse. I had to help my mom out on hers and the damn thing had ads in the start menu, what the hell is that?

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devtesla wrote

"tiles" lmao. a slightly useful idea to put information about what's inside an application into a widget that's used to launch it, but never caught on and devolved into ads in the start menu. removed in windows 11 but they'll probably find some other way to advertise to people

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devtesla wrote

Lol, its really more a windows mobile thing. a big part of windows 10 was that you could write apps that would work on windows mobile, xbox, and windows pc at the same time. "universal windows platform". it became clear that no one was going to do this almost immediately, with mobile failing and xbox refocusing on gaming

a big part of why windows 11 exists at all is to remove all the stuff tied to uwp

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ash wrote

windows frustrates me to use

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musou wrote (edited )

oh windows is even worse now than in the xp days, i do not recommend it. only reason i keep it around is to run certain games and ableton.

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twovests wrote

Windows 10 was really neat because in 2016 it was FINALLY catching up to Linux DEs, with things like multiple desktops and whatnot.

There is a tool called Disable Windows Tracking (DWT) here: https://github.com/bitlog2/DisableWinTracking

This is a fork and idk for sure if it's still considered trustworthy, but I use it. It will break a lot of things like the Xbox app though.

I don't recommend using Windows unless you absolutely need to. IME it does nothing better than my Linux distros except NTFS support and some software.

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toasthaste wrote

would you broadly recommend switching from windows 10 to windows 11? removing some of the cruft seems nice, and I just sort of assume that updates have allowed 10 to be as maximally predatory as it can be (so I assume 11 probably isn't worse in that regard?)

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devtesla wrote

no, there's too many bugs, but in like two years it'll be an easy recommendation. the settings app is much nicer, it fixed some display switching issues I had, and otherwise it works just like 10

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ellynu wrote

intel i5-6600k. its older than ryzen yet good enough that there's no game that like i struggle to play so upgrading it and the motherboard would make no sense whatsoever.

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devtesla wrote

it's some security stuff, that you might be able to fix with like a dongle or something if you really wanted to down the line. it also makes the developers happy to not have to support older hardware. and of course it's to push people to buy a new laptop lol

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ellynu wrote

honestly i feel like i'd rather just use it as an excuse to try and ditch windows than bother to buy a dongle. but im pretty sure the processor itself isn't supported at all, so even if i got the dongle it would do nothing for me.

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