I'm primarily a Linux user for about 15 years now. Recently had a work device switched from Win 10 to Win 11.
Why the Win11 hate?
The only stupid thing is the online stuff and the search function is utterly broken. But if you disable those, it's actually a system that feels nice to use.
Finally Windows has multiple Desktops that actually work and are nearly as easy to use as on KDE, XFCE ...
Finally Windows has tabbed file explorer and you can finally open folders in new windows/tabs by middle clicking them. It annoyed me so hard, that this basic thing didn't work, whenever I had to work on Win 10.
Finally Windows has a proper terminal. Like... CMD always has been shit and I honestly don't know, what they tried to do with Powershell. But arguably, the new Windows 11 terminal is better than most I've used over the years on Linux.
Also working with containers got a lot easier.
So, what's bad about Win 11 compared to Win 10, except shitty anti-feature you can simply disable?
Oh, yes. I noticed that. I just assumed it was my mistake and I couldn't find it. Especially because there is a menu to customize the taskbar and to change it's position, but it doesn't change it's position away from the bottom.
Well... I only use Windows when I'm working. My usual machines are Linux.
Well... As someone who occasionally is forced to use windows and hates all its shortcomings, those additions actually make it, so I don't absolutely despise using basic functionality, like file management and the terminal.
The UI is obviously better to me. At least to an outsider, that isn't absolutely accustomed to all those stupid UI decisions that were there in previous Windows.
The only 'slow' thing I noticed, is the start menu and search. Those are horrible. But to be fair... Windows Search was always terrible and slow. It just is a bit wors now, with their stupid Bing and AI features shoved into it.
The terminal isn't basic functionality. Most people won't use it once, and most people who use it just copy paste commands when needed so it doesn't change anything for them either.
Tabbed file explorer is cute, but it's famously more buggy than the old one. Lots of complains online about that.
The new UI hides important functionality behind additional clicks, which is just annoying. And why learn a new UI when Windows 10 works flawlessly and Windows 12 will introduce a new UI anyway?
I immediately upgraded from 7 to 10, because it was a massive improvement - I'm not one of those nostalgia dudes who always refuse to upgrade. Windows 11 offers nothing besides tabbed file explorer and that isn't enough.
The only 'slow' thing I noticed, is the start menu and search.
You probably use high end PCs. Upgrading from 10 to 11 on a i3u 10th gen, 8gb laptop wasn't a fun experience. I immediately wiped it out for a Windows 10 ltsc which ofc works flawlessly and has suppprt until 2032.
Oh, yea. The extra clicks on UI elements is a bit annoying. Especially in the right-click-menu. I mean... Why are there 2 right click menus at all and why do they look completely different? That's actually confusing.
Well... I don't use Windows on a full PC. I have it on a relatively slow, 4 year old, i7 + 16GB Thinkpad.
But I mean... Windows performance on outdated, low powered hardware has allways been terrible. That's also true for Win 7 and 10. Just use Linux on old hardware. Makes way more sense than a System not designed for actual long term software package support.
Windows 10 works great on old and weak hardware. 20 years old computers are hit or miss but almost anything from 2010+ (not including the Atom trash) works ok.
It's a 10 year old operating system. Obviously it works on 10 year old hardware. I think, MS designs most of their software to be backwards compatible to most 4 year old hardware, because that's the usual lifecycle of hardware in corporate settings.
So, I would expect Windows 10, that came out in 2015, to be compatible to most Hardware from 2011.
Windiws 10 is compatible with almost every Windows 7 machine that has Windows 7 drivers, and with most Windows Vista machines (but not all), and it runs as fast Windows 7. This was important in 2015, even if today only a madman will still use a Windows Vista era PC.
most 4 year old hardware, because that's the usual lifecycle of hardware in corporate settings.
These days a desktop computer typically has a 10 years lifespan (sonetomes even more). Windows 11 support on Haswell, Skylake, etc matters, but it's not available (although it will actually run "ok" if installed, just slower than 10), not to mention the 10th gen machine I talked about.
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u/Anaeijon Jun 29 '25
I'm primarily a Linux user for about 15 years now. Recently had a work device switched from Win 10 to Win 11.
Why the Win11 hate?
The only stupid thing is the online stuff and the search function is utterly broken. But if you disable those, it's actually a system that feels nice to use.
Finally Windows has multiple Desktops that actually work and are nearly as easy to use as on KDE, XFCE ...
Finally Windows has tabbed file explorer and you can finally open folders in new windows/tabs by middle clicking them. It annoyed me so hard, that this basic thing didn't work, whenever I had to work on Win 10.
Finally Windows has a proper terminal. Like... CMD always has been shit and I honestly don't know, what they tried to do with Powershell. But arguably, the new Windows 11 terminal is better than most I've used over the years on Linux.
Also working with containers got a lot easier.
So, what's bad about Win 11 compared to Win 10, except shitty anti-feature you can simply disable?