They force a GUI no one liked with windows 8. Then come back to form with windows 10. Only to make a half step back to that shitty UI with windows 11. Now they are blowing up the memory and CPU requirements for "AI PC"s. Something I'm sure no one really wants.
As a Linux user we need to open source Windows and build a distro people actually want. Letting MS destroy the PC market isn't a good thing for anyone
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It’s nuts they are going to integrate that AI nonsense into every part, but it’s probably great business selling new pc’s because the old ones won’t be good enough anymore. They are again creating a huge upgrade and security problem. Still waiting for them pushing a monthly subscription model on everyone also, making it all even worse.
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Microsoft and big cpu manufacturers have always worked in tandem to create an artificial need to new hardware / software.
I've taken more than a handful of computers that crunch running windows 10 or 11 and installed kde plasma and they run way fucking better. Windows is a fat hog.
@Humpleupagus@AbsoluteFail@MartinJJ Windows has always been overblown shite and it's getting worse but still it's better than going around telling everybody btw I use Arch
@Humpleupagus@AbsoluteFail@MartinJJ I'm mad about Windows this week it forced an update on me and it somehow killed my ssd bootdrive so just been out and bought these
Unless you're doing something only windows can do, just dump it. It's a joke. I only have two cpus with windows. One runs quickbooks, and the other studio one and a bunch of plugins.
@Humpleupagus@AbsoluteFail@MartinJJ I only use my Puter to call people nigger online and the odd bit of gaming and it seems gaming is better supported on Windows
Plus, linux is great if you get into the networking features. I have multiple mpd daemons (one per family member) that can output to any cpu in the house issuing pulse. I have an irc server, so I can send instructions to my kids when they're like.... "how do you do this...." I have a mumble server for voice over ip. I have a kabanboard for keeping track of stuff. Plus my NAS, and using wake-on-lan plus cron to auto-update everything while we're sleeping. And there's rsync, sftp, sshfs.
@Humpleupagus@AbsoluteFail@MartinJJ@Dan_Hulson The thing I really like about Linux is that it doesn't break File Explorer with random, mandatory updates that you can't opt out of and then destroy your hard drives, forcing you to have to reformat drives and download sketchy third party File Explorers from websites that look like they're a front for trafficking arms to the Taliban.
ls & find. Plus bash / zsh aliases. Konsole for kde is capable of making files and directories open on click, but you lose the ability to click to highlight / middle button to paste to the command line.
Thanks. I am going to build a pc this year and get back into it a bit. Trying to escape the windows trap outside of work related stuff. It went from sucking to unbearable
@Jonaschuzzlewit@Humpleupagus@AbsoluteFail@MartinJJ@Dan_Hulson I'd suggest getting an Ubuntu based distro to start with because they're relatively simple to get into for newcomers and they have most if not all the features a basic user would want from a PC. Some people will try to talk you into Arch and/or Gentoo but they require a bit more knowledge to use and it's easy to break stuff. I'd recommend Linux Mint but straight Ubuntu is also fine.
Manjaro KDE Plasma is good too. It's arch based, but has its own tested repository and a graphical updater and graphical installer. The KDE Plasma desktop is also very familiar to windows users, though it has way more features when you really dig in.
@Humpleupagus@AbsoluteFail@MartinJJ Right! As CPUs become more powerful, I think it enables lazy programmers who forget (or never had to learn) how to do more with less. So they become less efficient.
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