Not only is the lack of a definitive fix disappointing, but the workaround isn’t great, with Microsoft stating that to “mitigate this issue, you can uninstall apps which integrate with Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Calendar.”
“Integrate with windows” is very vague. doesn’t every software on Windows integrate with Windows? ㄟ(ツ)ㄏ
The advertising for Edge touts this. “Only browser that integrates with Windows”. Never does it explain what the integration is or why it’s desirable.
I was a hardcore Windows user for a long while. It is also where a lot of my IT experience is but it is such a headache that I actually switched over to Linux.
@pwnedcrypto @yogthos Same here. I started with the first version of Windows. It had bugs that were never fixed. Same problems version after version! I switched to a Macbook a year ago and will NEVER return to MS. I’m not an Apple’s fan AT ALL, and I can’t stomach IOS or the design of the Iphone, but the Macbook has been amazing. It works seamlessly with my NAS and everything else I can throw at it.
Windows 11 made me reconsider GNOME 3 and even macOS.
Currently my main system is the Steam Deck, but I am seriously considering getting a Mac just to be able to use some proprietary software I need and I can’t find on Linux.
MS is spending an increasing amount of money and time on Linux, they should just release a Linux distro and cut the Windows legacy crap, like Apple did with the migration from Classic Mac to OS X.
I gave up on Windows about 20 years ago, and went to the Mac. It is a great platform, and the company actually cares about the quality of releases (sure, there have been dud years, but they released a major release every year for well over a decade).
I LOVE Linux, but at least here in the states it’s hard to do Enterprise work without proper Office. I hate it. Why does a Word Processor need a monthly subscription and updates every other day again?
The Mac for me is hospitable balance of an operating system that is cared and nurtured, with an ecosystem of both open source and commercial software I need to work. Plus it helps that it doesn’t make me want to pull whatever I have left out.
Windows is fine for an appliance, as long as I don’t have to actually use Windows. I have a ROG Ally on preorder for that very reason.
yeah i have done exactly this.
Windows 11 is a self inflicted torture if you adopt it just because you may have upgrade FOMO issues. Windows 10 EOL is still 2½ years away. Run it to the ground till then. W11 might even be properly debotnetted and debloated by then, like how W10 got the treatment years after its 2016 launch. Every new version of Windows is a guinea pig testbed for the first few years.
Either way, Linux+Steam with MS Office 2007 in a Windows XP virtual machine can suffice almost all of your needs. The rest is very specific needs like Photoshop, CorelDraw, games that do not work under WINE/Proton or any specific Windows software.
I really can’t see myself using windows ever again, I haven’t for over a decade now and there’s nothing I miss. I also find that Open Office works well enough, GIMP and Krita are great alternatives to stuff like Photoshop.
Open Office, LibreOffice et al just do not have the compatibility that need to exist with MS Office, so whenever you work with others, it falls apart. Ask any user collaborating with even 2-3 people, no matter job, university or school. Usage mostly goes in order of Word > Excel > PowerPoint > rest. I think a Windows XP VM is the best way to get around that while normally using Linux for everything else.
Everything else is a lot more specific use case. Professional users work usually alone with Photoshop. In case of CorelDraw and video editing software, there is a lot of to and fro. Those users generally either use Windows on separate SSD, or have separate production machines.
I’ve been lucky enough not to work at any place that relies on MS stack for a while.
I hate that I still have to use winblows at work. Hell, my employer even hosts servers on winblows and the backend code is all .NET.
yeah, I think windows in the enterprise is gonna be around for a while yet
