[vdjskshi]

> IT professionals around the world should gird their loins for the inevitable friends and family support calls when Windows 11 24H2 makes a surprise appearance, and uncle Fester is surprised that things have suddenly started working a little differently.

I hate this take, UIs changing without user consent or control is just plain WRONG.

[forinti]

I've recently wasted many hours on a machine owned by a family member that crashed randomly with Win10.

It has a Gen2 i5, 16GBs of RAM, and an SSD. A fine machine for a home user, but Win11 won't install and in the end I just reverted to its original Win7.

It would be fine with any Linux. I tested Ubuntu Mate and it ran fine.

It was the last straw. I will never again meddle with Windows.

[ashoeafoot]

I wish there was a linux distro for windows mimicry that autowines every exes it can and runs the rest on a internal win7vm. i would pay money for that.

[lp0_on_fire]

Yeah but if we don't change the UI every few months that MBA who just got hired and is looking for a promotion won't get claps on the back for a good job.

[ryandrake]

Let's not make "MBA" a generic slur/boogeyman. No MBA ever asked me for a full app redesign. UX designers do all the time, though. No MBA ever requested that we force users to update their software, but the security engineers at my previous companies would have loved that. Yes, business-oriented teams often make our software shitty, but so do technical teams, product leads, and designers.

[ashoeafoot]

i feel the need, the need for need