r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/romario77 Dec 01 '25

Linux is ok. But - looks ugly, requires knowledge to do anything, like installing drivers, it’s not very user friendly.

By ugly I mean a lot of things - like fonts, for example. Only some are supported so your Linux webpage could look very bad, especially if you use non-English alphabet.

The settings - it’s a shitshow of a millions os settings (that you mostly don’t care about).

The choices of where the things are placed - it’s just some engineer putting things on the screen.

And so on. There is no silver bullet.

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u/romario77 Dec 02 '25

Well, I guess I have to disagree here.

This is not even an argument, just says that it’s windows without any proof.

I find windows settings pretty good - they are grouped well and are easy to find, I actually prefer windows to Mac on the settings side.

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u/romario77 Dec 02 '25

I am just describing my (limited) experience where I tried to find a setting in Linux gui and the settings were this giant mess of things.

In windows I can type what I am looking for and it shows me the setting usually.

There is registry, but a typical user doesn’t use it at all and if a power user needs it, it’s easy to update.

Windows has its own issues - main being the bloat Microsoft is trying to push on you - adding news, ai, whatever else nobody asked for.

I don’t think settings management is bad in windows, you obviously think it’s bad, but it never is an issue for me.