Some anecdotal evidence, but when I boot into my W11 install for certain online games, I have none of these issues mentioned. My 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC + StartAllBack setup- knocks on wood- continues to be bullet proof. For anyone who still needs Windows, I highly recommend it.
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I've only been supporting Enterprise for a while, but for me Win 11 is just Win 10 with more graphical overhead, and a start menu coded with React for some goddamn reason, because it's fun to gamble as to how many seconds it will take to pull up the start menu this time.
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wHy ARe yOu nOT iMprEssEd?
They're contributing to making the world a better place by increasing Linux adoption. Thank you anonymous Microsoft vibe coders and overly enthusiastic PMs.
Open shell is a helpful solution that replaces some of the problems in the windows UI at least for the start menu.
It's pretty easy to customize most elements for the style you prefer and no adverts.
I have a computer that broke from 24H2. Huge pain in the ass and no matter what I do, looks like reinstalling is the only fix.
So when will we see W12?
Oh right, never mind. 🐧
Here are some Windows 12 rumors (pulled from one of the biggest German-language tech news sites citing insider information)
https://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cb-News-Windows-12-Geruechte-Release-Systemanforderungen-Download-2025-33395891.html
- It won't come out this year, release may be end of next year at the absolute earliest.
- It will require PCs with a Neural Processing Unit that can handle more than 40 billion TOPS, 8GB RAM minimum, 16 recommended.
- It may eventually require an ARM-based "Copilot PC", a new device class released last year.
- It will be modular, with a core OS and additional modules depending on edition, licensing, hardware and use case.
- It may have a read-only system partition.
- It will be focussed on AI and cloud integration, heavily leaning towards OS as a service.
- It will be free to install as an upgrade, with a monthly subscription to run it.
A subscription lol. I'll keep on running Linux.
Ironically, I use Linux like a subscription model.
I donate $10/month, split among projects I get the most value from.
And it's a vastly better value for money than a Microsoft 365 license.
The difference lies in what happens when you stop payments.
You're right, but it just doesn't feel as dirty that way 😂
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Microsoft has government and cooperate costumers that will keep paying them for decades. Why care? If MSword still works, people will buy it.
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It sounds like you can just log out and back in to fix it? For a local system, the article says it only occurs for "First time user logon after a cumulative update was applied."
I'm administering >300 virtual desktops running Windows 11.
Imagine what my phone would sound like if I pushed this update.
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Microsoft finally admits ~~almost all major~~ Windows 11 ~~core features~~ are broken
FTFY
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All user logons to a non-persistent OS installation such as a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or equivalent as application packages must be installed each logon in such scenarios.
Cries in supporting multi-user AVD Hosts
For what it’s worth, my KDE file browser would freeze up when I had a WebDav network drive to a server that went offline, not exactly elegant either, just opening my home folder and randomly after a second or two ….. all software can bug in bad ways.
True, I've experienced that bug.
The big different is that, depending on how knowledgeable you are, you can either report the bug, you can diagnose it (check the logs, trace and profile the calls), dig in the code, patch it or try a patch someone developed for the bug, or simply ignore it and use a different file browser. That freedom is priceless.
With Windows you're stuck waiting for the next upgrade that may or may not break something else and brings new and exciting AI and telemetry shoved into it.
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So they've taken a leaf out of KDE's development book.
Is windows11 Microsoft's KDE4 moment?
I feel like Windows 11 is just another Microsoft "Windows moment".
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Really hoping Microsoft fails for everything ezcept Xbox. Then Xbox team takes over and then turns the company into a private non-stock unionized one
Would love to see what an Xbox-lead Microsoft can do with it reformed
What are Microsofts most moneymaking fields aboce Xbox? Are they getting eroded at all?
Xbox feels like the biggest one being eroded rn... i don't think what Xbox is doing is any good nor would it help the main business
Azure is the cloud backbone of many businesses and services, so if Windows went away, MS would still have their fingers in a number of pies.
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This is why I have always waited for the version that is just like the previous ones, but fixed. 3.11, 98SE, XP SP2, 7, 10...
I need to get a new computer, and it has to have windows, but I'm not getting freaking Win11. Gimme Win12.
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