2026-10-03 23:35 UTC
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@feral_sh@lemmy.today 2026-10-03 23:39
It really is. I’ve been a Unix maximalist since I can remember, but I’ve never convinced my peers to follow. Since windows 11 has dropped, every single one of them now has a Linux machine for one purpose or another. Some are now considering a complete purge of MS products, as I have. It’s happening.
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@oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 2026-10-03 23:43
They’re isn’t one positive thing to say about it at all. Not even one.
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@mynameisbob@lemmy.ml 2026-10-04 00:07
windows in general has always been a failure. I love how now I can solve most problems
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@wizblizz@lemmy.world 2026-10-04 00:07
Yep, been over a year now on Linux, I’ll never go back.
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@laz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-04 02:21
Yep don’t believe me see what kids on windows are doing(fixing what should have been already fixed years back) github.com/pagar-ani/native-topmost
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@dermanus@lemmy.ca 2026-10-04 03:07
I have to use it for work, and the difference between how my work laptop and my personal laptop (Debian 43) handles basic tasks is stark. The stuff like “will my headphones work?” has been solved for years at this point. I’m talking even more basic, like rendering the UI and loading menus.
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@Mwa@thelemmy.club 2026-10-04 05:50
Glad I don’t use Win12
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@A_norny_mousse@piefed.social 2026-10-04 08:52
WINDOWS 11 IS GREAT IF YOU DONT VALUE YOUR TIME Even with that caveat I wouldn’t agree. But there’s something to it. For me, a decade of Linux user, having been forced to work with a bunch of Windows laptops recently, even the difference between 10 and 11 was palpable. Not only in resource usage but also in just getting around the system, running updates, trying to disable the stock ticker (?WTF?) etc.
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@skujcici7755@lemmy.zip 2026-10-04 09:01
I find it pretty good, very stable, no viruses (I think)
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@Kushan@lemmy.world 2026-10-04 11:30
It’s a nice circle jerk, but it has way more market share than Linux (at least on desktop, which y’know it’s a desktop OS), so by that measure it is a “success”. You have to really stretch to some abstract definition of success to call it a failure.
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@CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2026-10-04 11:40
Why would people running Linux even care about the success/failure of Windows 11?
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@orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 2026-10-04 13:53
I recently dumped W11 off my wife’s ROG Ally handheld and replaced it with SteamOS. It’s a day and night difference in performance. ASUS is absolutely fucking themselves by shipping it with this vibe-coded trash OS. W11 is total dog shit. The only good thing it does is drive a lot of people into the arms of Linux.
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@brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2026-10-04 17:01
Maybe it’s because I neutered my W11 and only dual boot to launch the occasional game, but… I haven’t had significant issues with W11? Not that I can remember over the past two years. No broken updates, no weird copilot things, no excessive background usage, nothing. The only issue I had was the LG monitor thing that tried to install Mcafee, but that was LG’s fault. I find this remarkable, because to me it means, Windows doesn’t have to be junk, yet they deliberately configure it that way, and make it extremely difficult to undo. I used a slew of tools setting it up, but I’d have no idea where to start without them.
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@Kintarian@lemmy.world 2026-10-04 18:09
I know this is a Linux space, and I love Linux but my Windows 11 box runs just fine. I haven’t had any problems with it.
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@Auth@lemmy.world 2026-10-04 19:51
I’m a linux user but this is so cringe.
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@Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2026-10-04 22:34
Always has been
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@m3t00@lemmy.world 2026-10-04 23:24
except for the embedded license revenues the multitudes keep paying.
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@cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-05 00:34
Can I trademark Sloperating System?
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@NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 2026-10-05 13:31
It failed. It’s not failing. The fact that it’s still widely used doesn’t make it successful.
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@solitaire404@lemmy.zip 2026-10-05 16:14
So I am a linux user, but use Windows 11 for work. I am an accountant in the school system. Windows works fine for my work purposes. Especially when a lot of applications are being removed for web clients. I still use quite a bit of desktop applications, but I see the writing on the wall; soon all my work can be done on any device. When the desktop application in work spaces finally die, I am curious if industries will switch to linux since its free and can be run on any hardware essentially. That or maybe owners will force their workers to use their own devices (phones, like Samsung DeX) to do work.
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@thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 2026-10-05 16:35
I think they made it shitty on purpose so they can roll out a subscription based windows 12 which would be slightly better than 11.
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@blimpkit@lemmy.ml 2026-10-05 17:58
Dont get me wrong, linux never been this useable ever. But still not complete in my opinion. I am working 12 hours a day plus 2 hrs commuting, when I get home, I want to chill. I dont want to deal with package managers, window managers, network/gpu drivers and random asian guys github repository to fix my issues. I forgot the name but there was a website calling every software shit, I agree with that guy. We need more professionals working fulltime on linux and distros, more real tech support. Community support doesnt mean anything if no one maintaining it well… We need more funding on desktop like how tech giants funding ubuntu server.
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@djdarren@piefed.social 2026-10-06 21:11
Annoyingly, as of a couple of months ago I now have to use Win11 at work, and it really is fucking horrible compared to every other machine I use. And the version I’m using is corporate as fuck, so has very little of the bloatier shit. It’s just so sluggish on the low spec hardware I have to use (a Dell desktop with 8gb RAM and an i3). I have Debian running on an older machine with the same specs which is SO MUCH faster in every way. I used Macs for 20 years, so like to be able to click the mouse wheel to expose all windows. It’s a fiddle to set up in Linux, but works well once it’s set up. It’s also a fiddle to set up in Win11, but it also feels like it’s going to crash the machine every time I use it. Similarly, I’m used to tapping the Win key, then immediately typing in the menu for the app I want. Every time I do it in Windows I end up dismissing the Start menu because I’ve begun typing too soon. Every. Time. I want to put the fucking thing through the window. OH, and because it’s a bloated mess that can’t run on 8gb of RAM, it’s taken up 22gb of the 250gb SSD as a sysfile. I fucking hate Windows.