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Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes - but no apologies (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 1 day ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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In a long post titled "Our commitment to Windows quality," published on Microsoft's website and sent via email to millions of members of the Windows Insider Program, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri laid out a laundry list of changes Microsoft plans to make in Windows 11, starting this month.

What's most remarkable about this post is what it doesn't contain. Here's how Davuluri kicked things off:

Every day, we hear from the community about how you experience Windows. And over the past several months, the team and I have spent a great deal of time analyzing your feedback. What came through was the voice of people who care deeply about Windows and want it to be better.

That paragraph belongs in the non-apology Hall of Fame, with a cross-reference to "Friday news dump" -- a classic PR technique that aims to minimize media coverage of the awkward news being released.

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[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 33 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Too little, too late.

Already left for Cachyos and it is for me without a doubt better at everything than Windows.

Good riddance.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

I setup a mini pc using CachyOs for my Jellyfin server and I am surprised by how easy it all was. I am still going to use windows for my gaming pc (Nvidia gpu…if the drivers get better, then I will switch entirely over), but I am glad I got a Linux computer now.

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm also on an NVIDIA GPU (4070 Ti) and I have no problem so far.

Even if the NVIDIA driver are marginally less performant, i think the leaner OS makes up for it.

I'm fairly sure I have better FPS and stability in Rocket League.

As long as you are ok with some tinkering with proton from time to time I think cachyos can work as a daily driver for gaming and most desktop tasks.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Anti cheat is the main reason I should have said on top of the slightly worse drivers

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah. I have BF6 so...

But at this point I'm reluctant to boot up my windows partition just to play this game.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 15 hours ago

I've been using Linux with Nvidia for a few years now without any problems. I don't play the most cutting edge stuff at high resolution, but like path of exile 2, elden ring, expedition 33 all ran just fine.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What hardware have you, I have paired back my jellyfin requirements to being just local but UHD.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Intel N150 DDR4 16GB Ram. Can play any 4K video with ease.