Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:48:57 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 17 Message-ID: <20260817094857.00002856@gmail.com> References: <18cc1576469d353e$143557$916528$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <115rn8m$110$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:49:01 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="1147163"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+IqEIvAZtvrvZ/3GVMRk0guKJ25dsOFNo="; posting-host="b1b096096ae07f3aa9f3ad879d037ad3" Cancel-Lock: sha1:Fgne1cJvEdYVI77XXiHoZMm4fbU= sha256:czb+0xMlSLTuQs5EWDwXn9NrronSHDcXtogtW7NG1Jg= sha1:n5WSDHONhJD3uffXgAE/Cg9X2qA= sha256:tchobNwFsXo0pVGBcqVRyg2wMmV0gcPXJC49laneY2I= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:720401 comp.os.linux.misc:89969 alt.comp.os.windows-11:33712 On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:01:41 -0400 "Joel W. Crump" wrote: > Win11 can be a great OS, actually. It's hot garbage - worse than 8/10, which were already worse than 7. Having failed to capture the tablet market with a bad imitation of iOS, they've apparently set their sights on failing to capture Mac users with a bad imitation of OSX - and the inevitable UI fuckery would be annoying enough, but on top of that you're perpetually stuck with a dozen Edge processes running in the background to serve up the New New Flavor of GUI, sucking up more RAM for less usability, their IPP driver is shit on top of WSD still being shit, Defender is more of a hog and more controlling than ever, etc. etc. etc. Burn it with fire.