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Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

InfiniteHench@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I might get downvoted or whatever but Windows 11 is fine. I get it if your PC straight up can’t run it, that’s a tough spot. But as an OS it’s fine, even has a few handy features (besides all the AI crap shoehorned in). I actually like the File Explorer changes and the window snap stuff can work in the right setting.

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MellowYellow13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
No it isnt, the bloat is actually insane.

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- InfiniteHench@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Can I ask how you got Win11? And are we talking MS feature bloat or third party stuff? I had Micro Center build my PC so it didn’t come from a manufacturer. There doesn’t seem to be any third party bloat, besides the occasional fucking ad for an app in the Start menu.
  
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  - Jrockwar@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    The ads for apps, Xbox games, trial versions of Office preinstalled, the minesweeper and solitaire collection that are preinstalled but actually ad supported or non-free, depending on the region spotify/TikTok/Facebook also come preinstalled, “Movies & TV”, Bing/MS News…
    
    I think all of those count as bloat. I haven’t included Edge because I guess having a browser is a necessity, or copilot/cortana because you said “excluding AI features”.
    
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    Thadrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You can turn it off/remove the stuff though. Annoying, but tbh. less work than every time I had to dig into ProtonDB to get some issues resolved.
    
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daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The reason I switched from Windows is the telemetry. Yes, you can disable it but I don’t know for sure it’s actually off. I’m sure it has other back doors too. It sucks because they had something great with Windows 7 and they ruined it. Also, forcing an online account really pissed me off. I couldn’t even install WSL without using the Microsoft Store. Funny enough, the complaint I remember most about Windows 11 didn’t bother me at all. The start menu being in the center I kinda liked. I remember using an app on Windows 10 to achieve the same thing.

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