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A big resurgence: They make an operating system that supports Linux with just a few clicks. They make hardware devices that can also natively run Linux very wel

A big resurgence: They make an operating system that supports Linux with just a few clicks. They make hardware devices that can also natively run Linux very well, for when I need it. It feels like Apple when OSX was introduced, only better. Many people here may not like Windows 10, but the more I use it, the more I like it.

simonh 8y ago
It’s two completely different UIs beaten together into an incoherent lump. I will give it one thing, it’s not as deliberately user obstructive as Vista or 8. I bought a laptop for my daughter with 10 on it and got a (completely legit) license key for Office from work. Oh. My. God. The laptop already had a different Office SKU on it, so I couldn’t use the key with that. The key I had didn’t work with any of the MS online licensing sites and I wasted 2 hours trying to figure out what to do. In the end I got on to a support rep via online chat and it took him an hour remot desktopping in to run some command line utilities to remove old Office install, clean up some stuff and get the machine licensed. It was unbelievable.
koalaman 8y ago
I am writing this from my personal Windows 10 machine and I am not a big fan. Random things that have aggravated me just in the last few days: * For some reason I suddenly had to create a pin a few days ago to login instead of my password. why? * skype is now magically in my list of background programs. * There is news in the start menu when I want to launch an app!? * whenever I want to do something a little hard, like copy a large number of files, things tend to go pear shape very fast. * It's very hard to find basic settings from the start button search thingy. Chrome OS and OS X are way better at that. * windows shell still is unpleasant, and the goobuntu subsystem just isn't convenient due to the incompatibility of windows file paths. Also it's very ugly for some reason * More generally dealing with Windows drives drives really sucks. I'm always shuttling things around trying to fit them into particular drives. Linux LVM is so much better. I could go on. I wish they'd just go back to being an operating system. Now that they're not considered a monopoly anymore they're taking the opportunity to jam their whole 1st party ecosystem of crap down Windows 10 users throats. It's not fun for me. The only reason I pay for Windows is to play games. I prefer Linux as a user, but the hardware and display issues are a pain. I also agree that Windows feels snappier and prettier. Chrome OS with Crostini would actually be pretty perfect if it didn't crash on me every couple of hours.
- ndiscussion 8y ago
  Have you tried Linux recently? I installed arch a few months ago, and almost all of my steam games run on it out of the box (no extra setup required). I have an AMD Vega 64 graphics card, drivers are all handled automatically. My Xbox 360 controllers with wireless dongle are handled automatically. If you want to use xbox one controllers, any bluetooth adapter will work out of the box, but you do have to install a package called xpadneo. AMD drivers on Linux are great right now, and most hardware is supported with nothing extra.
  - koalaman 8y ago
    I use it daily for work. Haven't used it at home for years. My main blocker games wise is Battlefield series which I don't believe works on linux.

simonh 8y ago

It’s two completely different UIs beaten together into an incoherent lump. I will give it one thing, it’s not as deliberately user obstructive as Vista or 8. I bought a laptop for my daughter with 10 on it and got a (completely legit) license key for Office from work. Oh. My. God. The laptop already had a different Office SKU on it, so I couldn’t use the key with that. The key I had didn’t work with any of the MS online licensing sites and I wasted 2 hours trying to figure out what to do. In the end I got on to a support rep via online chat and it took him an hour remot desktopping in to run some command line utilities to remove old Office install, clean up some stuff and get the machine licensed. It was unbelievable.

koalaman 8y ago

I am writing this from my personal Windows 10 machine and I am not a big fan. Random things that have aggravated me just in the last few days: * For some reason I suddenly had to create a pin a few days ago to login instead of my password. why? * skype is now magically in my list of background programs. * There is news in the start menu when I want to launch an app!? * whenever I want to do something a little hard, like copy a large number of files, things tend to go pear shape very fast. * It's very hard to find basic settings from the start button search thingy. Chrome OS and OS X are way better at that. * windows shell still is unpleasant, and the goobuntu subsystem just isn't convenient due to the incompatibility of windows file paths. Also it's very ugly for some reason * More generally dealing with Windows drives drives really sucks. I'm always shuttling things around trying to fit them into particular drives. Linux LVM is so much better. I could go on. I wish they'd just go back to being an operating system. Now that they're not considered a monopoly anymore they're taking the opportunity to jam their whole 1st party ecosystem of crap down Windows 10 users throats. It's not fun for me. The only reason I pay for Windows is to play games. I prefer Linux as a user, but the hardware and display issues are a pain. I also agree that Windows feels snappier and prettier. Chrome OS with Crostini would actually be pretty perfect if it didn't crash on me every couple of hours.

ndiscussion 8y ago
Have you tried Linux recently? I installed arch a few months ago, and almost all of my steam games run on it out of the box (no extra setup required). I have an AMD Vega 64 graphics card, drivers are all handled automatically. My Xbox 360 controllers with wireless dongle are handled automatically. If you want to use xbox one controllers, any bluetooth adapter will work out of the box, but you do have to install a package called xpadneo. AMD drivers on Linux are great right now, and most hardware is supported with nothing extra.
- koalaman 8y ago
  I use it daily for work. Haven't used it at home for years. My main blocker games wise is Battlefield series which I don't believe works on linux.