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[-] fluckx@lemmy.world 241 points 7 months ago

It enticed me to start gaming on Linux. So its definitely doing some enticing

[-] delirium@lemmy.world 43 points 7 months ago

I thought I was alone in this lol

Win11 literally made me rage uninstall it after I got mad trying to remove all bloatware and then it showed me onedrive ad

[-] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

What was your experience switching over to Linux and getting it set up for gaming?

[-] Toribor@corndog.social 37 points 7 months ago

If you primarily game using Steam then it's easier than ever on most popular distros. Biggest hassle is likely still GPU drivers. I've never had any issues there but depending on what card you have you may be better off with either proprietary or FOSS drivers depending on what your distro of choice likes to provide by default. After that most games tend to just work, a handful may require you to pick a beta version of proton or something.

If you want to try it and don't want to do a lot of tinkering check out PopOS. It's probably the friendliest distro for gaming out of the box.

[-] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 23 points 7 months ago

Driver installation is really only a hassle for NVIDIA users. AMD and Intel GPUs simply work out of the box on most Linux distros these days (with the main issues being related to using slow moving distros that lack support for the newest hardware). Use a fast moving distro such as Arch and you likely won't have any issues even with recent GPUs. Hopefully NVK will make the situation for NVIDIA cards better too, been testing it on my laptop and it's starting to be viable for gaming.

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[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 147 points 7 months ago

My win10 upgraded without asking. Win11 is horrible, I'm going to wipe and reinstall win10 again. As soon as update support stops, it's Linux for me. Screw Microsoft. They even added ads as notifications and they are going to put ads in the start menu. Wtf! This is the end of windows, I'm sure.

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 74 points 7 months ago

during the great Mastodon migration in 2022 I saw someone post how they head to unlearn scrolling past every 6th post or so on their timeline, because that's how the Twitter app was displaying the ads. I wish Microsoft the Very Bad and daydream about year of the Linux desktop, but something's telling me people will get used to ads on Windows the same way.

[-] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago

You're definitely right. Facebook got super shitty and most people didn't leave. Netflix got super shitty and most people didn't leave. YouTube got super shitty and most people didn't leave. Amazon's shitty video service got even more shitty, but Fallout was about to come out, so most people didn't leave and I bet they actually got more subscribers (but idc enough to look it up). It seems like most people have accepted that things just get shitty over time. Or maybe they're just not noticing the shitty changes? Idk. It's hard to look at our projected trajectory as a species and be left with much hope. There's good in this world, but it seems like none of it is coming from companies.

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[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 108 points 7 months ago

I'm so glad I'm stuck with a "your hardware doesn't support windows 11" message.

[-] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 27 points 7 months ago

Just disable TPM in your BIOS if you have that option. Win 11 needs modern TPM so it won't upgrade you if you don't have one.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

"Needs" lol

It's just in there to sell more hardware. Afaik, 11 does nothing that actually requires the newer tpm.

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[-] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 7 months ago

I disabled my TPM in BIOS so Windows would never upgrade

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[-] Jarmer@slrpnk.net 89 points 7 months ago

Windows 11 was what finally forced me over to linux for good, no more dual booting. I know it sounds strange, but the straw that broke its back was the taskbar. I have an ultrawide monitor, so I ALWAYS have the taskbar vertical on a side. It makes zero sense to have it at the bottom. Massive waste of space. Windows 11 DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE TASKBAR. I was flabbergasted. This is a feature that has existed for decades in every OS. I just couldn't comprehend the stupidity, so I just didn't. Formatted the drive and went to Arch, then to Tumbleweed. Couldn't be happier.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 23 points 7 months ago

I ran a poll a few years ago on Reddit asking people what event made them switch to Linux from some other platform. Interestingly enough it was not the EOL of a preferred version of Windows or MacOS, but the introduction of a dreaded new one. In other words, according to my poll, more people quit using Windows not because Win 7 support ended, but because Win 8 was released. Which was counterintuitive to me.

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[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 74 points 7 months ago

Microsoft needs to re-evaluate the support window, because nobody's buying Windows 11. They fucked themselves with the high hardware requirements.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 63 points 7 months ago

And an incomplete product; windows 11 was less functional at launch than windows 10. I've been a windows user since 98 and that's the first time I can remember having said that. Sure, there were off editions that were weird and unpleasant, but I wouldn't say less functional. Windows 11 just flat out was an incomplete product at launch.

And the live service dependencies: windows 11 pooping its diaper and having a fit about every other thing because it doesn't have an Internet connection even though an Internet connection isn't strictly necessary is a terrible UX choice. Anyone with half a brain knows it's because MS has decided that if you won't let them slurp that tasty, tasty data, then you shouldn't be able to use the product you paid for.

