Technology

I don't think a lot of people decide so consciously as nearly no one installs their OS themselves, but yesterday marked the first time I installed W11 from the scratch on a premium laptop. Official enterprise image, last updates, it's Intel core 7 + 5060 + 32GB ddr5, and as I install stuff I can't launch start menu, it's just does not appear after clicking. Every other browser, installer or program responses as usual, but you just can't press Win and access notepad or whatever. How did they fuck that up so bad? On some dying w10 PCs with a faulty ssd I have the Start menu working weird, but on a fresh machine my client got from the store it's fucking bonkers.

I'll upgrade when Windows 12 comes out ... is what I would say but I've already switched to Linux.

I still remember people calling me a Linux shill when I said the microslop "windows 10 will be the last windows version ever" statement was bullshit in 2015.

They know the moment Win10ESU ends, the year of the Linux Desktop begins. It's already better for the most part, if only we had better debugging tools for Linux (GDB needs an actual GUI so badly, not just hack jobs on top of the CLI, often even DAB solutions are a bit underbaked).

I know many people are pushing Linux but imagine having to train basic users on another OS after decades on Windows? It's fine for your home lab, but blows ass for a windows shop

I found a way to get IoT on all my home machines. That's how windows should be, the way they do it with LTSC and IoT LTSC.

very few major changes except for security updates, which need to be installed right away anyway