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My experience has been the complete opposite. I've got a Lenovo Y50 running Win10. With a HiDPI display, it is pretty much unusable. While OS elements scale ra

by chmln 10y ago

My experience has been the complete opposite. I've got a Lenovo Y50 running Win10. With a HiDPI display, it is pretty much unusable. While OS elements scale rather well, most of the software doesn't, even using the "DPI fix." [1] There are also ads on lock screen. [2] The "terminal", PowerShell, is slow to launch, path completions are crawling. The subsystem for linux is great, and certainly a move in the right direction. There's ConEmu with Bash, which is also usable. Admittedly, if it weren't for aforementioned DPI issues, which have been around for far too long, I'd probably use Windows as my primary OS. Also have to mention that VS Code is a fantastic editor with an MIT license. So definitely there are strides in a good direction. Compared to e.g. Facebook's "open source" offerings, while great products, yet containing a `PATENT` file in every repo [1] http://windows10_dpi_blurry_fix.xpexplorer.com/ http://windows10_dpi_blurry_fix.xpexplorer.com/ [2] http://www.howtogeek.com/243263/how-to-disable-ads-on-your-windows-10-lock-screen/ http://www.howtogeek.com/243263/how-to-disable-ads-on-your-w...

widowlark 10y ago
>ads on the lock screen You understand that you approved these ads when you set up windows initially, and that they can be removed with the flick of a switch in the lock screen settings?
- KirinDave 10y ago
  They aren't even the default now, right?
  - yummyfajitas 10y ago
    My windows machine does not display them, and I don't remember even being asked.
    - jandrese 10y ago
      IIRC the wording wasn't "let us display ads", it was cloaked in some deceptive language.
      - KirinDave 10y ago
        I don't remember the exact wording, but it was something akin to, "Show Microsoft's images on my lockscreen" or somesuch similar. It wasn't clear there might be ads there.
        jandrese 10y ago
        I actually have that option turned on, and it's exactly what it says on the tin. Pictures of landscapes/buildings/etc... that you might see in some mid tier gallery and a link to a short description. It's bland, but marginally more interesting than the basic lock screen.
Pxtl 10y ago
Yeah, I've noticed that HiDPI support is basically a roll of the dice in 3rd-party Windows software.
ocdtrekkie 10y ago
FWIW, the "ads on the lock screen" thing is a wee overblown. Microsoft is the single-party provider of any of their so called "suggested content". Aka, you saw Tomb Raider not because Square Enix paid to be on the lock screen, but because Microsoft was trying to push that you can get AAA games in the Windows Store. The Surface has been up there, I think they put a movie-related one up once or twice, again, referring you to their own Movies app. And they have no animations, moving bits, or arbitrary code. They're not targeted ads, so they're not using a data profile on you to power them or anything like that. I wouldn't be surprised if they know how many screens displayed them, but there's not a lot of interaction tracking you can really do with a static lockscreen. So it doesn't have the sort of privacy implications of normal advertising either. So, while you may not like their choice of wallpaper because it is related to a product they are releasing, it's not really much more egregious than the fact that it downloads daily wallpapers on the lockscreen to begin with: It's all stuff selected specifically by Microsoft. And as others have pointed out, it's really easy to shut off.
- MiddleEndian 10y ago
  >you saw Tomb Raider not because Square Enix paid to be on the lock screen, but because Microsoft was trying to push that you can get AAA games in the Windows Store I would still consider this to be an ad.
  - freehunter 10y ago
    Not any more than "upgrade to Windows 7 Pro to access these features" that they've had for years.
    - MiddleEndian 10y ago
      I'd consider that an unacceptable ad as well, but I've never had 7 Home.
  - ocdtrekkie 10y ago
    I never said it wasn't still an ad. But as I explained, it has essentially none of the problems that are associated with ads. Ergo, complaints about it are more that it offends your special snowflake sensitivity against ads, than that there's an actual problem that needs to be addressed.
chrisper 10y ago
They fixed the DPI thing in the early build. At least for the native stuff, like device manager.
YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago
>> The "terminal", PowerShell, is slow to launch, path completions are crawling. Powershell often seems to hang on startup when it's actually already up and running. You're left looking at an empty terminal, waiting for a prompt. If that happens, you can try pressing enter, at which point you'll most likely get your prompt, er, promptly.
bitcrazed 10y ago
Hi. PM for Bash & Windows Console here: Glad you're digging Bash & WSL :D May I ask which Win10 build you're running. If you're on Win10 AU (build 14393.x), you're not yet seeing the huge raft of changes that we've been releasing weekly to those on the Windows Insider program. Key among the improvements that will be released broadly when Windows 10 Creator Updated ships (ETA spring 2017) include: * MANY improvements to Bash/WSL enabling MANY more dev tools, platforms, an tech to work even more smoothly, plus fixes for networking features inc. ifconfig & ping, traceroute (incoming). Also adds ability to invoke Windows exe's from Bash and vice-versa. * Lots of DPI fixes including many fixes to correctly scale desktop apps and pop-up dialogs (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/12/07/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-14986-pc/#2fBPCjeGKy2l5T31.97 https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/12/07/annou...) HTH.