And the plans to stuff ads into your operating system

And them basically doing the same shit that landed them huge anti-trust lawsuits in the 90s, but we're doing it again because they figure they can make more money than the lawsuit will cost them, so fuck it.

There's a lot to not like here.

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[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 55 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Windows 11? Let's see here...

Spyware/malware since that infamous Windows 7 update sending everything (including passwords) to Microsoft. Ads spread across the UI in W11. Simple features hidden or disabled. Bing Internet search results in the Start Menu that can't be disabled unless you edit the registry. Search engine in the Start Menu cannot be changed. Numerous other previously simple settings changes that now require registry edits. Menu items gone, and others that still exist but inexplicably have been removed from the Start Menu search. Edge browser forced down your throat no matter what you set as the default browser. Upgrades that you can't do at your convenience and forced restarts that happen even if you have open files that you're editing. Long (sometimes really long) upgrade restart times. Forced Microsoft account use to install and use the OS & Internet access required to even install the OS. Absurdly inflexible hardware requirements that make no sense for most people. A taskbar that can't be moved. Numerous programs and garbage spread through the OS that cannot be removed or disabled.

Besides that, what's not to like?

[-] capital_sniff@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

You left out the forced rounded corners.

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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 55 points 7 months ago

Yeah, this sounds like Louis Rossmann's "rapist mentality" that he's been harping on for a while. They think they own your hardware just because they make software, so they'll force you to do whatever they think is "best" for you (which is probably using more of their products).

Just say no.

Software should give you an incentive to upgrade. I use Linux 100%, and I'm excited to use the next version because it'll fix issues and add features that I'll actually want to use. I'm on openSUSE, and here are some things that I've been excited about recently:

  • KDE 6 - fixed Wayland for me, so I was able to switch back from GNOME
  • reproducible builds - I can now theoretically verify that everything I install is built properly instead of having to trust them
  • cockpit is coming to Leap 15.6 - YaST on the CLI is cool, but clunky; this sounds like I'd get largely the same thing, but through a web browser (i.e. access a port via SSH tunnel, no remote GUI required)

Software should entice you to upgrade, not force you to upgrade. That has never been the case for me for Windows, so I bailed and now use Linux, where it absolutely is the case.

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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 45 points 7 months ago

Its a downgrade. It offers nothing but ads. Who wants ads? Why do they feel the need to keep altering the interface? If microsoft manufactured automobiles they would switch the brake and gas pedals every other year.

[-] xia 43 points 7 months ago
[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

"I grow tired of asking, so this will be the last time. Where is your Linux boot disk?"

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[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago
  • Windows 95: Good
  • Windows 98: Bad
  • Windows 98 SE: Good
  • Windows ME: Bad
  • Windows XP: Good
  • Windows Vista: Bad
  • Windows 7: Good
  • Windows 8: Bad
  • Windows 10: Good
  • Windows 11: ?

Why are people still surprised?

[-] ghen@sh.itjust.works 26 points 7 months ago

I can't really think of a reason why 10 is listed as good, does it actually do something better than 7? Even just graphical interface?

[-] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

Windows 7 is good compared to Vista, but bad compared to Windows Xp SP 1 or SP 2 (in my memory at least). Windows 10 is good compared to Windows 8, but bad compared to Windows 7.

After a couple more years of MS pushing win 11, we'll probably get a win 12 that is less good than win 10, but better than win 11, so thanks to people's short term memory, it will then be considered "good", but anyone with a memory and some critical thinking ability will recognize it as shite.

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[-] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

XP fucking sucked. It wasn't good until service pack 3.

You skipped 8.1 which was the good version that fixed the stuff that sucked about 8. It's existence is almost completely forgotten.

Then Windows 10 came out and it was bad.

They then had about a 10 different OS builds that all had the Windows 10 name instead of giving each build a new name or calling them service packs. The OS that exists now (22h2) has almost nothing in common with the OS that came out in 2015.

Windows 11 has also had several major leaps since that name started. What's current (23h2) is much much different than the OS that came out in 2021.

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[-] KrapKake@lemmy.world 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Y'all need to get yourselves that Windows 10 2021 LTSC IoT badboy (IoT part is important). It's supported until 2032 and it's only bloat is edge. If I had to use windows again it would be that.

[-] snownyte@kbin.social 17 points 7 months ago

Oh no, that's not all actually.

