Windows 10’s latest update is deleting some users’ documents

Re:Windows 10’s latest update is deleting some users’ documents by wlesieutre on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:27PM (#18149974)

Have you seen elementary OS? Very clearly macOS inspired and they've done a great job with it. Worth a look for anyone who hates half-assed and inconsistent UIs.

I'm not a regular user (just toyed with it in some VMs) so I can't vouch for how the updates do, but I was impressed with the overall level of polish. It's an Ubuntu-derivative based on LTS releases so it lags a ways behind the cutting edge.

EDIT: looks like elementary OS 5.0 "Juno" is in beta and should be out soon. This release is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

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Re:Windows 10’s latest update is deleting some users’ documents by Rjevski on Friday October 05, 2018 @02:05PM (#18150299)

Elementary is good in terms of looks on the face, but starts to break down as soon as you dig deeper. Inconsistent updates and strange issues requiring manual intervention via the terminal are still there.

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Re:Windows 10’s latest update is deleting some users’ documents by wlesieutre on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:16PM (#18150941)

I do remember some UI inconsistency showing up as soon as you want any software that wasn't written specifically for elementary (like VS Code), but that's inevitable since it's basically rolling its own UI no matter what OS you're on.

Not recalling much repeated terminal intervention, though there were a few safety nets that I immediately turned off the moment I had it installed (I think related to package manager installations?)

Dropbox did not work well.

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