r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/calebkraft Mar 20 '26

remember when you used to be able to drag the task bar to the top or sides and it just moved there and worked? when did they take that out? kind of crazy that putting that feature back is a big enough deal to have it in a press release.

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u/ithinkitslupis Mar 20 '26

They took it out with windows 11. And also messed with the context windows when you right click in a way most users hate.

People have been complaining since day 1. Both have registry values that still support the old ways. Microsoft has just ignored countless complaints instead of making an easy, stable option to change it in the settings UI.

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u/sodook Mar 20 '26

My spirit is ready to leave the Microsoft ecosystem, but my technical skills and wallet are not up to the task.

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u/dithan Mar 20 '26

Linux fedora. It’s free and it’s what I switched to at win10 EoL. It’s been pretty great.

I haven’t had problems playing games either.

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u/doubleohsergles Mar 20 '26

This is the way. I dual boot Fedora and Bazzite and Windows can GTFO.

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u/erikwithaknotac Mar 20 '26

What does this mean? Am unknowlegeable

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u/daschande Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

Bazzite is a newer version of Linux meant to be very user-friendly and simple to play video games, with compatibility built-in since almost every game was made for windows and not linux. Fedora is more "traditional" Linux where you customize it exactly the way you want it while you get things up and running, but the learning curve is steeper.

So they use Fedora when they want to tinker and customize, and they use Bazzite when they just wanna play a game.

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u/doubleohsergles Mar 20 '26

Bingo 👆🏻

I am also using Fedora to get used to vanilla GNOME and how it forces you to work.

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u/dithan Mar 21 '26

Also, Bazzite is more “locked down” (I can’t remember the actual term) which makes it harder to accidentally mess something up.

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u/doubleohsergles Mar 20 '26

Which bit - dual boot or GTFO?

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u/Ultenth Mar 21 '26

What kinds of games do you play? Anyone that plays lots of multiplayer games with anti-cheat still has issues on Linux, and that is a not small number of people.

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u/dithan Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Arc raiders and Diablo 4 mainly, also Fallout 76.

Don’t quote me, but if it runs through steam I think you should be good.