That version doesn't even have the Windows Store, which is a huge bloat of it's own. Oh and it doesn't even stop there, apparently Microsoft treats even their Pro-users like trash nowadays, that you have full control of what you do on the Win10 2021 LTSC/LoT as opposed to the Pro version and it costs more.

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[-] farllen@lemmy.ca 34 points 7 months ago

That's one hell of a thumbnail

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[-] exanime@lemmy.today 33 points 7 months ago

Maybe I'd they added more ads I'd be tempted to use it....

/S

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 40 points 7 months ago

No it needs more AI. Maybe AI-generated ads. The killer tech of 2024. The shareholders will be so pleased.

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[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

I must admit I'm on the edge of jumping ship, even the software which has been keeping me locked to windows is getting less and less appealing.

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[-] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I had to help my sister keep her 8 year old Mac going or buy a new secondhand (cheap) machine. With the options out there and with the state of Windows, I didn't even consider it.

She's ended up with her same 8 year old Mac with Ubuntu 24.04, and I've been really impressed with how it's actually great for non-technical users these days! And works really well on old hardware.

This should give her another few years of life out of the thing without worrying about software support.

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[-] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 28 points 7 months ago

It's frustrating. There's a lot of Windows 11 that I do actually like: Massively improved HDR support, far better DPI scaling features, tabbed file browsing, a unified control panel again (yes I know if you look hard enough you can find legacy panels), configurable snapping regions for Windows, gaming focused features with screen recording, intelligent capture, etc. On the power user side: the terminal, winget, built in ssh support and broader compatibility with Linux development toolchains, and if you're the kind of person with a family or friends you do tech support for regularly the Quick Assist's current iteration is a godsend.

But then the tradeoff is ads, increased telemetry, AI integrations, inability to move the taskbar, a piss-poor local file search, increasingly restrictive desktop customizations via third party tools, shorter support periods for Windows feature updates, and generally a lack of overall feature control due to low level integration with core Windows services.

I don't think Windows 11 is a bad operating system in the sense that I believe it to be a marked improvement on a feature by feature comparison to Windows 10. But it feels like two development arms at Microsoft are consistently at war with eachother. Some want to implement really cool features and tools for end users, and the others are hellbent on locking the system down and forcing this Apple philosophy of "use it like we want you to".

[-] bort@sopuli.xyz 27 points 7 months ago

yes I know if you look hard enough you can find legacy panels

In some case you have to actively looks for the legacy panel, because the new ones don't allow to change certain settings.

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[-] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

They should have just kept incrementally upgrading W10. People don't like big changes and there's not much encouraging people to 11 except 10 going EOL.

[-] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 33 points 7 months ago

IIRC, that was actually the plan. I remember Microsoft saying way back that 10 would be the last version of Windows and everything would be just upgrades to 10 moving forward.

[-] Zacryon@lemmy.wtf 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

System as a service. I remember that as well. Obviously they didn't make as much money with it as they wanted to. Sooo they just draw an arbitrary line regarding supported CPUs, ditch Windoof 10, push 11, force users to upgrade their hardware and therefore often force them to buy new licenses and making new friends that way by starting that in the middle of the chip crisis. Then, captivating the user in their new OS, shoving ads down their throat, harvesting their data to make even more. What a shitshow.

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[-] Moorshou@lemmy.zip 26 points 7 months ago

I wonder what's happening?

For me, It's linux mint on my main PC, goodbye windows.

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[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 24 points 7 months ago

I keep checking videos on YouTube from time to time about whether it is worth upgrading to Win 11 now (which people keep releasing regularly). Keep deciding it's not worth changing.

Then I sold my laptop and had to use my Steam Deck for a couple of months. At that point I thought if I'm going to learn a different OS, then I might as well go all the way and jump over to Linux. Been very happy with OpenSUSE ever since.

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[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I am so glad I switched to linux for 95% of my tasks and only need to boot windows once per month

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[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

Huh. So shitting on your customers is a bad thing?

Wow who would have thought….

[-] danielfgom@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

I use Linux at home exclusively (Linux Mint Debian Edition).

Don't need Windows for anything but when I worked Enterprise IT the move to Windows 10 was a massive pain but we finally got it working and it wasn't too bad as an OS. There is no reason why you'd want to upgrade.

As for home users, from my experience people don't like change. If you move a single shortcut on the desktop , they are lost and panic .

So changing the entire look of the UI is not something people want. Plus Windows 10 auto update borked some windows 7 systems so users with that memory won't be keen to repeat it by upgrading to 11.

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[-] Fisk400@feddit.nu 19 points 7 months ago

I literally can't install it even if I wanted to. If they removed that requirement the rollout would be the same as any other update.

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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Good. Windows 11 is trash.

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