Technology

I had Windows 11 on my Asus ROG Ally that I was too lazy to remove. Bitlocker locked the system randomly and would not accept the recovery key from my Microsoft Account.

I installed Bazzite the next day.

It's unusable and they vibe coded the entire thing.

We had to switch back to windows 10 at work due to the issues we had with 11. Now my computer is permanently broken with many default applications that simply do not work and my IT department can't figure it out.

The new Start menu is also a significant improvement over the old one, with more icons on show, the ability to turn off Recommended ads, [...]

Guys, we are allowed to disable the ads now. We might have been too harsh on microsoft after all.

...insanity, I tell you. Ads, in your face, right in the Start Menu, on your computer that you bought, on your OS that you bought.

Windows recently "hung up" when opening "network and internet settings", just a blank square.

Also, blank square when opening "file explorer".

Both are working now; my point is I couldn't accomplish basic tasks in the usual way, fundamentally basic settings. First time this has happened to me. I am old and have been using Windows since there were screensavers. That you would buy. For money. On a floppy disk.

Zac Bowden used to post a video for every single new insider build of Windows to cover any change he could, he's bought the original Surface table from 2007, he's been covering and championing all things Windows for at least a decade. To get someone like him off side, you really gotta be fucking the dog.

Windows is getting so bad, people are finally looking more to Linux

The real issue is that they pulled Windows 10. When Vista was shit, you could use XP until 7 was released, when 8 was shit, you could use 7 until 10 was released. Now 11 is the only supported version and you have no choice if you're for some reason stuck with Windows.

The tech bros are turning everything to shit so you don’t notice any one thing is shit because it’s all shit now. Genius

I can ignore them just fine since I am no longer using Windows.

Lol

Lmao even

Turns out, there were a lot of users, primarily gamers, who were considering giving Linux a chance. Microsoft gave them the push they needed.

Time for Nadella to take responsibility for these fuck ups and resign already.

I detest this company for many reasons, it's like they go out of their way to make dealing with them as painful as possible.

Here's just one example I discovered today. I have a Windows 10 VM I needed to upgrade to 11 but the "PC Health Check" app says no, the i5 processor isn't supported.

I can, however, create a new VM and install 11 on the exact same hardware, so that's what I did, along with a whole bunch of extra work to get the new VM set up the same as the old Windows 10 VM was.

Why? Because fuck you, that's why.

Assholes.

Oh no. They’ll still ignore it. They don’t care.

I’m starting to think Microsoft gives windows a new version number every time they want to make a bunch of big breaking changes, just so the bad reputation can die when they rebrand it as Windows 12 (or whatever stupid naming scheme their marketing team comes with next.)

This generation of software companies really seem to have abandoned all previous goals for "Let's see how shit we can make this!"

"Sir, if we can finish our robot it could help with any household chores and even take over most of the care work for the elderly. Then in future patches we could make it waterboard the user unless they get the waterboardless premium subscription. Then we'll increase the cost and slowly reintroduce waterboarding even for subscribers."

I have been very successful at ignoring Windows for quite some time.

Frankly I’ve never had any issues running Windows 11. It’s just the OS in the background for me. I think the biggest difference is I always run Enterprise versions (not Pro or Home) and most of that crap is either non-existent, disabled by default or easy to disable via GPO.

The big thing for people to realize is that Enterprise is the version most all businesses (especially large ones) run, and Microsoft isn’t going to crap on them as easily. And they know by extension, people will run what their business is, but they can get away with making Pro and Home crappier since it’s just individuals who would switch, not large swaths.

Ha! It's 2026 now. Those problems can easily be ignored as they are all in the past.

I have tried out a bunch of Linux ones last year and I will be converting over my main PC at some point this year due to all the things they have done or want to do with Windows 11. I agree it's very hard to ignore.

One of the best feelings for me ever was when I cancelled my Micro$oft account after switching to Mint.

The freshness is real.