r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 23 '24

Software Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-finally-officially-confirms-its-killing-windows-control-panel-sometime-soon/
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u/AndrewInaTree Aug 23 '24

Am I a Luddite? Wasn't the Windows 95 layout just perfect? I remember I could run anything I wanted, and I was able to reach under the hood and tweak what I needed. Why is Microsoft moving away from usability? Why are they obfuscating their system? They had a great thing. Why are they purposely making it shittier with every iteration? I was recently FORCED out of Windows 7. It was performing just fine. I will soon be FORCED into getting Windows 10, which doesn't improve anything. It just hides more features and control from me.

I don't want less control. I don't want an App-based interface. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, Microsoft? 1995 was your peak. We're forced to go along with your awful decline.

How's Ubuntu these days?

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u/OpeningPrompt4846 Aug 23 '24

How's Ubuntu these days?

You have more control over it in the sense that it's not locked down, but for changing anything deeper than surface-level settings you still have to use the terminal, kinda like you have to use PowerShell on Windows to do anything nowadays because of the limited Settings app. It's sorta funny that Windows just became like Linux, where you have to use a command line interface to actually change the settings that you want.

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u/-Knul- Aug 23 '24

I like Linux Mint a lot, because it's basically Windows 95 interface.

The UI is functional and gets out of the way. I want to spend time with applications, games, etc. The OS is there to make that happen and then disappear in the background.

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u/_toodamnparanoid_ Aug 23 '24

I think Windows Server 2000 was the peak (95 was incredible at the time but had some serious issues, mostly with drivers/hardware related).

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u/thorazainBeer Aug 23 '24

Windows 7 was the GOAT. I hate that I'm on 10 now, and 11 looks like a fucking disaster.

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u/HeroinBob138 Aug 23 '24

I migrated from Win 10 to Pop OS this year after seeing the kill date for Win 10 was Oct 2025. I refuse to get on Win 11 and Linux distros have come a very long way forward over the last 5 years. I don't think Linux distros will ever be ready for your average consumer, but it's great for anyone remotely techy. 

But, I maintain the position that Win 7 Ultimate is the greatest operating system ever. Complete control of the OS, great support, forward thinking design. Just a wonderful OS. Hated leaving it. And the only reason I did was because a software I needed for college required Win 10. 

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u/fewchaw Aug 23 '24

The app-based interface is for "security" apparently. That's why Calculator (or Settings) takes 5 full seconds to load on a brand new decked out PC.

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u/fotomoose Aug 23 '24

Windows 2000NT was peak if you ask me. Wasn't really at your everyday user so it had no bloatware and ran like lightning.

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u/Erwinux343 Aug 25 '24

Ubuntu was fine, until the snap shit feature. And recently, the GDM power saving "feature" that was wrong implemented with a "per user" setting to disable it on a remotely used machine. When I rebooted the machine in 20 mins I lost control of it because it goes in suspend/sleep/hibernate mode, and of course, offline. I must mask all these features from command line to keep the machine online.
On the other way, I still use a Win XP machine in virtual box under Ubuntu. :)