Microsoft's small but noteworthy change to the Windows 10 Start menu has its ups and downs.
  • NoisyFlake@lemm.eeEnglish
    47·
    10 months ago

    I’m running Windows 10 LTSC with a custom start menu (StartIsBack). So far I have avoided all of Microsoft’s nonsense.

    As long as I’m not ready to switch to Linux 100%, this is probably the best possible solution.

        • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
          13·
          10 months ago

          Well… at least at home you can run Linux. That’s a start. And otherwise try to switch or create your own business. It seems the latter is the only option to fully get rid of Windows, since soon companies will move to Windows 11 with Windows Recall and other AI bs. No thanks, I’m out.

          • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            10 months ago

            Any company worth anything will keep recall disabled. Obviously, with Microsoft, it will get “accidentally” activated in an update, so admins will have to play whack a mole, but nobody should enable that malware when it’s released.

              • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
                9·
                10 months ago

                Everything about it is so bad. It’s like someone woke up one day and thought, what is the legally worst piece of software I can make and force in people?

                • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
                  8·
                  10 months ago

                  Users of Microsoft accepted more and more. And slowly we are all in this situation (if you would still use Windows). Similar to the The Boiling Frog Syndrome. Get out now, while you still can. Try to search for alternatives. You have been warned.

                  • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    4·
                    10 months ago

                    I went cold turkey to Linux this past December. Best choice I’ve ever made. I am still stuck on Windows for work and I assist friends and family with their stuff, but otherwise I’m happily out of the system.

            • KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              2·
              10 months ago

              How does the interoperability work for your setup? Did you set up something special? What backup system do you use?

              I ask because I plan to integrate some Apple stuff so my family can interact with it, like local-only backups, interacting with the TV (kodi) and music (mpd). I will not use software from apple on my side (well, beside the FOSS stuff from them, like bonjour or the printer stuff).

        • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
          6·
          10 months ago

          At my job I run what my employer wants me to run. I get paid for it, they get to decide the OS.
          But at home I’ve been running Linux since 2006.

    • I'll be on [email protected]@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      So far I’ve managed to avoid most this kind of crap with minor tweaking, but with end of life coming soon I’ve been meaning to make the switch for ages, but there are always more urgent priorities… If you don’t mind me asking, and if you know - is it still possible to switch from win10 to win10 LTSC, and if so, what does it entail (do I need a fresh install, or can I just upgrade?)?

    • The_v@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      I have been using custom start menus since the whole win8 full screen disaster. Every time I see the default win 10 or Win 11 menu I cringe. So much crap in the way.

      Process optimization reaches a point of diminishing returns. Then if tweaked further it degrades the performance. Microsoft reached the close to the optimal OS design at Win7. It’s all been downhill since then.

      The mobile OS systems are reaching the same point. Optimization has occured and most of the “new” additions degrade the user experience.

      • Kyouki@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Outside of junk pre-installed, isn’t it also just a longer extended windows update? Meaning you’d eventually get the updates regardless?