Having seen some leaked footage of Win9's start menu, I'm kinda on the fence. I know that the whole Start Screen thing irks plenty, but the live tiles is something that I'd find pretty handy. It seems it's going to be a hybrid of sorts between menu and screen:
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:16 pm
by PluMGMK
foultzboyz wrote: i usually use a MacBook, but when i have to use a PC and i have a choice between hundreds of dollars spent on an terrible OS or spending nothing to download Linux Mint, loaded with solid software and infinitely better, it's kind of a no-brainer.
This guy understands!
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:59 am
by Phoenixan
foultzboyz wrote:Windows 8 is only somewhat bearable to me if i install Classic Shell. it still sucks, no doubt, but at least it's not as much of an utter headache as trying to use Metro. Microsoft Bob had a better interface than Metro.
and Macs and Linux are getting a decent amount of software nowadays. not as much as Windows, but even gaming-wise, while there's not a ton of stuff, almost all the bases are covered in some way, and most of the time with Linux, it's free software too. i usually use a MacBook, but when i have to use a PC and i have a choice between hundreds of dollars spent on an terrible OS or spending nothing to download Linux Mint, loaded with solid software and infinitely better, it's kind of a no-brainer.
I tried using Linux (fedora, xubuntu) as my main OS for a while, but one area Linux is really lacking right now is with decent art software. GIMP & Krita are on the right track, but they still don't quite own up to having a real native Photoshop.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:03 am
by incognito
FEDORA ? Xubuntu ? They suck.
Use Debian or Mint.
You wont be dissapointed.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:34 am
by Phoenixan
I've tried Mint back when they fucked around with the update manager and broke Wine. Admittedly, now they fixed that by allowing installation of level 4 & 5 updates.
But still, no thanks.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 4:31 pm
by stan423321
This is an interesting topic in hindsight.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:04 pm
by Cairnie
I have to agree that although I have never owned it, Windows 8 is indeed pretty poop.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:07 pm
by stan423321
I switched directly to Windows 10 and some stuff is hilarious.
For example, you need to rename some system file to recolor title bars. Weird, huh?
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:08 pm
by Master
WinX tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it didn't even matter.
Lame references aside, I had high hopes for WinX, but I'd tolerate Win8 with Classic Shell than the weird frankenstein hybrid WinX is any day.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:11 pm
by stan423321
Honestly that's not the feeling I have when I use Win1.0. Win8 as seen on friends' computers felt more like a Frankenstein hybrid.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:12 pm
by Master
The problem I have is that while the tablet stuff was tacked on with Win8, with classic start, you could effectively ignore the tablet stuff and get an almost Win7 like experience. You don't get that with WinX, which tried to merge the two concepts in an awkward compromise. At least, that's how I've felt when using it.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:14 pm
by stan423321
That's a very subjective manner. In my opinion "new" apps behave like something written with a weird windowing toolkit now. Previously, they loved to take over the screen out of sudden.
As for the regular programs, they... don't feel too different to use?
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:18 pm
by Master
Programs-wise, I'm ok. It's more to do with functionality, I don't like the new start menu, for instance. The all apps list has way too large icons for my taste, and you can't use jump lists with pinned apps, only recently used.
Windows Update is its own beast, but I don't like how much control has been taken away. I understand the desire to secure less than technologically inclined end users, but I know that the enforced update idea has lead to problems in regards to device drivers.
I'll probably write up a bit more when RD's over, but there's just too many little thing in WinX which don't rub me the right way.
Re: Computers (not hardware)
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:34 pm
by Haruka
I like computers.
Re: IT... Computing....
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:00 pm
by incognito
Okay, I'd like to thank all the members for having at 56% voted that Windows 8 is indeed pure shit.
But now another vote and an even more important one is coming.
Windows 10, I'm curious to know if like me you think that OS is one of the biggest privacy violations in the IT world since Snowden's revelations.
Re: IT... Computing....
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:20 pm
by DandyGuy
With the exception of DirectX 12 & Vulkan, there really is no point in updating.
If anything, ill probably update to 8.1 while dual booting Mint 18.
Re: IT... Computing....
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:08 pm
by incognito
What, what you say is that in order to use Vulkan you have to upgrade to WinOsX ?
Re: IT... Computing....
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:15 pm
by DandyGuy
Sorry, I thought it was Windows exclusive
Re: IT... Computing....
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:21 pm
by incognito
I was affraid for a moment that in order to play DooM 4 I had to update to Windows 10...
Re: IT... Computing....
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:23 pm
by PluMGMK
Are you gonna reset the poll? Vulkan is of course cross-platform, it's intended to be the successor to OpenGL. (Of course support in Mesa right now is limited to Intel chips, but I don't mind.)
Vulkan is of course cross-platform, it's intended to be the successor to OpenGL. (Of course support in Mesa right now is limited to Intel chips, but I don't mind.)