Syldon,
@Syldon@lemmy.one avatar

Just nope!

M0oP0o,
@M0oP0o@mander.xyz avatar

The biggest pain point of windows 8 (on release) was the missing start button, why would they think a bingilator would work instead?

Don’t worry I am sure they will fix all this madness for Windows 9.

AndyLikesCandy,

And I’ve been slowly replacing windows with Linux since the arrival of Windows 10.

DudeDudenson,

Can someone just start making community updates for windows 7 and we can just use that when Unix is not a viable option

grayman,

LOL

Gingernate,

Microsoft will come to your house and break your knee caps if someone did that haha

nibble4bits,

And what if I don’t agree to their privacy policy? Are they really handing over that crucial part of windows to 3rd parties if we don’t want our habits tracked?

doggle,

It’s impossible to use windows without giving up basically all data privacy already. Microsoft’s position for at least the last ten years has basically been ‘give up all your digital privacy to us or find another OS.’

Sanyanov,

And so we did. Linux users unite

zipzoopaboop,

Luckily steam deck has been teaching me how to utilise Linux. Then due to streaming garbage I’ve started using jellyfin and have ordered a micro PC to host it, which will have Linux installed for additional practice. My windows days are numbered.

EvolvedTurtle,

I put linux on my collage laptop Made a school work shit sometimesBut overall I’ve enjoyed it But it uses hybrid graphics and I haven’t figured out how to play slime rancher on it yet

TheOSINTguy,

If it’s got a nvidia graphics card you could use prime-run

hdnsmbt,

Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12

Yeah, they could also replace the start button with a shit emoji. But there’s no indication at all anybody wants to do any of that because they’re not idiots. You only said that so people visit your shitty website. In fact, not even the quote you reference for your article suggests any plans of replacing the start button whatsoever:

“The Copilot is like the Start button,” Nadella explains. “It becomes the orchestrator of all your app experiences. So for example, I just go there and express my intent and it either navigates me to an application or it brings the application to the Copilot, so it helps me learn, query and create — and completely changes, I think, the user habits.”

Fuck clickbait headlines and fuck websites bending any and all content to the SEO voodoo.

nutsack,

lemmy reddit is basically a misleading clickbait megaphone

hdnsmbt,

And everybody’s just happy to bitch about whatever the headline suggests without ever checking if it’s even true.

VoidHeathen,

And everyone and their grandma is switching to Linux, this time for real

Pxtl,
@Pxtl@lemmy.ca avatar

Lemmy communities need to start banning domains that post clickbait garbage like this.

Reality_Suit,

Lmfao! They think I’m going to buy another windows OS?

nutsack,

if you buy a new non-mac laptop you probably will, whether you want to or not

caesaravgvstvs,

I recently ordered one from Lenovo and you could select no os for -100 Euro.

Like why would I pay them 100 for a windows plus extra bloat, when I can get a windows for like 30 from somewhere else.

But also imma try a Linux

soggy_kitty,

How do you get a windows key for 30 euros?

Deepus,

Ebay.

ByGourou,

Don’t use fake keys, they can stop working, use windows activator on GitHub. Basically it make windows think you upgraded from windows 7

nutsack,

that’s the only major manufacturer I’ve heard of that has ever tried to do this

caesaravgvstvs,

I think you could get some dells with Linux, but the price didn’t go down

doggle,

Breaking news: I’ma replace windows with any version of Linux in 12 months

Swarfega,

X. Why not now?

Sanyanov,

Switched to Manjaro almost a year ago. No regrets and absolutely 0 desire to come back. After a week in Linux, you just know Windows is trash.

gunpachi,
@gunpachi@lemmings.world avatar

When I have to use windows, I mostly use an application called Flow Launcher to open Apps. So I really don’t miss the start button much.

Luisp,

Rip windows, another victim of AI

blocker1980,

Because that went well a couple of times lol

TheGreenGolem,

Yeah, I’ll believe it when I see it. They don’t dare to touch that button.

Anamnesis,

All I care about with the start button is the search function. If this didn’t fuck with that, sure.

