Why windows 10 is even worse then 7, 8 or 9

Plenty to write here, just not formatted it as I want yet.

Where did windows 9 go? Reasons I can find include calling it “9” would get confused with 95 or 98 and cause software install errors, so because m$ can't write a regex to distinguish, they had to miss a version number.

Or

Windows seems to only be successful every other release. They're skipping 9 to get back onto even numbered releases being popular. (From Reddit). I can believe this, windows 11 is terrible. Clearly windows 12 will be perfect and windows 13 will just be unlucky for all of us.

Or

“Windows 10 will be our most comprehensive platform ever,” Terry Myerson, head of the operating systems group, explained. “It wouldn't be right to call it Windows 9, While the multi-tile based interface of Windows 8 worked well enough on phones and tablets, desktop users found it a struggle.” (BBC news website). So skipping 9, will make us all forget 8? I already have, I never had to even log in to it once.

I'm forced to use windows at work for now, at home I'm 100% Linux based, so writing about windows without risking comparing it to something much better is not easy.

Initial observations:-

1. It doesn't crash or freeze up as often, this might seem to be real progress for microsoft, but they've only had 30 years of windows to write an OS which doesn't crash frequently. Hardly an achievement really.
2. The Menu is better than w8, but that's a low base to compare with. But it's still just hard to use, it's easier to type the app into the search bar, but instead of just showing apps installed, if it doesn't find what you are after it just returns internet based links.
3. Sleep, I have a dual monitor setup, laptop screen and external HDMI monitor (sadly still no multiple desktops it seems, see Windows 7 is rubbish and KDE/Linux is better) but if I close the laptop lid to sleep, when I open it again, all the windows are on the laptop screen, seems incapable of remembering where I want windows putting. Given the name of the OS, that's more than a bit ironic. I'd just like to put Windows in the recycle bin of course…

So frankly, in three years of having to use it, still nothing I couldn't have done easier, better and more securely than with Linux and Mac.

In fact even MSN has an article rubbishing windows 11:- https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/microsoft-is-digging-its-own-grave-with-windows-11-and-it-has-to-stop/ar-AA1CQkbh. Sadly the article does not go far enough by suggestion that computers rendered obsolete by TPM 2.0 are still ideal for upgrading to Linux.

Pity there doesn't appear to be a comments page I can add this idea to.

Original https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-is-digging-its-own-grave-with-windows-11-and-it-has-to-stop#viafoura-comments

How is this even possible? Duplicate directories or just different directories with the same name? Just unbelievable… Which file do I want to delete and where?

It's 2025, who uses floppy disks these days? How many users (children) new to computing even know what a floppy disk is? So how are they expected to know to click an unknown object to save their work? Bit like having a punched card or paper tape icon to click for older computer users.

Well, at least have a fancy icon either for all directories or none. I thought the idea of icons was to distinguish directories and different file types? Where did consistency of case go for names too?

Is “Documents” a directory or a file? Looks like a file to me from the icon. (Ok, if you are a Unix smart arse, directories are files…)

Supposing you want to change a network setting, a network related icon would be where you would look wouldn't you? Maybe an ethernet or WiFi symbol? WRONG!! Nil points. Look for a picture of a computer monitor, and instead of finding display properties or something similar, you will find network settings. Logical or what! If you want to change your display settings, look for the Wifi icon. Just joking! Or maybe not…..

- Major OS update!! windows 11 has changed the side of the monitor it shows the mouse icon on!!

I hate excel to start with, but it illustrates just how fucked up w10 menus have become. It's not even consistent within the same application.

If I want to open a document, instead of giving me a familiar semi useful windows way of selecting a file, I get this:-

But if I want to save something in excel (forced to save something is more accurate as I don't want to use excel to begin with), I get this, totally different to the open menu:-

Well if you do, probably best to avoid using any Microsoft software:-

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/chinese-hackers-breach-us-nuclear-weapons-agency/ar-AA1J7XOV
“Chinese hackers gain access to US oversight of nuclear weapons in widespread Microsoft hack: report”

Or better still, don't keep a hidden stockpile unless your name is Kim.

If you have decided to move away from windows, hopefully I've done my bit, but even MSN has an article from Apple about why you should switch to a Mac:- https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/windows-10-end-of-life-apple-gives-us-5-reasons-smbs-should-make-the-switch-to-mac-before-windows-10-goes-awol/ar-AA1OjMxS?

Amusingly this MSN link now says “Unavailable”. Excellent!! But fortunately it's still available elsewhere:- https://applemagazine.com/windows-10-end-of-life-switch-to-mac/

Unsurprisingly, the first reason is “Security First in the Post-Windows 10 Era”.

If you have an older pc which cannot be “upgraded”, search for articles about a real upgrade of your OS to Linux. I've used it as a desktop system for 20 years and if you have an open mind, I'd recommend it without hesitation, it's not scary as microsoft would have you believe and it won't spy on what you are doing.

Windows 10's demise could be Linux's gain if the flood of defectors is anything to go by.

Good reasons to update to Linux and say goodbye to windows forever… The Windows 11 Crisis Explained

The Windows 11 Crisis Is Worse Than You Think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB0_3yi_KN4.

windows 11 doesn't even know if you want to really trash your files (see icon) or recycle them into something more useful, but at least the nice round edges to windows are pretty.

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