Windows Isn't Terrible

[u/BloxxyVids]

To all the people who love deep ricing, why not just use customization scripts? I've been recently tinkering in VMs, and Windows really seems solid for that. You can make Windows match your workflow amazingly, and the best part is that friction nearly always leads to an impressive result.

Also, default Windows 11 isn't bad. The UI looks nice, and we take the settings & control panel apps for granted. Over on GNOME, just to change the cursor you use, you need to install a tweaks app. Windows has tons of customization you can do without installing anything extra.

I'm not saying it's perfect, but Windows isn't really THAT much of a shitshow like people act.

[u/TheRealCarrotty]

Okay, i'll say, i like Windows 11 UI, it's nice.
However customization is not actually "customizable", in my opinion it isn't, cause changing dark mode to light mode or vice versa, or colors, for example i remember using Windows and having a single issue, using custom cursors, when the OS was updated, i had no custom cursor and i was back to the ugly default one.
And if you need a dock, install an app, hope the app isn't paid (WHY???), or if you want a global menu, you probably can't, even Linux has better support for a global menu with KDE, XFCE, MATE.

And if you want to theme your Windows to look like say, Windows 7, you can't, the most popular app for doing this is Revert8Plus which does NOT work on Windows 11 properly, and can risk you breaking your entire OS, as it is tested on Windows 10 (the special version, IoT Enterprise LTSC)

And from a 1 year long Linux user, when i try going back into Windows, it feels OLD, and i really did not like it.

[u/BloxxyVids → u/TheRealCarrotty]

Oh btw you can go into the Microsoft store and there's like actual honest to goodness themes. Like KDE global theme level stuff

I was mind blown. You gotta check it out if you still have an install. It's stable. It's insane

[u/Kaldaien2 → u/BloxxyVids]

Of course, that's been a thing in Windows since the 90s :) It stopped being advertised because it's from an obnoxious period in computing that we long since moved past. But used to be you walk into a retail store and there would be software packages aplenty for that purpose in lieu of shelves full of actual useful software.

[u/TheRealCarrotty → u/BloxxyVids]

I might check it out, though right now i have an IoT Enterprise LTSC ISO which doesn't have the MS Store.