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Jared_Bernard
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Re: Feedback on Windows 11
I cannot describe how frustrating Windows is these days. I just had the 24h2 update to my OS, which I had tried to delay. First I tried to see if there is a way to not allow certain parts of the update, as I don't want Copilot on my system. The Windows support staff member said I had no choice but to install the whole thing and then uninstall the parts I don't want. Then my computer updated and now my Ubuntu Linux subsystem is broken! I had many programs plus a great deal of important data! Now it's either all gone or inaccessible to me! I tried the wsl.exe update to the Linux subsystem, but it doesn't appear to have helped.374Views2likes0CommentsRe: Feedback on Windows 11
Last night I got another forced update that shut down everything I was working on. And the reason again seems trivial -- now "fun facts" appear on the locked screen, which I've disabled again. So this is the second time in a month! Same here,Seagreen1810; I started on the MS-DOS black-and-green screen on an old IBM Vendex in the 80s, and I also miss the plug-n-play ability to add more memory or graphic cards myself. And if those computers crashed, sometimes they could be hotwired. Aside from the subscription-based software, the thing that really irks me is that so many of the so-called advances aren't really technological but are merely aesthetic. Sure, the processing chip gets faster, we get solid state hard drives, and more GB of RAM, but applications and things like photos also require more storage space than ever before, so the computer capacity and the need for it increase in tandem. And those are the real changes! All the other changes are, when you really get down to it, just the plastic casing and the look of the icons, so not really technological advances. To me, the main differences between computers today versus those 20 years ago is that now we can't own our software (as it's all subscription-based), own or write CDs or DVDs (as it's all subscription-based), or customize by adding memory or graphics cards, etc. And it doesn't escape my attention that all computers, whether Apple or Windows, are ultimately manufactured by Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese company... Not saying that's a problem, only interesting that Windows has taken on Apple's fad-based business model and they're both made in the same place. I would switch entirely to a Linux OS, as lightsenshi54 said, if so many of the tools I need weren't only available on Windows.3.9KViews2likes0CommentsRe: Feedback on Windows 11
lightsenshi54 Over the last several years, I've become very disenchanted with Windows, and the new updates that were installed last night are emblematic of the problems. I was in the midst of working with enormous data files, and the system forced an update and restarted, closing my programs, which resulted in me losing my place. And the reason for the critical update? Windows added a startup app that would tell me the latest NBA scores and stock market trends on the locked screen. I could not care less about sports or stocks, and even if I did, why would I want this info in my face before I even sign into my computer? By the way, I also loath the new subscription-based software. It seems to me that, since Bill Gates left, Windows has been attempting to emulate Apple. To me this is a mistake. Not everyone swoons over their business model of making the newest ephemeral fads both irresistible to consumers and incompatible with older versions. Windows in contrast was great about being user-friendly and robust to version updates, but this is no longer the case. About these updates that installed last night, I already went into the settings to remove the changes.7.1KViews1like0Comments
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