this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
51 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

37738 readers
396 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I don't really like Windows but it's for my gaming PC. My laptop does run linux. I don't know much of anything about 11 and whether it's better or not.

(page 3) 24 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] nihilx7E3@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

imo if you have a compatible machine (& prefer the taskbar at the bottom of the screen), then yes. it's essentially just 10 with some kernel/core updates & a new ui that's much better.

[–] Arnaldur@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Also more ads and bloatware.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Not worth it. For everyday use you won't see a difference. For some games, and if you happen to run Unreal Engine or some software that needs DirectX - you may find compatibility and stability issues.

Haven't had any issues personally, and haven't noticed any massive changes from 10.

[–] supermurs@suppo.fi 1 points 1 year ago

My work laptop doesn't support Windows 11 so I'll keep using 10 until the support runs out or the laptop gets replaced.

[–] beefcat@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

As long as you don't mind the task bar being glued to the bottom of your screen, I think Windows 11 is a net improvement over 10. The new features in WSL are particularly cool.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At the moment no, is trash, the taskbar is broken and unusable.

In September looks like they're adding back basic functionality to the taskbar so it can be considered an upgrade

I don't know how it took so much time to fix that taskbar... Incompetence? Everyone with more than 1 year of experience left the team?

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] notfromhere@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Last time I used 11 it had a few things which are deal breakers for me.

  1. All windows of same application are grouped. In 10, you can have it group them never or only when task bar is full. On 11 you have no option. It takes an extra click every time you want to cycle to a specific window.
  2. Seconds on the clock are gone. I use that on 10 occasionally and want it back.
  3. Context menu in explorer was changed and is way more frustrating to use. My biggest gripe is the keyboard shortcuts were changed for no reason.
  4. The ribbon menu is going away for nested menu system. Ribbon is objectively better for repeating multiple commands.
  5. Gaming performance is worse, specifically VR.
  6. UI/UX changes, some are good, some are bad. It’s not a polished OS with inconsistencies everywhere. In 10 at least they tried to make each level of the UI consistent with itself. 11 is just a hodgepodge of useless shit.
load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›