Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Gamgee
From : Atreyu
Date : Wed Nov 02 2022 10:14:28

On 02 Nov 22  07:34:00, Gamgee said the following to Atreyu:

G> And please understand, I'm actually *not* a Linux "evangelist".  I use 
G> it nearly exclusively, but I understand the Windows world and why it 
G> will continue to exist.  I'm not actively campaigning against it.  ;-)

Up until about six months ago I was administering/babysitting a couple of 
Linux VM's. I'd consider my Bash skillset between beginner and intermediate,
and really wasn't that much work to do on them. I just can't bring myself to
use Linux at home and of course all my BBS stuff is out of the question.

On the other hand... Microsoft is getting really stupid with Windows 11... 
well I guess things went off the rails beyond XP or 7.

I largely stopped becoming a fan after Windows 7 with their decision to have
the OS do everything short of sexually gratifying my morning wood. When
Windows was just an OS that ran programs, things were actually okay.

Now Windows talks to me like it wants to be friends. Talk to me like a
computer, not a workout buddy. Give me hexadecimal errors when you crash,
not frowny-face sad kitten QR codes. And don't tell me how "sorry" you are or
how I might enjoy Candy crush in my start menu even on a supposedly
professional-edition of that OS.

Taking away taskbar labels in 11 is a huge turnoff for me and anyone else
that must work at least a dozen or so windows open at once. And I'm not 
installing some stupid bugridden shareware startmenu crap to fix it.

Atreyu

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