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Windows 11 task bar replaced

submitted by bonghits4jeebus to technology 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 18:13:10 ago (+5/-0)     (technology)

If you are Microsoft, trying to convince people that upgrading is NBD, not even really charging them just trying to coerce them into it, how do you get rid of the taskbar and replace it with a faggy Mac-style menu?

I am probably going to uninstall this, but it came on a new laptop, so I thought I would check out.


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[ - ] Hall_of_Cost 2 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 18:46:11 ago (+2/-0)

I still haven't experienced windows 11. I want to get a pc, but money is a bit tight right now. My old laptop still works well enough and I have a phone and tablet so it's not imperative. When I do buy a new pc, I want to get a desktop and try out a different operating system, but I've read that windows still influences linux negatively.

I'm not the most computer savvy. So I can't elaborate any more than that I heard windows basically trojan horsed their data collections into linux. I'll try to find what I'm talking about. It's very possible I misunderstood or am misremembering what it was that I read. (Might have been in Maximum PC, I used to subscribe)

[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 18:52:28 ago (+2/-0)

I still haven't experienced any microsoft trash since XP.

[ - ] bosunmoon 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 20:04:42 ago (+1/-0)

Same here. Linux may be kiked, but it's less kiked.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 20:09:18 ago (+1/-0)

Exactly so.

I swear, though. I am going to install TempleOS with the ethernet stack on this thing, or perhaps my crappy old laptop!

[ - ] bosunmoon 2 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 21:01:11 ago (+2/-0)

I have a templeos disk around here somewhere. It's fully updated.

[ - ] uvulectomy 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 23:14:35 ago (+1/-0)

Someone wrote an ethernet stack for TempleOS? Isn't that technically sacrilege?

[ - ] lord_nougat 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 23:27:56 ago (+0/-0)

In a moment of weakness he accidentally implemented a functional TCP/IP stack, and he saw it was good. Or not that good. I dunno, his writings were a little bit zany. As was his coding style.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus [op] 2 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:05:04 ago (+2/-0)

windows basically trojan horsed their data collections into linux.

I don't understand what this means.

[ - ] Hall_of_Cost 2 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:09:09 ago (+2/-0)

That's because it was written by someone who isn't sure what they read a few years ago and is also computer stupid. My bad dude...

[ - ] beece 2 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:34:23 ago (+2/-0)

Linux mint for you hall of cost

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:22:59 ago (+0/-0)

Nah, get him started from scratch and make him compile a custom Arch or BSD kernel.

[ - ] Master_Foo -1 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 18:53:04 ago (+3/-4)

Imagine being such a cuck that you use Windows.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus [op] 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:01:05 ago (+1/-0)

I use it for gaming, 100%. I have to reboot that computer, anyways, and I don't want to put anything important on it, anyways. It has proprietary hardware that's a pain in the ass to get drivers for on Linux. Running windows is the simplest way to solve the problem of having a laptop.

[ - ] Master_Foo -1 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:06:18 ago (+2/-3)

This is why we call you a cuck.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus [op] 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:08:20 ago (+1/-0)

So far just you.

[ - ] Master_Foo 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:16:18 ago (+3/-3)

Imagine a guy who lets other men fuck his wife, and then he tells people about it on voat, and then they call him a cuck, and then he replies by explaining why he needs to let other guys fuck his wife.

Now, just change "letting other guys fuck his wife" with "you using Windows".

You are the same thing. Just admit that what you have done is unbefitting behavior for a man and then make a promise to yourself not to do it anymore.

Or, you can pretend you are some kind of victim who has been insulted by the description of his own actions.

[ - ] Monica 3 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:20:23 ago (+3/-0)

I use windows 95.

[ - ] lord_nougat 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 20:11:40 ago (+0/-0)

Hard core!

[ - ] Master_Foo 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:41:12 ago (+0/-0)

The 95 means 95 times more Monkey Pox dude.

[ - ] charliebrown_au 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 18:57:09 ago (+1/-0)

Microsoft - Israel Inside
Intel - Israel Inside
Google - Israel Inside
Bing - Israel Inside


stop using the enemy software/services/products/programs


Swap to Linux or BSD

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus [op] 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:02:36 ago (+1/-0)

I have my reasons but mainly laziness. As I explained, I didn't go out and buy a copy of Windows for this laptop; it came that way.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 20:10:29 ago (+1/-0)

Or *TempleOS!!!*

[ - ] voatersaredumbasses 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 21:44:54 ago (+1/-0)

OS/2 Warp

[ - ] Monica 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:18:42 ago (+1/-0)

It's just centered. You can tell it to be on the left like it used to be. You can also get other programs to make it the bar invisible or changed the alpha. Best to go with linux though.

[ - ] beece 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 19:34:01 ago (+1/-0)

Linux. Any version, for everyone else.

[ - ] voatersaredumbasses 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 20:00:03 ago (+0/-0)

You can change it back.

[ - ] uvulectomy 3 points 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 20:10:25 ago (+3/-0)

If you're dead set on keeping Windows, there's things like Start11 that changes the taskbar and whatnot back. Also, the key for 11 will work on 10, so you can just get a stripped down ISO of that and do a clean install.

But the best bet is to just switch to some flavor of Linux unless you have things that either won't run under Wine or a VM, or don't have a Linux alternative.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus [op] 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 20:56:04 ago (+1/-0)

For gaming on a laptop with proprietary hardware, yeah, I'm going to keep doing that.

Probably a stripped down Windows 10 is the way I will go. You got one you like?

I usually do the sort-of opposite of wine and run Linux in a VM. I may try Windows Subsystem for Linux this time. Though traditionally I have used VirtualBox or (at work) VMWare for this task. Linux runs infinitely happier in a VM than it does on OEM Windows hardware.

[ - ] uvulectomy 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 23:13:55 ago (+1/-0)

Several people have mentioned one of the Nexus/Xtreme LiteOS builds, but haven't tried them myself.

The usual YMMV, try at your own risk applies: https://nexusliteos.blogspot.com/

[ - ] albatrosv15 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 14, 2023 08:16:03 ago (+0/-0)

Nah, telling someone to switch to linux is like vaxxer to not boost themselves. At least nowadays. It's waaaay past beyond fixing.

[ - ] UncleDoug 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 21:18:13 ago (+1/-0)

Win 10 is trash both functionally and aesthetically, its a step down form win7. Win 11 is an abomination and I hope they bring out an addon like ChrisPC to correct the child like app appearance and make the GUI more intuitive, practical and functional for people that know how to use computers.

It might have to be time to jump to Linux, but what is steam compatibility with it gents?

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 22:32:58 ago (+1/-0)*

Steam is awesome on linux. The ProtonDB compatability doodad lets pretty much all the games play fine. In my experience.

[ - ] UncleDoug 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 22:58:50 ago (+1/-0)

Thanks

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 2.2 yearsFeb 13, 2023 21:18:42 ago (+1/-0)

BTW put it on the left. Vertical monitor space is more valuable than horizontall and usually windows aren't the full width anyway.

[ - ] osomperne 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 24, 2023 23:00:30 ago (+0/-0)

just happened to post something about w11 over here https://www.voat.xyz/viewpost?postid=63f987a30f9cf

[ - ] osomperne 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 24, 2023 23:03:24 ago (+0/-0)

is it feasible to install w10 on that laptop?

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus [op] 0 points 2.2 yearsFeb 25, 2023 00:48:23 ago (+0/-0)

I don't see why not.