realitista,

Meh, I don’t care, I’d much rather have startallback than updates as it’s the only thing that makes that windows box usable.

Cyberflunk,

Glad I have no idea what this is. Thanks Proton

AnActOfCreation,

What does Proton have to to with this?

4am,

You don’t need widows to game anymore (Proton the game software for Linux, not Proton the VPN/email provider)

Cyberflunk,

What they said.

Psythik,

I’ll switch once HDR support becomes mainstream in Linux. That and a Linux equivalent of AutoHDR (which is a Windows 11 feature that converts SDR videos and games to HDR). This is literally the only thing keeping me on Windows.

Cyberflunk,

github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton

Steam on Linux uses Proton to play Windows games. Ain’t perfect, but perfect enough I don’t need windows anymore.

1984,

The only update I want is going back to Windows 7 anyway. This crap they call a modern operating system is inferior to Linux and mac os.

Evilcoleslaw,

This isn’t normal Windows Updates. These are warnings for OS upgrades as Windows Insiders upgrade to new preview builds of the OS.

deweydecibel,

At this point I’ve just abandoned the start menu all together. PowerToys Run has effectively become how I launch anything that isn’t on the taskbar, tied to one of the buttons on my mouse or a keyboard shortcut. Everything search on a different shortcut replaces the built-in search.

Of course that’s just how I cope on my mandatory-Windows 11 work laptop. At home (and I know this is almost a meme at this point), I’m slowly getting myself accustomed to Linux alongside Windows 10 until that’s no longer feasible.

Fiivemacs,

Am I the only one that still using the file explorer to navigate to the folders I want?I’ve never used the start menu…only computer then Explorer

Zorque,

Am I misunderstanding something or are you saying you dig into the program files every time you launch a program? I thought the OP was talking about programs not files and folder.

EarMaster,

Out of curiosity: How do you start programs? If a program is clearly associated with a file by opening the file from explorer I assume, but there are programs which are not file based (web browser, games, …). Do you maintain a folder with shortcuts or do you navigate the start menu folder using the explorer?

restingboredface,

I do this. All programs I access regularly are shortcuts on the desktop. Everything else I can get to with folders or launchers like steam.

pastaPersona,

Pays 100$ for windows 11 pro expecting to not see targeted advertising.

“Play Candy Crush on the Windows App Store Now!” ad baked into the Lock Screen ffs why

funkajunk,

Buy an OEM key next time, I’ve never spent more than 20 bucks for Pro.

hydroptic,

Or, you know, don’t use Windows

funkajunk,

Yeah, I mostly use Linux. Unfortunately, certain games only run on Windows and you’re stuck using it if you want to play those titles.

hydroptic,

Ah, anti-cheat problems? Feels like those are nearly the only ones that won’t play nice with Proton nowadays

AbsurdityAccelerator,

There are so many good games out there, I can simply skip the ones that don’t run on Linux.

null,

Pretty much only ones that use an invasive, kernel-level anticheat. I don’t want that on my system regardless.

strawberry,

or just dont pay. run the right commands and you unlock windows frww

breadsmasher,

swwwt i lovw frww stuff

strawberry,

mw too

funkajunk,

Yarrr

github.com/…/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

strawberry,

shit I just copied mine from some website. bookmarking that tho

prettybunnys,

github.com/…/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

funkajunk,

Haha, I didn’t see your comment until now, but I already knew about that and shared the link with another user.

circuitfarmer,

Buy

No

funkajunk,

k

empireOfLove2,

I’m sure this is intended to block software thst could do things like remove Copilot and all the OS level advertising they keep populating windows with.

kadu,

There’s a literal native toggle to disable Copilot so that’d be really weird.

RvTV95XBeo,

Until there isn’t a toggle

Plopp,

It’s just a miniscule step of enshittification away.

xyguy,

There’s a toggle

Becomes

There’s a toggle but we moved it deep into a sub menu

Becomes

If you toggle it off it also breaks a lot of other things you want to have

Becomes

Toggle it off if you want but it’s still going to run in the background

Until the EU sues and forces them to have an option to actually remove it.

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