• Damarus@feddit.org
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    11 days ago

    No, I don’t want Linux or any other OS. I perfectly know my way around with Windows and so many of my regular tasks depend on tools made for Windows. I have used Linux desktop in the past and have many friends and co-workers who use it as their main OS, but it’s just not for me.

    Besides of course this recall stuff gets blown way out of proportion like every time Microsoft makes a bad move. All of my computers don’t even support recall and when they eventually do, I’ll just disable it in one of like four possible different ways.

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      11 days ago

      so many of my regular tasks depend on tools made for Windows.

      Ok but the OP is taking about people who just use their computer for browsing the internet, so how is this relevant?

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        11 days ago

        I’m currently sticking to Windows 10 on my private machines but already on 11 on my work computer and it’s fine with an alternative start menu. I’m also looking forward to the better HDR features on 11.

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          11 days ago

          Fair enough, I use 10 and 11 at work and hate it … I used to like 7, using the control panel, search, default paths and stuff seemed a lot more intuitive.

          That’s why I stick with Linux at home, it feels a lot more like Windows used to, lol

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            10 days ago

            Yeah the control panel revisions took some getting used to, but now I think it’s not so bad. I know where to find everything but I can see how it’s frustrating for others. What’s most important to me is that I have local admin rights on my work PC and can customize it to my liking. Many companies lock their devices down heavily, and I don’t want to deal with that.

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              10 days ago

              Indeed, I don’t have admin rights for anything outside of IP address changes at work.

              I just thought of another bug bear, start menu lag on mouse clicks is a very odd problem, I don’t remember anything like that, even on the first release of Windows 95 which I ran on a laptop with 25MHz and 8 Mb of ram.

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                10 days ago

                I’ve heard about that but haven’t noticed it myself. It does sound annoying.

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                  10 days ago

                  Yup, and it’s on what was a mid-line laptop from 3 years ago. Only just started recently.

                  At home I use a thinkpad that I got 2nd hand 10 years back, and it feels like warp speed by comparison.