[zamadatix]

I know you're being sarcastic but it also introduced the virtual desktop switcher, (full) DX12, made significant improvements to the console, added real ARM support for the desktop OS, replaced IE, implemented proper DPI support (all the way to per-monitor true fractional), added openssh, actual HDR support, and many more things that can be surprisingly hard to go without if you revert to a previous release.

There is always plenty wrong with each new release but the comments and jokes about ${"LATEST_RELEASE"} of ${"SOFTWARE"} being unilaterally worse just make me think the person can't deal with something changing instead of the software actually being bad.

Comments and jokes about how they could have an entire new release worth of features just bringing back what they've removed or reverse-improved over the years however... that I agree with ;).

[somat]

Yep openssh, the best thing microsoft did for windows 10 was to include openssh almost verbatim, rather than trying to make a native ssh. it does feel a bit foreign at times. but that is a good thing. can you imagine having to dig around in the windows trust store in order to make or use ssh keys. bust out regedit to change the config.... Shudder. Nope, it is perfect and works just like any other openssh install(within the limits of windows general weirdness)

[hulitu]

> I know you're being sarcastic but it also introduced the virtual desktop switcher

Which is a PITA to use, so useless.

> , (full) DX12, made significant improvements to the console

Cmd.exe is still the same

> , added real ARM support for the desktop OS,

Not relevant

> replaced IE,

Not fully. They still have it as a menu item in Edge

> implemented proper DPI support (all the way to per-monitor true fractional),

YMMV. This one is hit or miss.

> added openssh, actual HDR support, and many more things that can be surprisingly hard to go without if you revert to a previous release.

You cannot revert to a previous release in Windows.

> There is always plenty wrong with each new release but the comments and jokes about ${"LATEST_RELEASE"} of ${"SOFTWARE"} being unilaterally worse just make me think the person can't deal with something changing instead of the software actually being bad.

When SW changes just for the sake of change (see calc.exe), something is wrong.

> Comments and jokes about how they could have an entire new release worth of features just bringing back what they've removed or reverse-improved over the years however... that I agree with ;).

Also agree.

[zamadatix]

> Cmd.exe is still the same

cmd.exe is a shell so it shouldn't be any different just because the console updated. This article simultaneously explains the difference between a shell and a console as well as explicitly list the feature changes added to the console in Windows 10 https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2014/10/07/consol...

> Not fully. They still have it as a menu item in Edge

Well sure, completely removing IE just because they added Edge would have made the replacement more painful for no real gain. They already committed to ongoing support of IE based applications for many years to come years ago.

> YMMV. This one is hit or miss.

YMMV on what apps support the new DPI features but the APIs and support itself is 100% there all the time in every copy of Windows 10. In previous versions of Windows apps were unable to reach that level of DPI support regardless if they wanted to update and do so.

> You cannot revert to a previous release in Windows.

Where'd you get that idea? I've done it myself, it's quite possible. You're also quite welcome to just install fresh if you're update data has been cleared but you can revert otherwise.

> When SW changes just for the sake of change (see calc.exe), something is wrong.

Calling adding resizability, OS theme following, (fractional) DPI awareness, additions to the unit and time conversions, and graphing "changes just for the sack of changes" is spot on the nose of what I was talking about - the only way they could have made you happy was to not change, it has nothing to do with how much better or worse the new calculator actually is. Maybe you personally aren't a fan of a single one of the changes, that's still not reasoning for why it's changes for the sake of changes.

The rest is more individual so I won't say anything one way or another. E.g. ARM support can be critical to one person and irrelevant to the next, hard to make 1 list containing only what every person on Earth agrees is relevant so I included things many will even if some won't. That doesn't mean I'm saying you specifically must find ARM support one of the meaningful changes.

[sixothree]

cmd is pretty much deprecated in favor of powershell. And both have the best terminal application available on any OS.

[hulitu]

There's nowhere such a statement in windows. Last time i looked, accesories still included cmd.

[zamadatix]

Agreed, PowerShell (and lately the new Windows Terminal app) are nowadays the defaults but cmd.exe and the legacy conhost are by no means deprecated. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/rumors-of-cmds-de...

[prmoustache]

Has Microsoft started to provide Kitty as the default terminal?

[sixothree]

No. Something much better. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal