XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-12-28 6:41 p.m., rbowman wrote:   
   > On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:21:30 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >> It is definitely a better choice, but games run better on Linux for the   
   >> time being. What I find sad about Linux is that even the simplest things   
   >> like a weather widget is a pain in the ass. In KDE, it mostly works fine   
   >> but requires a tiny amount of configuration. In Cinnamon, have fun   
   >> configuring the thing for your city. It can be done, but the process is   
   >> a lot more annoying than in Windows or MacOS which simply determines   
   >> your location and sets it into the weather application automatically.   
   >   
   > I have the widgets turned off on the Win11 laptop. The weather might be   
   > useful but if the mouse gets anywhere near the widget I get a big popup of   
   > shit I absolutely do not need.   
      
   I hate that too. I would love to only hold onto the weather and discard   
   everything else. That part of the operating system knows me too well and   
   always have the kind of headlines that I'm very likely to click on. If   
   anything, it's part of why I return to Linux so often.   
      
   > That's my problem with Win11. I don't want to log into One Drive, Teams,   
   > and so forth. I don't want seemingly random popups hawking wares. I don't   
   > want AI. I've used Windows for years in addition to Linux and didn't mind   
   > it but it is now completely enshitified.   
      
   What bothers me most about Windows 11 is the fact that if I want to   
   install it, it is absolutely intolerable to do so unless I prepare the   
   USB drive with Rufus and disable just about everything Windows forces on   
   me, including the online account. I can imagine how much longer   
   Microsoft will allow me to bypass their garbage.   
      
      
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   CrudeSausage   
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