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It blows my mind that on Linux I can pin the taskbar to the left side and it works out of the box. Windows, aside from somehow losing that basic functionality,

by tapoxi 10mo ago

It blows my mind that on Linux I can pin the taskbar to the left side and it works out of the box. Windows, aside from somehow losing that basic functionality, won't even install because it requires an internet connection and doesn't even have drivers to use my wifi or Ethernet that the installer can use. How did this happen? How did Linux, of all things, become easier?

renegade-otter 10mo ago
I just don't know what's going on there anymore. Every update is a technical and a PR disaster. There is no rhyme or reason to Windows UI anymore. I thought I was drinking too much when trying to network my Windows file server with a Mac, and running into the same settings in what looked like three different themed-UIs. Right-click menu? Would you like more options? Here they are, in what looks like a 2005 version of Windows. What is this? Don't get me started on AI. Their new Quick Recovery feature was basically not tested and forced me to re-install: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/10/windows-update-breaks-usb-support-in-recovery-mode https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/10/windows-updat... You know what that did? Today I removed Steam from my Windows partition. I am gaming on Mint now. Imagine being so bad at YOUR ONE JOB that even gaming, the ultimate Microsoft forte, is being eaten away at.
lousken 10mo ago
Because they don't have a vision for the entire OS apart from sticking a copilot button in every app. Current windows has so many features that I am sure even current MS employees have little idea about, and because of that, have been rewritten many times over. Sometimes I wonder if they even have any idea about what's going on in registries or how are you supposed to figure out certain policies in hybrid mode - between defender/intune and GPOs. Good luck figuring out windows hello vs convenience pin, or when defender goes haywire and starts blocking stuff etc etc. In windows you have 5 versions of apps for each era of windows, in m365 you have 5 different dashboards showing same information just a little bit differently so you have to know all of them if you need info A and B. But at least in admin.microsoft you have Copilot and Agents above Users and Groups, because ef'in up your muscle memory is important ...

by tapoxi 10mo ago

renegade-otter 10mo ago

I just don't know what's going on there anymore. Every update is a technical and a PR disaster. There is no rhyme or reason to Windows UI anymore. I thought I was drinking too much when trying to network my Windows file server with a Mac, and running into the same settings in what looked like three different themed-UIs. Right-click menu? Would you like more options? Here they are, in what looks like a 2005 version of Windows. What is this? Don't get me started on AI. Their new Quick Recovery feature was basically not tested and forced me to re-install: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/10/windows-update-breaks-usb-support-in-recovery-mode https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/10/windows-updat... You know what that did? Today I removed Steam from my Windows partition. I am gaming on Mint now. Imagine being so bad at YOUR ONE JOB that even gaming, the ultimate Microsoft forte, is being eaten away at.

lousken 10mo ago

Because they don't have a vision for the entire OS apart from sticking a copilot button in every app. Current windows has so many features that I am sure even current MS employees have little idea about, and because of that, have been rewritten many times over. Sometimes I wonder if they even have any idea about what's going on in registries or how are you supposed to figure out certain policies in hybrid mode - between defender/intune and GPOs. Good luck figuring out windows hello vs convenience pin, or when defender goes haywire and starts blocking stuff etc etc. In windows you have 5 versions of apps for each era of windows, in m365 you have 5 different dashboards showing same information just a little bit differently so you have to know all of them if you need info A and B. But at least in admin.microsoft you have Copilot and Agents above Users and Groups, because ef'in up your muscle memory is important ...