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> 's pretty well known that as part of the new iterative release cycle they're slowly moving things Linux DEs were blasted for things like that, but now they'r

> 's pretty well known that as part of the new iterative release cycle they're slowly moving things Linux DEs were blasted for things like that, but now they're suddenly OK for a multi-billion-dollar company's flagship product? > you're running off a spinning drive I also happen to walk on the ground and climb up the stairs, being aware of alternatives. That's what I've got in a shop and it has MS Windows logo glued to it. > I would imagine you've got a garbage hard drive. I imagine that's what gets sold these days. BTW, I've also bought Xiaomi phone for $200 and it's a real snap.

tw04 9y ago
>Linux DEs were blasted for things like that, but now they're suddenly OK for a multi-billion-dollar company's flagship product? Yes actually. It's what users asked for, and I rather appreciate it. Linux DEs were BLASTED for breaking things. MS isn't breaking anything as they make the slow transition to the new panels. If you want to use the old control panel, everything is right there where it always was. If you want to use the new panel it will get you 90% of the way there on day-to-day tasks. >I also happen to walk on the ground and climb up the stairs, being aware of alternatives. That's what I've got in a shop and it has MS Windows logo glued to it. You're seriously on a technical site claiming you're pissed that you bought a dirt cheap laptop and got dirt cheap components? It's 2017, if you aren't willing to crack it and put an SSD into it, don't complain about performance. The laptop will be slow regardless of OS with a spinning drive. Having a "windows logo" makes no guarantees of performance. Are you also pissed you can't run games in 4K on your $300 laptop?
- thriftwy 9y ago
  > you bought a dirt cheap laptop As I've already said, you're a wrongfullt accusing right here. I've bought a mid-range laptop. > The laptop will be slow regardless of OS with a spinning drive As I've already said, you're wrong. Linux will still boot in 10 seconds and won't freeze for minutes during work.
- thriftwy 9y ago
  > MS isn't breaking anything Whoooa! I've now tried to find when you can change the hotkey for changing keyboard layout. It turns out, you can't find it now. New control panel has nothing and drops you into the old one immediately, which has nothing too. It was working under Windows XP. Obviously you can't find how to configure anything in Windows these days without extensive googling.

tw04 9y ago

>Linux DEs were blasted for things like that, but now they're suddenly OK for a multi-billion-dollar company's flagship product? Yes actually. It's what users asked for, and I rather appreciate it. Linux DEs were BLASTED for breaking things. MS isn't breaking anything as they make the slow transition to the new panels. If you want to use the old control panel, everything is right there where it always was. If you want to use the new panel it will get you 90% of the way there on day-to-day tasks. >I also happen to walk on the ground and climb up the stairs, being aware of alternatives. That's what I've got in a shop and it has MS Windows logo glued to it. You're seriously on a technical site claiming you're pissed that you bought a dirt cheap laptop and got dirt cheap components? It's 2017, if you aren't willing to crack it and put an SSD into it, don't complain about performance. The laptop will be slow regardless of OS with a spinning drive. Having a "windows logo" makes no guarantees of performance. Are you also pissed you can't run games in 4K on your $300 laptop?

thriftwy 9y ago
> you bought a dirt cheap laptop As I've already said, you're a wrongfullt accusing right here. I've bought a mid-range laptop. > The laptop will be slow regardless of OS with a spinning drive As I've already said, you're wrong. Linux will still boot in 10 seconds and won't freeze for minutes during work.
thriftwy 9y ago
> MS isn't breaking anything Whoooa! I've now tried to find when you can change the hotkey for changing keyboard layout. It turns out, you can't find it now. New control panel has nothing and drops you into the old one immediately, which has nothing too. It was working under Windows XP. Obviously you can't find how to configure anything in Windows these days without extensive googling.