I am so out of the loop, I don’t have any windows computers anymore which means I don’t get to try Windows 11. The last windows I used was Windows 10 years ago just after upgrading from Windows 7 and I didn’t like it.

  • do you have it already?
  • what are your thoughts?
  • did MS do well?
  • is it fast, does it feel lean or bulky

Maybe I should try it out just to get a feeling for it, I think without knowing what most people will use I can’t talk about alternatives with them.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.deOP
    151·
    3 years ago

    Please people stop downvoting this. I also don’t like windows and closed-source software. But I want to get to know my opponent.

    • Sr Estegosaurio
      5·
      3 years ago

      Agree, I really dislike nonfree software and Microsoft in concrete. But it’s important to keep an eye in what they do.

  • marmulak
    61·
    3 years ago

    I haven’t and most likely won’t

    • Kohen Shaw
      5·
      3 years ago

      How is this the first time I’m hearing of this distro? It is kind of unusual that they don’t seem to specify on their website what this distro is based on though

      • Zerush
        5·
        3 years ago

        Yes they do

        See

        https://www.windowsfx.org/index.php/home/about-windowsfx

        and

        https://www.windowsfx.org/index.php/release-news/software-licenses

        It is essentially a skinned and modified Ubuntu LTS for compatibility withr EXE and MSI files, although with limitations. That is, it will be valid for normal use and not to scare too much users unaccustomed to Linux, but it has similar compatibility problems with MS like other distros using Wine.

        For a Linux novice I would recommend before using Q4OS (Debian based), which with different skins can also be very similar in appearance and handling to Windows.

        Anyway, WindowsFX is still better than this ReactOS, which has been trying to fork Windows XP for more than a decade (still in beta) and which serves as an insider joke for MS devs.

        • Kohen Shaw
          3·
          3 years ago

          Thanks for that, missed the parts where they were mentioning Ubuntu LTS while skimming through their about and license pages.

          • Zerush
            3·
            3 years ago

            There are others, which can give you the feeling of old Windows, like this one, also another one which may serve as a joke. Both are browserbased, put them in fullscreen to prank your friends.

          • Zerush
            21·
            3 years ago

            Yes and no, it is also a product of a good part of reverse engineering that also does not work very well. I think that MS is going to release Windows XP as Open Source before, as it has already done with MSDOS, that ReactOS is going to work as it should. Besides, who today is going to want an imitation of Windows XP, without good compatibility with current applications? Browse with IE?

              • Zerush
                2·
                3 years ago

                Agree, I think the same, like old MSDOS and other projects it may be interesting for people and devs who like to experiment or some educational purposes. A practical use I do not see in this.

  • dragnucs
    51·
    3 years ago

    I did not use it. I only have windows 10 on my $EMPLOYER provided laptop, which I don’t like too.

  • the_tech_beast
    51·
    3 years ago

    No, I am still on Windows 10.

    I will not update to windows 11

    • Zerush
      4·
      3 years ago

      Try if GodMode works in W11, with this you have ALL possible settings in Windows in one List. It’s a own hidden feature in all Windows, but easy to activate.

      Simply create a new folder and rename it:

      GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} (Copy paste this as is)

      that is, the folder change its aspect and when you open it, you have a list, ordered by themes of all settings, even the most hidden ones.

  • LIESGREEDMISERY
    2·
    3 years ago

    Personally I may never need Windows in the future, I may never install it in my own devices. If college required me to use Zbrush which only works on Windows, I’d want to purpose Blender (seriously, Blender is good for sculpting as well, and industries are adopting Blender). I hate that education focuses on specific software, not creativity to self-adapt with any available software.

    I do have the curiosity to use Windows 11, how it looks, how it feels. But it’s not enough to make me install it. So if a friend had it installed on their device, I may ask to try run around in it.

  • morrowind
    31·
    3 years ago

    The biggest pull for windows 11 was the new store, and now we know for sure it’s coming to windows 10 reasonably soon, so I’m staying for now

  • Zerush
    31·
    3 years ago

    Maybe I think about it when W10 loses support in 2025, but I think I preferred to switch to a Linux distro before. It has cost me enough to de-telemetry and tune the W10, eliminating all the useless crap that it carries by default (to improve the user experience), so that it works now as it should, to go to an OS that takes up twice the space and is much slower, like the W11.