KuroJ,

I moved to Linux (Arch btw) and I haven’t looked back.

The lack of bloatware and the snappiness of Linux just beats any other OS.

proflovski,
@proflovski@lemmy.world avatar

Windows 11 sucks

samokosik,
@samokosik@lemmynsfw.com avatar

Stay on 10 for as long as possible if you have to use windows. Ideally go for LTSC and even more ideally, switch to sth else

Psythik,

LTSC is good for a machine with a dedicated purpose. My DJ laptop runs LTSC, for example. But I wouldn’t suggest using it as your main OS unless you don’t mind reinstalling Windows every year (I don’t, but some people do).

11 really isn’t that bad once you work around the bullshit. Use StartAllBack to restore the old Start Menu and position the taskbar vertically, and SoundSwitch to keep it from changing your default audio device every time you plug something in. Once you install those two apps, dare I say that 11 is better than 10.

Hell, it’s worth it alone for its considerably better HDR experience. In 10 you had to constantly fiddle with it, or even turn it off altogether when viewing non-HDR content, if you didn’t want a washed-out image. In 11, just enable AutoHDR, change your monitor settings to automatically tone map (instead of using HGiG), and forget about it. You’ll never have to mess with settings, toggling things, or calibrations ever again to get a good HDR and SDR image, even in games. It just works.

samokosik,
@samokosik@lemmynsfw.com avatar

Yes, ltsc should be reinstalled every once in a while but imho 2-3 years is fine.

Windows 11 may have improved hdr but at the same time comes with far more ads, with far more bundled bloatware etc. So it’s up to you to judge.

Last time I booted into windows which was in 2021-ish, I literally removed 5 Gb o junk from that OS.

Psythik,

Well thankfully you can remove the Start menu ads with StartAllBack, and the rest by following this guide.

That said, if you don’t care about HDR, then you’re probably better off with 10 or LTSC. Everybody has different needs. Mine so happen to make 11 the better option for me.

whodoctor11,

Use StartAllBack to restore the old Start Menu and position the taskbar vertically,

So you’re saying that we need to pay for a closed source third party app to get features that were free in 10?

Graphine,

The problem arises if Microsoft introduces a new version of DirectX that is exclusive to Windows 11…like they did with DirectX 12.

When that time comes, I’m moving to Linux full time. If I have issues, I’ll just bust out the Series X.

Demdaru,

TIL that you can be coerced into win 11 upgrade. I have immunity, tho! My PC is too shitware ;-;

Misconduct,

It told me that too. Which was fine because like nobody asked? But then it did it anyway. Quietly in the night like the sneaky little hoe that it is. I’m still pretty salty. I thought I was safe 😔

Demdaru,

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa. But…if your machine is too weak to run it…isn’t this simply damaging your machine at that point?! The hell?!

hal_5700X,
@hal_5700X@lemmy.world avatar

Man, I miss Dan Vs.

Here_in_Malaysia,

Can you tell me what your remember about it? I remember watching an episode or two and not liking it, but I’m curious about your opinion.

TimewornTraveler,

got new laptop, good deal but no choice besides 11, works fine for me. wont upgrade desktop until forced but no need to try too hard to avoid it imho

YonatanAvhar,

Where Linux

Xylight,
@Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev avatar

all Linux memes communities have been like this

Linuxmemes: the ultimate hub for Windows memes.

Prethoryn,
@Prethoryn@lemmy.world avatar

It’s unfortunate for you guys who choose not to because eventually you will have to.

The even more unfortunate part will be the security risk you pose for yourself when support ends.

Communist_Lemming,
@Communist_Lemming@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

May I introduce you to Linux?

Mr_Blott,

No.

Simply because I don’t want to be one of those people who feel they have to tell everyone they’re a vegan, I mean a Linux user

Duke_Nukem_1990,

Yeah imagine talking about Linux in a Linux forum. The horror!

daFRAKKINpope,

I don’t mean to interrupt here, but I use Linux.

tasinone,
@tasinone@vivaldi.net avatar
ApfelstrudelWAKASAGI,
@ApfelstrudelWAKASAGI@feddit.de avatar

I had to upragde my computer because I couldn’t upgrade to 11 lol.

4790 gang represent

Snipe_AT,
@Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev avatar

What is this meme from? A show I assume?

BiggestBulb,

Dan VS (A show that aired on The Hub a decade ago)

ass_destroyer,

True story: I had been consistently telling my laptop not to upgrade to Windows 11 for literally months. I left it at home for like 3 days and when I came back it had upgraded itself anyway. That was the day I completely deleted Windows from my laptop. Formatted the entire hard drive and haven’t regretted it yet. Never even logged into Windows 11.

Duke_Nukem_1990,

Like Patrick Henry said: “Give me Arch or give me death!”

expatriado,

some of us have still PTSD from moving from XP to vista, or even worse, from win 7 to 8.0

spaceape,

Oh, right. Microsoft is still at it with their “Windows” thing.

b3an,
@b3an@lemmy.world avatar

I have to say I really like windows 11. It’s more secure and it runs well for me. It’s very similar to 10 still with some more refined existing features, and even some cool new ones like live captioning and OCR snipping

ConsciousLochNess,

Yeah people are just circlejerking. It’s not that different than 10.

whodoctor11,

It isn’t, in fact! It’s just:

• More Bloated (just compare idle ram after install and quantity of crap pre-installed, like tiktok, bing-chat, and that thing they call "Copilot)

• Has less design coesion than ever.

• Has less customisation out of box.

• Looks like the shit son of Gnome and MacOs

But sure, it’s almost the same thing.

kapx132, (edited )
@kapx132@lemmy.world avatar

You forgot that they make settings “Dumber”, from the old panel you can do a lot more changes than from the new 10/11 ones.

whodoctor11,

Yeah but in 10 the old panel still works (relatively) In 11 they hide most of its configs.

drathvedro,

Yep, that sounds exactly like every other windows version. It’s the same thing

b3an,
@b3an@lemmy.world avatar

So why are people so hellbent to not upgrade? I’m not a Windows thumper. But I use it every day and it’s not a horrible experience for me at least.

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