• superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
    942·
    3 months ago

    If you’re using Windows 11 and not having a great time with it, there are ways to make the experience more pleasant. We’ve covered 14 tweaks to make Windows 11 better and how to remove Windows 11’s junk, which is a good start toward making an OS you enjoy.

    There’s another way…

  • goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    922·
    3 months ago

    Thank god, for a second there I thought they meant “cracking down on people dodging Windows 11 by intentionally disabling TPM,” like I’ve been doing. False alarm, carry on.

    • stealth_cookies@lemmy.caEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      That is half the reason I have it disabled on my desktop. The other half being that the BIOS updates never fixed the fTPM stuttering issues for my computer (both using the 3700X and 5800X) so the computer is unusable with it turned on.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    571·
    3 months ago

    So Microsoft wants to force everyone to ditch their perfectly good machines so they can make more money off of selling OEM licenses.

    I’m just waiting for Europe to sue their greedy asses for planned obsolescence.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        55·
        3 months ago

        Like what? I’m still using my 2011 MacBook Pro, and my phone is about six years old.

        I can’t update my 2011 MBP to the latest version of OSX, but it still works fantastically for everyday stuff. Phone can update to the next version of iOS.

        • notTheCat@lemmy.mlEnglish
          9·
          3 months ago

          can’t update

          Yeah, that’s the problem, if your hardware can run the latest software, it should be able to update to the latest software

          • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            55·
            3 months ago

            It’s THIRTEEN YEARS OLD! It still functions! If it stops functioning, I can put Linux on it!

            It’s a first-gen Core i7… I don’t think the hardware would support the latest version that well, if at al.

              • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                31·
                3 months ago

                not even a browser

                Try Firefox maybe? Safari and Firefox work perfectly on my 13 year old MacBook… I don’t know what’s wrong with your machine.

                Edit: you can’t put Windows 11 on a 13 year old machine, that’s a straight-up lie. Mind you, not because the hardware is broken or unsupported, but because Microsoft simply refuses to allow it.

      • ben@lemmy.zipEnglish
        69·
        3 months ago

        Yeah as much as this sucks I honestly hope that Microsoft will actually take advantage of this and start moving legacy support into more specialized options.

        A lot of the reason windows is so janky at times is because of the insane obsession they have with backwards compatibility.

        • MinFapper@startrek.websiteEnglish
          12·
          3 months ago

          False.

          I work for Microsoft and I can assure you that any effort I make to increase code quality or reduce jank (or pretty much anything other than shoving more AI in our products) will not positively impact my bonus next year.

        • stupidcasey@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          3 months ago

          Lol, worst take I have ever heard.

          1. Windows has no purpose these days outside backwards compatibility.

          2. Windows primarily sucks because of ads and forced updates, not jank.

          3. Microsoft exclusively deals in antiquated spaghetti code, removing backwards compatibility won’t change that.

          4. Microsoft has no interest in improving users experience they have invested entirely in squeezing in micro transactions not exactly a user first design philosophy.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      At the very least, they should be releasing some “Lite” version for older hardware or something.

      It’s such a catch-22 with Linux, because you’re not going to see ads for it and most “normal” people don’t even know what it is (and that they have a viable alternative to Windows).

      I don’t want ads for Linux, but I wish there was a way to elevate it into the general public consciousness so people are aware that they even have an option. AND ITS FREE.

    • Lila_Uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      28·
      3 months ago

      While I do agree that a lot of the PCs that are deemed not compatible is really stupid, there are people that are trying to use Windows 11 on devices that have no business running it, so this is partially to prevent their devices from getting infected with a virus or something

      • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        3 months ago

        I’ve lost count of how many times Microsoft, and many other big tech companies, hindered me from doing something I wanted to do on a device that I own for “security” reasons while it had absolutely nothing to do with security and everything to do with forcing their users to comply with their business model.

        DRM chips have nothing to do with device security and everything to do with further controlling what you can and cannot do on your machine and making more money off of you.

        You really shouldn’t believe the Corporate bad faith arguments used to justify anti-consumer practices.

        • Breadhax0r@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          My job has radicalized me against windows, the settings are factory reset quite frequently due to updates or reimaging so I’m constantly resetting every single option just to get it back to a continent state (Who in their right mind thinks centered task bar icons is a good thing!?!?!)

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Since when is having vulnerable hardware the business of the operating system? Sure, they’re allowed to do whatever they want, but it’s stupid. It’s your system. You should be able to try to run any software you want on it and the software shouldn’t care (unless it just literally can’t work, not a software check to make it not work).

