Windows 11 24H2 is driving people to Linux

[kapone32]

If you know me you know I have already spoken on WIn 11 since the latest update. Well you have not heard anything yet.


1. Sleep is totally broken for me. I actually changed the Power plan in Windows to never go to sleep and yet my screen still freezes. How the hell can that be happening.
2. AMD software keeps resetting. I have to regularly reset my fan profile
3. Playing City Skylines 2, first thing that happened was my save was corrupted that I had to start a new one
4. Gamepass once again wants me to re-download Forza 7 a Game that I own
5. They have gone to a full subscription model. I have said this before I have 2 hotmail accounts and MS wanted me to a minimum of $3 a month to maintain the 2nd box.

For the past week I have been reading up on Linux distros. I like the potential of Bazzite.

 

[_roman_]

I do not think so.

In my case it was more like being able to print and write a document or having no computer at all.

2) If you are talking about AMD hardware. My Ryzen 7600X / Radeon 7800XT - before RAdeon 6800 non xt - before Radeon 6600XT are not well supported. I had half a year ago another topic in a linux section somewhere else. There is barely any support.

Just by chance I checked that a few days ago
That stuff does not compile on my gentoo box. Gentoo has all the toolchain stuff

GitHub - ilya-zlobintsev/LACT: Linux GPU Configuration Tool

Linux GPU Configuration Tool. Contribute to ilya-zlobintsev/LACT development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Please check the fan section and athe other stuff.
Nothing works.

I tried several different pieces of software. It's impossible to set the fans for my graphic card to 30 percent. Stupid zero fan mode.

Nvidia had also issues in windows and gnu linux with a Nivida 960 GTX 4GB (which was in the current drivers) early 2023.

For desktop usage mostly any 100€ computer does the job.

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I grew up with the shell. Most people are most likely unable to crasp the shell and all the stuff in the background.
in windows terms -> cmd.exe

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1) power management another thing which is not easy to setup

5) Windows 11 24h2 pro here just for gaming with a local user account

 

[dgianstefani]

Might be an AMD software issue or a problem with using launchers other than Steam.

I have no problems.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Of the 5 items you listed, none conclusively point to Windows 11 24H2 as the cause. I too have no problems.

So perhaps to be more accurate, you should say it is driving you to Linux - though again, I don't believe you are accurately identifying the problem.

And by the way, if something uses a "full" subscription model, you would not be getting the first email box for free - notwithstanding the fact Hotmail is no longer (though hotmail.com addresses still work - for now).

FTR - people have been leaving Windows for Linux for years. On the other hand, many Linux users have gone back to Windows too.

 

[nomdeplume]

AMD software

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Of the 5 items you listed, none conclusively point to Windows 11 24H2 as the cause. I too have no problems.

So perhaps to be more accurate, you should say it is driving you to Linux - though again, I don't believe you are accurately identifying the problem.

And by the way, if something uses a "full" subscription model, you would not be getting the first email box for free - notwithstanding the fact Hotmail is no longer (though hotmail.com addresses still work - for now).

FTR - people have been leaving Windows for Linux for years. On the other hand, many Linux users have gone back to Windows too.

It's not just them (though it's almost certainly far less than we fed-up-with-Microsoft types would like to think): It's looking more and more likely that I'll make good on my "threat" of going (back) to Linux upon EoS for W10, though not for the same reasons as the OP. For me, it's the continuing enshittification of the UX. Yes, most if not all of it can be got around with 3rd-party tools, registry hacks and custom installs, but MS is marching toward a future where you cannot run Windows without logging in via MS account, which I reject on principle. (Just don't ask me about my phone. )

 

[Event Horizon]

I have successfully switched over two of my machines so far due to the upcoming Win 10 EOL. One has an Nvidia GPU, the other an Intel iGPU. I'm not going to throw away perfectly functional hardware or cling on with tweaks and hacks.

 

[kapone32]

Of the 5 items you listed, none conclusively point to Windows 11 24H2 as the cause. I too have no problems.

So perhaps to be more accurate, you should say it is driving you to Linux - though again, I don't believe you are accurately identifying the problem.

And by the way, if something uses a "full" subscription model, you would not be getting the first email box for free - notwithstanding the fact Hotmail is no longer (though hotmail.com addresses still work - for now).

FTR - people have been leaving Windows for Linux for years. On the other hand, many Linux users have gone back to Windows too.

I literally used to have zero issues until the latest update. I have already reset Windows once without any backup to avoid the problems and it came right back. It has killed my Kingston Mouse and the only reason I feel my new mouse does not exhibit the same behaviour is that it is the same brand as my MB. I have also rolled back my GPU drivers to see the same behaviour.

 

[outpt]

tried to update to W11 24H2 from W11 23H2 and would not install because of the 2 WD SN770 2TB SSD. So I was rolled back to W11 23H2 until they can figure some thing out.
As for as going to Linux, I don't know about that. I have set the machine to dual boot so I could play with Linux. eh! Not that burned up at M$ yet.

 

[Bill_Bright]

I literally used to have zero issues until the latest update. I have already reset Windows once without any backup to avoid the problems and it came right back. It has killed my Kingston Mouse and the only reason I feel my new mouse does not exhibit the same behaviour is that it is the same brand as my MB. I have also rolled back my GPU drivers to see the same behaviour.

And I am sorry you are having issues. But millions and millions of folks are not therefore it is hard to put the blame on Microsoft when there are so many not having problems and when there are so many other variables, beyond Microsoft's control, at play here.

It is critical to note that essentially every single one of the 1.6 billion Windows computers out there became a unique system within the first couple minutes it was booted up for the very first time. This happened as each us users set up our own hardware configurations, network configuration, personalizations, security, installed software and so much more. As much as we would like Microsoft to test each one of those 1.6 billion unique configurations, it is totally unreasonable and unrealistic to expect they could.

Can MS do better? Absolutely!!! But frankly, I am amazed there are not a lot more people complaining about problems. But the true facts are, for the vast majority of users, these updates are installing just fine. And we need to remember that.