Microsoft asking us to buy new Windows 11 PCs is wasteful(xda-developers.com)

20 points by josephcsible 2 years ago | 7 comments

Microsoft tried to ban "Microslop", and six months later it has given up(windowslatest.com)

21 points by theanonymousone 1 month ago | 6 comments

Windows Latest article reporting that Microsoft attempted to ban the derisive term "Microslop" in its Copilot Discord community and gave up six months later.

Microsoft denies rewriting Windows 11 in Rust using AI(windowslatest.com)

52 points by zdw 10 months ago | 44 comments

Windows 11 – There's still nothing worth my time(dedoimedo.com)

69 points by segasaturn 1 year ago | 65 comments

Why Windows 11 still ships with Windows 95's memory manager hidden inside it(windowslatest.com)

168 points by khalidkhair 7 days ago | 108 comments

Windows Latest article explaining how Windows 11 still includes the EmulateHeap compatibility shim that gives old apps Windows 95's heap memory manager.

Update and shut down no longer restarts PC, 25H2 patch addresses decades-old bug(windowslatest.com)

95 points by taubek 11 months ago | 57 comments

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great(theverge.com)

647 points by rorylawless 9 months ago | 566 comments

A Verge first-person diary column by Nathan Edwards about replacing Windows with Linux on his gaming desktop, chapter one.

I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too(notebookcheck.net)

782 points by smurda 9 months ago | 721 comments

Notebookcheck opinion column in which the author describes switching his main desktop from Windows 11 to Linux (Artix) and urges readers to do the same.

No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive(idiallo.com)

445 points by firefoxd 1 year ago | 338 comments

A short blog post by Ibrahim Diallo complaining that a Windows OneDrive backup prompt offers only reminder intervals rather than a way to decline.

Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux(himthe.dev)

1633 points by bobsterlobster 9 months ago | 1288 comments

A personal blog post explaining why the author switched from Microsoft Windows to Linux.

2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop(xeiaso.net)

767 points by todsacerdoti 9 months ago | 572 comments

Xe Iaso's blog note announcing a switch from Windows 11 to Fedora Linux as their main desktop OS in 2026, criticizing Microsoft's recent Windows changes.

My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore(howtogeek.com)

526 points by doctorshady 2 years ago | 478 comments

How-To Geek opinion article arguing that Windows, with its ads and imposed features, no longer feels like the user's own computer.