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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.

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

It has a newer kernel and more bells and whistles. Performance-wise I dun think it is that different from 10, except for newer hardware. If it is for gaming, I dun think it matters much. The recent versions are stable enough and Microsoft has ironed out enough kinks already.

[–] mistermc101@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

It's honestly just ten but better. Easier on your system, less superfluous animations, and it's organized a bit better. Most windows 10 apps are compatible out of the box as well.

[–] iamhazel@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I've been running 11 since the first leak and haven't looked back. I actually really dislike using 10 in comparison.

[–] deedasmi@lemmy.timdn.com 3 points 1 year ago

No. It's strictly worse than Windows 10.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 2 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?

[–] kiddblur@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What’s broken and unusable about the taskbar? I’ve had w11 installed since the beta days, and other than aligning it back to the left (my webcam blocks the bottom center of my screen), I haven’t had any issues with it

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

That's designed to be a bad clone of the MacOS dock, instead of the Windows bar. So, fancy animations but no drag & drop at launch (fixed one year later because drag & drop is hard to program, even windows me could do it) and no list of opened windows to switch faster

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Windows 10 feels like a better Operating System, with Win11 being a beta program for features.

[–] BaconIsAVeg@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I tried Win11 for a month before switching back. The completely unnecessary changes to the Start and right click menus killed it for me.

It felt like I'd taken my car into the shop for an engine tune-up and it came out with a square steering wheel and the gas/brake pedals were reversed.

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

I run Linux too and know that both 10 and 11 run the same couple games exactly as well, but Windows 11 won’t install unless you have a TPM module set up properly on your motherboard. Just because of that I use 10 because of less hassle.

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

W11 has more efficient power usage and task management. Outside of that, there's rounded UI and... uh... yea just rounded UI. If this is a new PC install or just like a fresh install, just upgrade to Windows 11. W10 is eventually going to be discontinued sooner and the changes aren't that drastic to warrant staying downgraded. I also recommend something like Open Shell to fix a lot of the gripes power users have with the UI, like the limited right-click context menus. Personally, I use StartAllBack. WinAeroTweaker is a great software to disable some telemetry, add important options to context menus, etc.

You can still game on Linux now with Proton.

[–] nihilx7E3@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 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.

[–] Souvlaki@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

prefer the taskbar at the bottom of the screen

This is 90% of the reason i haven't upgraded to 11 yet. I want my taskbar vertically on the left damnit!

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[–] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

I hate the new start bar, and that you no longer can group icons. I've installed startisback to get the win 10 bar.

[–] 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.

[–] ryuko@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not really, unless you're a fan of the UI/UX changes.

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