by chmln 10y ago

widowlark 10y ago

>ads on the lock screen You understand that you approved these ads when you set up windows initially, and that they can be removed with the flick of a switch in the lock screen settings?

KirinDave 10y ago
They aren't even the default now, right?
- yummyfajitas 10y ago
  My windows machine does not display them, and I don't remember even being asked.
  - jandrese 10y ago
    IIRC the wording wasn't "let us display ads", it was cloaked in some deceptive language.
    - KirinDave 10y ago
      I don't remember the exact wording, but it was something akin to, "Show Microsoft's images on my lockscreen" or somesuch similar. It wasn't clear there might be ads there.
      - jandrese 10y ago
        I actually have that option turned on, and it's exactly what it says on the tin. Pictures of landscapes/buildings/etc... that you might see in some mid tier gallery and a link to a short description. It's bland, but marginally more interesting than the basic lock screen.

Pxtl 10y ago

Yeah, I've noticed that HiDPI support is basically a roll of the dice in 3rd-party Windows software.

ocdtrekkie 10y ago

FWIW, the "ads on the lock screen" thing is a wee overblown. Microsoft is the single-party provider of any of their so called "suggested content". Aka, you saw Tomb Raider not because Square Enix paid to be on the lock screen, but because Microsoft was trying to push that you can get AAA games in the Windows Store. The Surface has been up there, I think they put a movie-related one up once or twice, again, referring you to their own Movies app. And they have no animations, moving bits, or arbitrary code. They're not targeted ads, so they're not using a data profile on you to power them or anything like that. I wouldn't be surprised if they know how many screens displayed them, but there's not a lot of interaction tracking you can really do with a static lockscreen. So it doesn't have the sort of privacy implications of normal advertising either. So, while you may not like their choice of wallpaper because it is related to a product they are releasing, it's not really much more egregious than the fact that it downloads daily wallpapers on the lockscreen to begin with: It's all stuff selected specifically by Microsoft. And as others have pointed out, it's really easy to shut off.

MiddleEndian 10y ago
>you saw Tomb Raider not because Square Enix paid to be on the lock screen, but because Microsoft was trying to push that you can get AAA games in the Windows Store I would still consider this to be an ad.
- freehunter 10y ago
  Not any more than "upgrade to Windows 7 Pro to access these features" that they've had for years.
  - MiddleEndian 10y ago
    I'd consider that an unacceptable ad as well, but I've never had 7 Home.
- ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  I never said it wasn't still an ad. But as I explained, it has essentially none of the problems that are associated with ads. Ergo, complaints about it are more that it offends your special snowflake sensitivity against ads, than that there's an actual problem that needs to be addressed.

chrisper 10y ago

They fixed the DPI thing in the early build. At least for the native stuff, like device manager.

YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago

>> The "terminal", PowerShell, is slow to launch, path completions are crawling. Powershell often seems to hang on startup when it's actually already up and running. You're left looking at an empty terminal, waiting for a prompt. If that happens, you can try pressing enter, at which point you'll most likely get your prompt, er, promptly.

bitcrazed 10y ago

Hi. PM for Bash & Windows Console here: Glad you're digging Bash & WSL :D May I ask which Win10 build you're running. If you're on Win10 AU (build 14393.x), you're not yet seeing the huge raft of changes that we've been releasing weekly to those on the Windows Insider program. Key among the improvements that will be released broadly when Windows 10 Creator Updated ships (ETA spring 2017) include: * MANY improvements to Bash/WSL enabling MANY more dev tools, platforms, an tech to work even more smoothly, plus fixes for networking features inc. ifconfig & ping, traceroute (incoming). Also adds ability to invoke Windows exe's from Bash and vice-versa. * Lots of DPI fixes including many fixes to correctly scale desktop apps and pop-up dialogs (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/12/07/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-14986-pc/#2fBPCjeGKy2l5T31.97 https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/12/07/annou...) HTH.