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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by mschuster91 on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:10PM (#35692504)
The thing is, the Linux space at least has something nice and shiny to offer every now and then (although I'd say GTK and Gnome could go off and vanish and I wouldn't care).

And it's not just UI where Linux keeps evolving. Just look at systemd - a fucking breeze to work with, whereas on macOS you're stuck working with plist's (annoying but OK), and on Windows it's literally the same crap from 30 years ago in the NT era. A Linux VM can do a cold start in well under 30 seconds, Windows needs anything from five to ten minutes and you can't optimize anything.

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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by psd1 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @05:29AM (#35698234)
Where do you get "five to ten minutes"? I have a win11 VM that boots from cold to login screen in 10-20 seconds.

Windows services can be configured with dependency order and with delayed start. There are startup profilers.

I've seen and resolved slow boot times in misconfigured domains and with features such as roaming profiles. It's probably DNS ;-)

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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by mschuster91 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @06:04AM (#35698442)
> Where do you get "five to ten minutes"? I have a win11 VM that boots from cold to login screen in 10-20 seconds.

Sorry, forgot to mention I'm talking about Windows servers. Desktop indeed has gone quite fast.

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