State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?

Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by tokyobreakfast on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:53PM (#46772800)

Linux is not getting better in those respects, either. DE's are crazy bloated. For everyone bitching about control panels, tell me how is it done in Linux? In the WM control panel or the DE control panel? Or some obscure .conf file you must edit by hand? Your guess is as good as mine and it's beyond disorganized. If I want to change a font it's a game of three card monte.

Linux desktop environments remind me what TempleOS would look like if it was designed by committee.

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Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by Blackthorn on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:11PM (#46773041)

Bloat is what you call any feature you're not actively using.

Only difference is on Windows nobody wants those "features".

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Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by heywire on Monday January 26, 2026 @07:08PM (#46773659)

Try a distro like Fedora. I mostly use Arch, but I’ve found Fedora to be an excellent out of the box experience.

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Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by realusername on Monday January 26, 2026 @07:01PM (#46773557)

There's a difference between features you don't use and pre-installed Minecraft and ads.

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Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by throwa356262 on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:31AM (#46776596)

Have to disagree.

Gnome for example has been working hard to simplify things (maybe a bit too hard?). The gnome settings panel is significantly simpler than win11 and osx dito.

If you want to dive deeper there is a separate tweak app (not as simple), no reason fiddling with .conf files.

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