        I’m on Linux only though, so I may be biased. I think I own my computer and you may not agree with that.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    411·
    3 months ago

    “By god we have got to stop people from using Windows!”

    Uh. Yes. Do that.

  • Zier@fedia.io
    303·
    3 months ago

    And here I am using a modern Linux OS on a 15 year old desktop without any issues or nagging to log into an online account or to backup all my shit to some server, open to hackers, in windows world.

  • vortexal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    241·
    3 months ago

    The thing that I don’t understand is that, if this is such a big problem for Microsoft, why not just remove the system requirements or at least make an alternative version of Windows 11 that, even if it lacks certain features, doesn’t have those requirements?

    Microsoft wants people to switch to Windows 11 but a majority stay with Windows 10 because their systems don’t have what’s required and they’re either not willing to use Linux or they can’t for what ever their reason is. Making Windows 11 more accessible to Windows 10 users would fix this problem for most users but they’re not for some reason. I know they’re Microsoft and Microsoft doesn’t care about their users but they’re seemingly willing to lose a significant portion of their users over something so insignificant, which is out of character for Microsoft.

    • myliltoehurts@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      3 months ago

      I’d guess it’s corporate circlejerk - they probably made deals with hardware manufacturers who are annoyed people are not replacing their perfectly functional systems with new ones. Windows gets pre-installed on new systems, and in exchange windows requires new things forcing people to upgrade their old systems - or be locked out of the most popular OS in the world.

      • Defaced@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        This right here, the whole tpm requirement was most likely pushed from OEM’s wanting to sell new hardware.

    • Halosheep@lemm.eeEnglish
      61·
      3 months ago

      How does that make any sense? Does Microsoft get a cut of sales for component upgrades?

      • frazorth@feddit.ukEnglish
        15·
        3 months ago

        This question makes no sense.

        Most Windows users are not technical enough to do component upgrades.

      • toddestan@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        3 months ago

        Any new computer sold that has a copy of Windows preinstalled means Microsoft is getting a cut.

        • Halosheep@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          Obviously, but we’re talking about a really, really small subset of users that probably would earn Microsoft less than a week of coffee in their corporate office.

      • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        people can’t upgrade.

        people see their computer isn’t supported.

        people buy a new computer.

        oems license windows.

  • hydroxycotton@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    3 months ago

    I installed Linux mint on my laptop the other day because of various sustained long term annoyances with Windows. Despite some minor hiccups it only took about 30 minutes. It’s been such a great experience so far.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      I’ve been on EndeavourOS (basically Arch… btw…) for about a year and a half now, and I absolutely love it. I will never use Windows by choice again.

    • Spaniard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Did the same on my desktop computer two weeks ago, everything else is already on Linux (servers and laptops).

      I am fed up on Microsoft shenanigans with windows.

  • Brownian Motion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    3 months ago

    If you must use Windows, download it legitimately from MS website. Use RUFUS to burn the ISO image to a USB. Remove the restrictions you hate.

    Dual boot a Linux variant, and move over apps at your leisure, until you are no longer Win OS dependent.

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I just moved to Linux and started fresh.

      The big mental change was instead of searching “sony vegas on linux please” I just started searching for “video editing software Linux”, and take any possible limitations and live with them, as I know it’s only temporary until Linux catches on.

    • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I preferred to do Windows as a VM personally. Dual boot cost me a year before my Linux switch BC it was easier to boot Windows when I needed it. With VM I could do mostly Linux with maybe just vm to open a word doc if I needed it.

    • fatalicus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      3 months ago

      Hey man, I think your keyboard is broken.

      Every single reply you have made in this thread is just the exact same thing.

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
        12·
        3 months ago

        I know. It’s noyy keyboard, it’s me.

        I’ve had 30 years of having to read one Microsoft bullshit article after another, and then watch people go like sheep and give more monies to Microsoft for their shit. I’m kinda done with that and if my replies are annoying to you, imagine me having to deal with that for 30 years already.

        The simple truth is that Linux works, is more reliable and more usable than windows… frankly, always had been. The biggest “ooohhh difficult!” part about it is that a few things work slightly different. Takes 5 minutes to understand and you go. Most people use windows with all its bullshit to do some word stuff and browse the internet. Guess what? You can do that too on Linux. Since 20 years ago already, that’s how long I’ve been on Linux desktop.

        Fuck Microsoft bullshit that always ALWAYS vuases problems

      • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        lol sorry, i meant in the war sense… cracking down on “dodging” minimum requirements sounded so self-serious, like the government cracking down on draft dodgers or something.