Using windows 11 got me to switch my home PC to Linux at the start of the year so I have them to thank or that. My work PC just got updated from W10 to W11 and so far it’s so much worse than I was expecting, purely based on performance/buginess alone. I have no problems with most the features but it all feels one step forward two steps back when the whole system seems to be much less responsive
The coolest part is that if your internet goes down and windows can’t tell, your start menu will either never open or never have contents. It becomes completely useless. Fun!
I read a long time ago that delays had to be added to desktop UIs because users didn’t think the computer was “working” if it responded in a single video frame. Maybe the M$ LLM read that too and took it to heart.
This is real petty, but on my work laptop, moving from W10 to W11 removed the popup calendar in the taskbar on secondary monitors and however many years later, it still messes me up every day.
I recommend dual booting if that’s the only thing holding you up, as long as you keep Linux/windows on separate disks. I am in linux most of the time but I keep windows around just in case I need to use software that doesn’t work with wine/proton. It seems daunting but you’ll start learning how to use Linux as soon as you start using it as your daily driver.
If you are playing Tarkov on a daily basis then I could see that getting old quick
Using windows 11 got me to switch my home PC to Linux at the start of the year so I have them to thank or that. My work PC just got updated from W10 to W11 and so far it’s so much worse than I was expecting, purely based on performance/buginess alone. I have no problems with most the features but it all feels one step forward two steps back when the whole system seems to be much less responsive
What I don’t understand about Windows 11 is why they can’t seem to fix the weird delay that now exists across the entire UI.
Right click, weird delay, menu shows up.
Press the Start button, weird delay, menu shows up.
Open Explorer, weird delay, program shows up.
Enter text in the search field, weird delay, results show up.
Windows 10 didn’t have that delay.
The coolest part is that if your internet goes down and windows can’t tell, your start menu will either never open or never have contents. It becomes completely useless. Fun!
It has to run your actions by the AI to be sure they are properly recorded and sent to Microsoft.
I read a long time ago that delays had to be added to desktop UIs because users didn’t think the computer was “working” if it responded in a single video frame. Maybe the M$ LLM read that too and took it to heart.
I put my work computer on Linux(NixOS) lol. When I do IT for users on Win 11 I’m constantly like "Why is this so slowwww? ".
This is real petty, but on my work laptop, moving from W10 to W11 removed the popup calendar in the taskbar on secondary monitors and however many years later, it still messes me up every day.
I’m just waiting for escape from tarkov to send the email to battle eye to enable Linux support and I’ll throw windows into the sun
I recommend dual booting if that’s the only thing holding you up, as long as you keep Linux/windows on separate disks. I am in linux most of the time but I keep windows around just in case I need to use software that doesn’t work with wine/proton. It seems daunting but you’ll start learning how to use Linux as soon as you start using it as your daily driver.
If you are playing Tarkov on a daily basis then I could see that getting old quick
I’m not unfamiliar with Linux and I do for the most part play daily