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Return to Linux since “All operating systems suck, but Linux just sucks less.” — Linus Torvalds

Don't Return to Microsoft Big Tech Surveillance Capitalism

Windows Updates are a disaster. The updates on Windows 10 are a total joke, and now are even worse on Winblows 11. Every time one comes up, I'm forced to stop my work and spend the next 2-6 hours installing them. And that's if they download and install correctly. Now I have the fucking dread BSOD!

See:

• Windows Update SUCKS! - Windows Update is a useless piece of turd! SOOOO nightmarishly unreliable. Crashes the OS. Why after 30 years can't Microsoft still get it right?!!
• https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/hxjxpv/is_anyone_else_just_tired_of_windows_updates/?rdt=40483
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2024/03/19/windows-11-update-causing-serious-problems-for-millions-of-pc-users/

• iPadOS Sucks!
• macOS sucks!!! even more. iOS sucks!!!! the most!
• Linux sucks! the least.

Snippet from Wikipedia: Windows 11

Windows 11 is the latest major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, released on October 5, 2021 as the successor to Windows 10 (2015). It is provided for free for any Windows 10 devices that meet the new Windows 11 system requirements. A server version, Windows Server 2025, was released in 2024. Windows 11 is the first major version of Windows NT without a companion mobile version following the discontinuation of Windows Phone with Windows 10 Mobile.

Windows 11 features major changes to the Windows shell influenced by the canceled Windows 10X, including a redesigned Start menu, the replacement of its "live tiles" with a separate "Widgets" panel on the taskbar, the ability to create tiled sets of windows that can be minimized and restored from the taskbar as a group, and new gaming technologies inherited from Xbox Series X and Series S such as Auto HDR and DirectStorage on compatible hardware. Internet Explorer (IE) has been replaced by the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge as the default web browser, like its predecessor, Windows 10, and Microsoft Teams is integrated into the Windows shell. Microsoft also announced plans to allow more flexibility in software that can be distributed via the Microsoft Store and to support Android apps on Windows 11 (including a partnership with Amazon to make its app store available for the purpose).

Citing security considerations, the system requirements for Windows 11 were increased over Windows 10; Microsoft only officially supports the operating system on devices using an eleventh-generation Intel Core CPU or newer (building new OEM PC makers only like HP, Asus and Lenovo. so the change probably does not affect many customers.), a second-generation AMD Ryzen CPU or newer, or a Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 ARM system-on-chip or newer, with UEFI and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 supported and enabled. There are some exceptions to these requirements, however (see: § System requirements for details). While the OS can be installed on devices with unsupported configurations, Microsoft does not guarantee the availability of updates. Furthermore, Windows 11 completely removes support for 32-bit CPUs, including both 32-bit x86 and 32-bit ARM processors, ensuring compatibility only with 64-bit x86-64 and ARM64 processors. With the 2024 Update, Microsoft did not end support for older Intel chips including Intel 8th, 9th, and 10th Gen chips.

Windows 11 received a mixed reception at launch. Pre-release coverage of the operating system focused on its stricter hardware requirements, with discussions over whether they were legitimately intended to improve the security of Windows, or as a ploy to upsell customers to newer devices, and over the e-waste associated with the changes. Upon release, it was praised for its improved visual design, window management, and stronger focus on security, but was criticized for various modifications to aspects of its user interface that were seen as worse than its predecessor; some were seen as an attempt to dissuade users from switching to competing applications. Additionally, some users have pointed out disadvantages such as the removal of features like the ability to move the taskbar and increased system requirements that may exclude older devices. Future versions of Windows 11 would later receive negative reception due to dropping support for hardware that was initially supported in the original release, removing key features that Microsoft advertised in Windows 11 before its release such as Teams or the Subsystem for Android and broken compatibility with apps, games, hardware and third party customization services.

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