From: nospam@dfs.com   
      
   On 1/16/2026 10:22 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:   
      
      
   > You should take a look at what the Start menu looks like in Linux Mint   
   > 22.3. It's basically Windows 7 without all of the ads and needless garbage   
   > Microsoft adds to ruin the experience of using our computer.   
      
      
   The Win11 Start Menu has a 'Microsoft Store' icon, and if you play   
   Casual Games you'll see 3rd party ads/videos every so often.  But that's   
   all the advertising I've ever seen in Windows 11.   
      
   I only consider MS Store an ad because it sells MS and 3rd party   
   products for a price.   
      
      
   > Like I said, it's just a matter of time before you become an advocate   
   > yourself.   
      
   Keep hope alive!   
      
   The ONLY reasons I would ever switch are: boredom, a new tinkertoy, or   
   to learn Linux more in depth   
      
      
   I have an in-class exercise for you:   
      
   What file manager do you use on Linux/Pop_OS!?  cosmic-files, thunar,   
   Dolphin, Nautilus?   
      
   Whatever it is, open 3 or more instances/windows of it (not 3 tabs in   
   the same window), arrange the windows left to right on your desktop, and   
   navigate to the same directory in all instances.   
      
   In any instance, rename a directory (usually F2 to edit) and hit Enter.   
   What happens to the directory name shown in the other instances?   
      
   Try other file / directory operations:   
     * create a new file   
     * delete a file   
     * create a new folder   
     * delete a folder   
     * using a 3rd party app, modify a file and look for a change to the   
       'date modified' timestamp   
      
   On Windows, the effects of file and folder operations executed in - or   
   outside - any open instance of the file manager are immediately or very   
   quickly reflected in all open instances of the file manager.   
      
   I did all these tests with 5 instances of File Explorer open (and used   
   Windows Terminal, Excel 2003, Notepad++, Python and SQLite to make file   
   / folder changes), and Windows got an A+++ on every test.   
      
   Operation                            Change seen in 5 File Explorers   
   ----------------------------------   --------------------------------   
   * file and folder creation and   
      deletion using File Explorer          instantaneous   
   * create / delete file or folder   
      using Windows Terminal                ~1 second   
   * Python script to bulk-rename   
      210 folders                           ~1 second   
   * delete table from SQLite database   
      using the SQLite Studio app           ~1 second   
   * save new Excel spreadsheet            ~1 second   
   * modify existing Excel spreadsheet     ~1 second   
   * save new text file with Notepad++     ~1 second   
      
   You can see the type of 3rd party app doesn't matter - after the app   
   commits the file change, Windows takes about 1 second to recognize the   
   file change and update the screen.  What's interesting is all 5   
   instances of File Explorer show the new information concurrently - if it   
   is updating consecutively it happens too fast for your eyes to see.   
      
   screen looked like this during my testing   
   https://imgur.com/ONjFfQr   
      
      
   I'm curious if your GuhNoo file manager works the same, or if you have   
   to hit F5 (or whatever) to refresh it to show the updated information.   
   If so, do you have to refresh each open instance, one by one?   
      
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