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Re:Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 s... by encryptluks2 on Thursday November 24, 2022 @01:14AM (#33728262)
I don't notice much difference between experience in Windows 7 and Windows 11, aside from needing to manage more policies to prevent their cloud based services. Windows 11 isn't bad if you disable the adware portion. The terminal app is pretty good now and WSL works, albeit not as pleasant as something more native like Linux or even macOS terminal, but the adware is what cripples it IMO.
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Re:Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 s... by devmor on Thursday November 24, 2022 @01:57AM (#33728488)
The terminal app and functional WSL are both available in Windows 10, though. 11 didn't add either of those.
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Re:Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 s... by encryptluks2 on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:14AM (#33729238)
Windows 11 adds other features that are useful though. I agree, Windows 10 is sufficient but if you know what policies to use then Windows 11 feels pretty much like Windows 10 with some new features.
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Re:Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 s... by vetinari on Thursday November 24, 2022 @07:36AM (#33730614)
In 11, the terminal app can be set as default console app, so you won't see conhost.exe, ever. That's not possible in 10.
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Re:Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 s... by devmor on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:20AM (#33733064)
That's a very marginal improvement, since the only time you'd see conhost in 10 now is when a program explicitly launches it.
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Re:Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 s... by vetinari on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:37AM (#33733244)
and when you launch any random .bat file.
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Re:Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 s... by devmor on Thursday November 24, 2022 @08:21PM (#33738066)
Or you just change your default program for batch files.
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Re:Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 s... by vetinari on Friday November 25, 2022 @05:49AM (#33741156)
batch files are handled by cmd.exe, not by conhost.exe. Cmd.exe in turn opens default console. Similarly for powershell, python, farmanager and other console-based apps.
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