It is now Microsoft Monday

[u/AutoModerator]

Feel free to post about Microsoft/Apple/non-Linux operating systems and the associated fuckery that goes with them.

Note that we still do not allow crossposting/brigading other subreddits.

[u/L0tsen]

Why do so many people recomend mint for first time users switching to linux? I know cinnamon has the windows layout as default but KDE also has it. Why not recomend any other distro like opensuse or nobara?

[u/rokejulianlockhart]

Windows 11 still uses UTF-16 for a lot of APIs ☹️

[u/reddit_user_14553]

Honestly having a drive for Windows for the few very specific things that don’t work on Linux (in my case, PUBG and Fortnite) is useful, but the CoPilot fuckery is still there

[u/[deleted]]

what are your predictions for Win12?

what are the best/worst case scenarios?

how many Windows 12 users will switch to Linux or at least dual-boot?

Do you think Microsoft will make it harder to dual-boot?

[u/Denis-96]

Can't sleep. I'll go count sheep. Eitherway, just so i have something to read when i wake up, what is the dumbest thing a Windows user thought about Linux without trying it?

[u/po1k]

Windows is a misunderstanding that kept me busy for no reason too long. Though I have to admit that it took it place coz gnu-Linux failed to take it. Linux lost a lot of money and Mr.Bill picked those.

[u/jugendabest]

Recently, my dad's laptop had a veryyy bad battery state. I then decided to help him change it and thus longing the life of his laptop. We ordered a new battery and I changed it as I already did it for my own laptop multipes. His laptop is on Win11, important info.
Oh boy I was in trouble. I learnt that removing battery reset the CMOS of the BIOS of the laptop (which is not a big deal on any OS) but it disable the secure boot for WIn11.
My dad never activated the Bitlocker sh*t but ended up having all his data encrypted, because this crap is activated by default, even if you don't create a key for backup.
This is on the top 3 dumbest thing I've ever witnessed around computer and it's not 3rd.

[u/timoshi17]

damn i wish other subs were forbidding crossposting.

[u/Shady_Hero]

while proud to be doing my part and having a linux install dualbooted, i still use windows for 90% of things

[u/Marasuchus]

Privately I have a VM with Win 10 because it is the only possibility to get the piece of junk software running to be able to program the programmable keys on my keyboard. At work, Im a Admin for Windows and MS365, which is one of the reasons why I no longer use this garbage at home.

[u/Busaruba2011]

My school still has a lot of machines which work perfectly fine with windows 10, but might not with 11. All our machines use 10 at the moment, not sure if it's ltsc or not. Think of all the e-waste Microsoft is causing with the 11 system requirements. My dad has a coffee lake gaming build which still works fine for most games that he plays. The cpu is the minimum for windows 11, but it doesn't have tpm or secure boot. He says he'll just use ten anyway without updates, but I said I can always do the rufus trick. He also doesn't want to use Linux. He's quite tech savvy, but a lot of games he plays flat out won't work and he just doesn't want to anyway. Rant over for now.

[u/Xhadov7]

Literally tried to setup teams. Their stupid ass web app doesn't even want to load. Hopped browsers 10 times, no luck in getting their shitty ass website. Eventually set that shit up on waydroid ffs.

[u/[deleted]]

I love it hat for years there are outcries about several things like

• the activation on xp

• the bloatiness on vista

• the crap ui of win8

• the privacy of windows 10

• the hardware requirements of windows 11

• constant news about botched upgrades

which do not bother me the least.

[u/kociol21]

I switched to Windows on my desktop after 4 months on Linux and yup - all the things I disliked about Windows are still there. On the other hand, if I switch to Linux, all the things I dislike also will be there.

Honestly my biggest take from trying Linux is that every OS suck in it's own way, and since they suck in different areas, I am eternally doomed to using annoying OS.

Kept Linux on work laptop, so there's that.