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Re:Meta replaces WhatsApp for Windows with web wrapper that ... by jadamson on Thursday November 13, 2025 @03:41AM (#45912380)
Dear God, I hate the way the Windows 11 Start Menu takes slightly too long to open - long enough that I often accidentally close it again. You can actually watch CPU usage increase if you toggle it.
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Re:Meta replaces WhatsApp for Windows with web wrapper that ... by greggsy on Thursday November 13, 2025 @04:08AM (#45912584)
Never use the start menu anymore with CmdPal in PowerToys.

macOS spoiled me.

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Re:Meta replaces WhatsApp for Windows with web wrapper that ... by noir_lord on Thursday November 13, 2025 @04:53AM (#45912896)
> You can actually watch CPU usage increase if you toggle it.

Not any more, I kept windows 11 around for gaming but I binned the partition, how they managed to make a 7950X3D/7900XTX feel "clunky" is astounding given that I live in KDE which has a reputation for been a "heavy" DE and yet it it feels instantaneously fast in every dimension compared to windows 11.

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Re:Meta replaces WhatsApp for Windows with web wrapper that ... by simoncion on Thursday November 13, 2025 @08:51AM (#45914895)
KDE is a "heavy" DE! Compare its startup time to -say- Windowmaker.

Full disclosure: I use KDE almost exclusively.

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