More info about it here: https://www.ghacks.net/2024/08/13/windows-11-start-menu-is-getting-a-new-layout-to-organize-your-apps/
I love how microsoft never learns their lessons.
Well that looks like pure garbage. Glad I no longer have to deal with it.
Uggggh fucking whhhhhy.
I don’t even use Windows and I have to put up with this shit. My parents are going to call and ask how and why they have to use this new thing.
What was gained from this exercise in self-lobotomization? Pick a design language and stick to it.
Stirring the pot like this is driving away even enterprise users. My last org only approved Macs and Chromebooks because we didn’t want to deal with the headaches that windows brought. Imagine saying that statement 10 years ago!
IF the categorization works well, and that’s a big if, I like it.
And if the categorization isn’t absolutely perfect, you can bet everyone will be clamoring to be allowed to customize it or disable it.
i guess they couldn’t find a way to not make it look fucking awful
Amazing! Reading this headline made my bazzite partition grow by 2 whole disk drives!
Oh, dang. Laughing in KDE Plasma.
I die every workday when I have to boot in windows because our CAD doesn’t work on Linux. On the other hand it makes switching back to plasma at the end of work feel as sweet as day 1! I don’t feel like I’ll ever take it for granted.
I was just pissed at my PC for “Update and Shutdown” and returning to my PC with it at the lock screen. I think this might be enough for me to leave windows.
Fam, jail that windows into a gaming partition and either get a Mac if you aren’t a computer nerd or use Ubuntu if you are. My computing quality of life improved greatly when I didn’t have to use Windows anymore.
Who even plays games that don’t run well on Linux/proton these days?
You don’t need to be a nerd. Just need to watch a vid or follow ubiquitous guide on how to partition a disk or install second disk. Installing and running Linux is easier than windows these days with most common distros.
The learning curve is easier than the one for each windows update too. At least for plasma, i would assume gnome too.
Still, some enterprise class software only running on windows is a reasonable excuse(for the user). Also not everyone has the drive space or can afford extra hardware. Obligatory privilege check ig.
Unfortunately, a sizable amount of multiplayer games. And if you play with friends, that can be an issue.
Thankfully I don’t play any games with problematic anti-cheat, because I have no friends 🧠
Modded games too.
Linux is getting there, but it’s really only great for single player games now. That’s what I use it for
I play games that don’t play well with Linux. Sims 1 & 2 are just straight up broken.
So my Linux PC is actually my WinXP retro gaming PC but Linux is dualbooted for when I want to do more modern stuff on it.
XP is a fine OS
Only issue is lack of V Sync for 2d games and the desktop. Which is why it would’ve been nice for Linux to be able to run the Sims 1
Mac has a terrible UI though.
Windows 11 gets a new all apps screen in the start menu*
It’s not as bad as people here are making it out to be. It actually might even be an improvement. It’s only for the all apps tab, and it organizes apps by their purpose, and you don’t have to click the folder to expand it and then click the icon, as you can just click the icon and it will launch it. I’ve been using Windows 11 since it came out, and the all apps tab is something I have barely ever used. All my important stuff is neatly organized in one single tab of my home star menu screen, and anything that is not there I’ll just look it up with search.
I disagree. Microsoft is learning its lesson. It’s just that the vast majority of people are teaching Microsoft that its actions are perfectly acceptable, or, at the very least, not totally unacceptable… so it continues.
Not my home screem!
No wonder why alot of people are on windows 10
Windows 10 IOT Enterprise LTSC until the heat death of the universe
not the home screem
if had to use windows at home i’ld screem too.
not too surprised they didn’t change that.
These people are stupid fucks.
I like the phone link integration. I’ve never been a fan out auto-populating app folders though.
Where’s all the ads though? They’ve gotta be thinking about turning one of the folders into a recommended apps folder or something dumb. They’ll sneak something in somewhere.