Syndic,

Hell maybe the search function will actually be working as intended. Don’t show me shit from the websearch before you make sure there’s no software with that name on the system!

Squizzy,

Oh that is so annoying, trying to open something and you bing search it.

Also the search having to load is a balls, it used not do that on Windows 7.

Klajan,

I disabled that realy quickly… If I wanted to search the Web I would use a browser. I can only recomment that, it speeds up search a lot and it now actualy works as one would expect

AA5B,

I used to do that periodically, but it kept getting reset, so now, it’s just iseless

Klajan,

Really? It hasn’t been reset for me once, I wonder why I’m not affected.

You could just make a backup of the registry key and install it again in a few clicks .

Syndic,

Hmm, frankly I didn’t even know that Microsoft allows that to be disabled.

Klajan,

“Allows” You have to add/change a registry key, so it’s not like this is an option Microsoft wants normal users to have.

TheLobotomist,
@TheLobotomist@lemmy.world avatar

Ahhhh finally time to give Linux a try

Smokeydope,
@Smokeydope@lemmy.world avatar

Go with Linux Mint, you won’t be disappointed

TheLobotomist,
@TheLobotomist@lemmy.world avatar

I’ll try it!

rchive,

My login screen has my 2 monitors flipped and I can’t figure out how to fix it. Otherwise, I like it.

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

First and formost I found this video that might help you out explaining how to set up dual monitor for linux, I have never had two myself but it seems like a good video to get you started

  1. Try the ‘display’ program preinstalled and see if one of the settings helps you out
  2. You may need to install graphics drivers if you have not already, open the perinstalled ‘driver manager’ app and see if it detects anything needing done.
  3. make sure your update manager has everything up to date. open the ‘update manager’ app and see if anything needs done.
  4. browse through a little of the documentation for xrandr command and see if something rings a bell.
  5. If those options fail, open the ‘welcome screen’ app preinstalled and click on the ‘help’ section in the left hand side of the app. From there click on the launch button for the IRC chat room. It will open up a program to directly talk with very knowledgeable Linux mint community volunteers who will be more than happy to further help you in real time. Keep in mind depending on time of day or circumstance you may have to wait a little while for someone to be available.

I feel bad that you encountered an issue right away, I hope you have quick success in fixing it.

rchive,

Thanks for the info!

Moshpirit,

“Oh, don’t tell me what to be disappointed with!”

kvothelu,

I am this close to go all linux, Microsoft. don’t tempt me. only thing that make use windows is gaming and that too is slipping away because of steam

Natal,

Just jump. I went Linux a month ago and never had to go back for gaming. I still have windows installed but I’ve used it only twice because music plugins are not compatible with Linux. Once I find a good guitar amp for my needs I can nuke windows entirely.

foil,

Are the plugins VST by chance? If so, check out yabridge, you can install the plugins with wine and even supports 32-bit plugins

Natal,

Yeah, I’m trying to use neural DSP stuff along with guitar pro. Reaper works on Linux so the DAW is ok. I’ll take a look at yawbrige, thanks!

nucawysi,

dont tempt him, he’s on the edge!

pHr34kY,

Have you seen recent benchmarks? Windows games actually run faster on Linux at this point.

The only exception is the small handful of titles with anti-cheat set to to anti-linux.

JasSmith,

Have you seen recent benchmarks? Windows games actually run faster on Linux at this point.

On some games. This channel tested 20 of the most popular games last year. Several of the titles didn’t run on Linux at all. Windows had an average win on 4K, and Linux had an average win on 1080p. This is much closer than it has been in years, but it’s definitely not a clean sweep. As you explain, Linux also have major issues with anti-cheat which is used on some of the most popular games today. From experience, I also can’t use my very expensive wheel and peddles because of a lack of drivers. So I can’t make the move to Linux completely.

Dkarma,

The issue isn’t benchmarks the issue is many popular titles won’t run on PC without windows. Even wine isn’t perfect.

_haha_oh_wow_,
@_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works avatar

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