• mipadaitu@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I would upgrade to windows 11 if it wasn’t full of ads, I had two computers accidentally upgrade after mis-clicking an upgrade prompt and the experience was bad enough I reloaded the whole computer.

    Not only that, but it doesn’t make sense to have a task bar on the bottom of an ultrawide display. I’ve been putting my taskbar on the left side for over a decade, and now you just can’t do that for some reason…

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      11 months ago

      I’m so confused by the ads thing. I don’t think I’ve noticed any since upgrading to Win 11. Are they only on certain editions or something?

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          11 months ago

          What? I was expecting registry edits from your description. Actually hidden shit. Those examples are all right where you should expect those settings to be.

          That really isn’t that many settings, and while it would be nice to have a collected “ads” settings page, those are all located sanely. You just need to pay a modicum of attention to where the ads are on your system, then go to the associated settings page.

          Do people in general just not ever go through the settings when they first get something new? I feel like that’s the equivalent of buying some flat packed Ikea furniture and complaining about how shit it is after you throw away the instructions and can’t figure out how it needs to be put together.

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            11 months ago

            This was my thought as well. Pretty sure I already have all of that turned off but I would have done that as part of the install and brief customizing of the UI. Can’t say I ever used a guide or anything, or even considered it unusual for modern software.

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      11 months ago

      The task bar is my main reason for staying on 10. Forced grouping with icons only and no option to change it is such a bizarre design decision.

      Edit: Sounds like my last major gripe with W11 has been fixed! Dreading a forced switch to 11 much less now.

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        11 months ago

        My work machine is W11 and has options to change it. Not one of those stupid ‘home’ vs ‘pro’ version things is it?

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    11 months ago

    I finally swapped to Linux and it’s been easier than I expected. Don’t know if I’ll ever go back to only windows.

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    11 months ago

    Slows my pc down while downloading and prepping upgrade. Attempts upgrade. Not compatible. Undoes upgrade. Bitches to upgrade the next week…

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        11 months ago

        I have a dual boot. And the penguin works and Microsoft is still sitting around not having an update. I don’t really care. But I can’t game with out Windows. So, bleh.

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          11 months ago

          Which games are keeping you on windows?

          I’m curious because I’m in a similar situation, but really the only game I know isn’t going to work is Tarkov.

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            11 months ago

            I think the most major ones are

            • Tarkov
            • Valorant
            • Overwatch
            • Fortnite

            If you know any other major titles LMK

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              11 months ago

              I play overwatch on endeavouros and I have better experience on it than in windows. League of legends will stop working soon. In general most of the games with rootkit anticheat clients will not work on Linux. On protondb you can see rankings and user comments about games. Last I checked 2% of all games are not working on Linux.

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          11 months ago

          I can play every Paradox Game on Linux. Therefore, I can play every game that matters. Now, if you need me, I’ll be in Crusader Kings, trying to build a family tree that looks like a giant beanstalk.