• Anti_Iridium@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I was just pissed at my PC for “Update and Shutdown” and returning to my PC with it at the lock screen. I think this might be enough for me to leave windows.

    Edit: on my gaming PC. Everything else is already KDE Neon or ubuntu.

    • vanderbilt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Fam, jail that windows into a gaming partition and either get a Mac if you aren’t a computer nerd or use Ubuntu if you are. My computing quality of life improved greatly when I didn’t have to use Windows anymore.

  • superterran@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I like the Phone Companion bar too. The folder grid is reminiscent of Windows 8 and is a nod to iOS… I guess haters gonna hate, but this seems like a nice improvement.

      • superterran@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I genuinely don’t understand what more people could want in a start menu, just needlessly against all forward momentum and change?

          • superterran@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            5 months ago

            You can see your phones status and recent messages from the start menu now! More start menu icons are exposed in the space they’ve added an organization mechanism. I think the point is to improve its usefulness

            • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
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              5 months ago

              My personal phone is not linked to my computer. My work computer will never be linked to my work computer because I don’t have a work provided mobile phone. I do expect this new menu to nag the shit out of me to link a phone based on prior Windows ‘features’.

              I don’t use windows messages.

              I see fewer icons in the preview image than I see on the start menu now.

              This is far less useful than the existing menu, which is less useful than the windows 7 menu. This is like how they hid half the things I used on the right click menu under the ‘show more’ option.

              • superterran@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                5 months ago

                Pretty sure the bar goes away when you don’t use Phone Link! I use Phone Link, as you should too assuming you own a phone. I like it because that + the iCloud app basically brings feature parity to my Macs built-in Phone integrations. The simping over Windows is bizarre, it’s like you guys are pissed that Windows 2000 isn’t still supported, come join us in the 21st century please. “Any feature I don’t personally use is pointless and bloat” is a childs argument.

                • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
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                  5 months ago

                  “Everyone else should be subjected to my preferences” is also a child’s argument.

                  If i wanted a Mac I would buy one. They are great for people who like them, but their extremely integrated environment is used to justify exclusive software and hardware requirements that I don’t want to be limited to. Windows forcing an online account is aping Apple and I hate it.