Apparently they don’t even test their updates anymore before to deploy them.
Windows Update: stop what you’re doing its time to test my latest bugs
Hey Microsoft, unrelated question, how’s that “70% AI written code” directive working out?
The real fix was not using Win11 all along.
The real fix is running Linux.
In the last year, I’ve found that on my main machine, fedora is FINE.
I mostly surf, I’m not a gamer, and for me Linux ticks the boxes I need
YMMV you should do you; but my daily driver as a Linux box has been flawless
Commenting mostly to agree that Linux is great and add that I’m able to play all my games on Linux without major issues and I don’t have Windows bloating the machine or interrupting my gameplay. Proton has really helped Linux gaming and made it trivially easy in most cases to get things to work right.
All I want for Xmas 2025 is for Autodesk to support Linux.
Preach! (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Windows
11
I have no faith in Microsoft as a company anymore.
Hey Copilot. Users are reporting errors with the latest patch we released. Among them are a problem with RDP credential prompts, hanging/not completing shutdown and long black screens on boot.
Oh, you’re right. That was my mistake. Let me develop, compile and deploy a new set of patches for you!
Thinking…
Changing shutdown.c… Changing random file.c… Introducing more bugs for a future fix…
Same, but I still enjoy using Windows. I have 30 years of experience with it, and I have a Windows 11 machine… at work. I do stuff with Windows that make my coworkers think I’m a wizard. I’m not trying to brag about being special in a Technology community. Rather, the bar is pretty low. Like when my boss says he has two monitors and that makes him special, I tell him I have four. He taps my one and says no, you have one. I say, come round and watch this. Hold CTRL and WIN and tap left and right. I have four desktops. Super easy, hit Win+Tab or the new task view/switch icon (white square, black square icon) and add a desktop from the bottom. Lots of other shit I do. Word spreads. IT guy’s busy (or can’t be arsed to show them how to do something)? They come to me. My boss thinks I’m wasting time and gives me more work, but I have all kinds of shortcuts set up. (No AI/Copilot as that requires a Microsoft account, and I don’t get one with work and I’m not using my personal one. I could make a dummy one just for work, but I’m not poking that bear.)
At home though, I use Macs. I’m relatively new to Mac, and I’m sure they’ve had problems like Windows has had lately, in the past, but the biggest complaint seems to be “Liquid Glass is ugly.” I don’t really care about the theme. It’s a fucking theme. Does the shit work like I need? Yes. I don’t care what it looks like, though I do fancy a dark theme. Easier on my eyes. But real talk, macOS window snapping sucks compared to Windows. Microsoft figured that shit out with Windows 7. And it’s been solid since. We can use a free app called Rectangle to get up to Windows level and a few other tricks, but I don’t need it. The system snapping is good enough for me. Finder is also not quite as good as Windows Explorer. They both have all the features I need, but Finder is kinda like the dumb little brother of Windows Explorer. I could replace it with a file manager that beats both of them, but default is good enough. The only one I really know is Directory Opus, which I used on the Amiga (showing my age here), but I just checked, they’re Windows only now.
For people who still have machines that run Windows (mine died, which is why I have Macs now, I didn’t like what the PC market looked like and Apple Silicon was in its second generation (M2 Pro on the desk, M2 base on the MacBook) and seemed like a better fit for me), I’d recommend some flavour of Linux. Mint is a great place to start if you’re familiar with the look and feel of Windows. If you’re sick of Windows, but you want something commercially available (you buy it and become their customer) and supported by the company, Macs are $500 now, and that’s for the M4, two generations ahead of mine. Though, I’d recommend springing for more storage. 256GB doesn’t feel like enough. M4 Pro will get you more cores, but then you’re pushing $1000 and you can probably do better with Windows/Intel or AMD, unless you really just want to avoid Windows altogether. Still, find a machine without an OS and stick Linux on it. At that price point it just makes a little more sense.
It sounds like you will have a more stable experience on Windows 10 where they only release security fixes.
Actually the shutdown bug was part of a security patch and I can confirm it affects Windows 10 machines with ESU.
I stand corrected. :)
Or even better, just run Linux and avoid Microsoft entirely
I need Office/PowerBi/Teams to work without issue. The web versions do not cut it for my use cases.
Some older games that I still play regularly (Simcity 4 with heavy modding) also have problems when running Wine.
That being said, I will probably try dual booting when I get a new laptop, I am done with US platforms (this covers Android too).
Try steam/proton instead of Wine
https://www.protondb.com/app/24780
ProtonDB says it runs well, but idk if that includes mods.
I am planning to do some experiments once I get a new laptop (which I will dual boot). I think gaming support has increased massively since I last tried it 5+ years ago (my usage of linux is via DIY SBC home server).
Office/PowerBI/Teams and some other business applications (where the web version does not cut it) is the real dealbreaker.
That being said, I am not moving to Windows11, so I have three year to prepare to move to Linux (and I suspect Win10 will be supported even after that).
It has definitely improved in your absence.
But yeah I understand needing your programs to work. For some like Office you may be able to get away with a replacement like OpenOffice or LibreOffice, maybe not. Idk what PowerBi is but it sounds like a c/196 user’s uname lol, and from a cursory search it looks like Teams is supported with a .deb and a .rpm but I can’t attest personally.
I’d also recommend using a laptop with two SSDs if possible, one for linux and one for windows, to alleviate some of the headaches in dual booting.
I live in Excel and PowerPoint, for games messing around with mods/config is fine, for work I cannot deal with random edge cases. PowerBI is Microsoft’s visualization platform, I am actually not a big fan of it (for the area where I work, I could see it being fine in other cases), but this is not something that’s going to change quickly.
There is indeed a version of Teams for Linux. I really need to get a new laptop and try dual boot, I am behind the times on desktop.
I’d also recommend using a laptop with two SSDs if possible, one for linux and one for windows, to alleviate some of the headaches in dual booting.
Good to know, I only buy 17" inch laptops (thinking of going 18", but the selection is a lot worse), so I might even be able to get one with dual SSDs.
Yeah I’ve heard excel the hard one to replace if you need some special functions of it, idk tbh I’ve used excel like twice and basic stuff at that so LibreOffice works fine for me.
Lol I don’t even know what visualization means in this context, I’m definitely no help on this one! Sorry!
Hope so, it seems to be more common these days! I “recently” got a Framework16, which was my first dual ssd laptop (but unfortunately doesn’t meet your size requirements).
I need Office/PowerBi/Teams to work without issue. The web versions do not cut it for my use cases.
Same problem. I actually use Mint on my laptop but the desktop still has Windows 10 because some apps are still just not useable or fully useable on Linux. As much as I wish Libre Office was a full replacement for MS Office, it’s not. At least not for power users.
To be fair. Lts being more stable is kinda the point, thats why important infrastructure like hospital equipment will always run older lts release versions with as little additional updates possible.
This does not excuse the sheer lack of competence Microsoft has been displaying.
