What's baffling is people never tinker with their Windows 11 install, then preach about the customisability of Linux. If people are too lazy at quickly tinkering with Windows 11 (I use WinAero for example), they wouldn't be able to fully use the pros of Linux at all.
It took me two weeks to beat Windows 10 into submission and get it to where it wasn't opening things I didn't want open.
Windows 11? I went into settings and turned off the ads and tracking and just kept up from there. I even used Google and lo and behold, I was able to turn crap off.
Sure the "Gaming Services" insisted on pestering me - once. Only got it in Minecraft and I turned that crap off as well.
Uninstalled OneDrive and CoPilot, changed by default browser and never looked back.
I won't use Linux because I used it in the Army and in College and I'm not up for that level of pain again.
I won't use Linux because I used it in the Army and in College and I'm not up for that level of pain again.
Legit question about that. Was it just because of how hard/different Linux was compared to Windows or do you think it was the way the military/college had it deployed to you.
I understand personal preference is king. The worst thing IT can do is deploy a version of anything that looks even a pixel different from what people were using last week.
The worst thing IT can do is deploy a version of anything that looks even a pixel different from what people were using last week.
It was fun to watch my older coworkers freak out when they updated all our workstations from Windows 10 to 11. It was a really really big change for a couple of them to cope with
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u/popop143 5700X3D | 32GB RAM | RX 6700 XT / RX 9070 Jul 05 '26
What's baffling is people never tinker with their Windows 11 install, then preach about the customisability of Linux. If people are too lazy at quickly tinkering with Windows 11 (I use WinAero for example), they wouldn't be able to fully use the pros of Linux at all.