should disable it in dislay menueven though I never turn it on
@Donnie Fisher
Did you consider trying StartAllBack? It's by no means perfect, but it makes Windows 10 and 11 so much more usable for me.
I agree with a lot of what you've said and that's why I'm clinging onto Windows 10 for as long as I can on my main machine. But I have Windows 11 on my laptop, to try and get on with it and maybe even like it. But the thing I hate most about 11 is the interface - Windows 10 is simply much better. I get the impression 11 is dumbed down to an extent - maybe they want to put it onto some kids toys, because that's how it feels sometimes. I can make 11 feel mostly like 10, but it never feels right.
I suspect I'm a similar age to you, where my first dial-up modem was 33.6K and you installed Windows from a dozen floppy disks. Heck I can still remember connecting to the internet for the first time and it felt exciting. These days it's taken for granted.
As @Vimes said while I was typing this post, perhaps I am have even become complacent. I won't lie, Linux has interested me more and more these days, but there are too many variants to choose from and it's not an OS I feel familiar or at home in.
Unless you're after some niche application then it's all changed . Most stuff is either installed from an app store within the OS or a simple installer that you download from the software's website (no different to Windows). It does rather depend what Linux distribution you choose though. Some are better than others.My issue with Linux is the way you have to install everything.
Windows you just double click the exe file and it does the rest for you, with linux you need to run a command or look it up first before doing so. (Unless this has all changed).
I am tempted to try Linux on my new system because all I use my PC for is gaming and web browsing.
Will have to have a look at versions and see which 1 to give a try then.Unless you're after some niche application then it's all changed . Most stuff is either installed from an app store within the OS or a simple installer that you download from the software's website (no different to Windows). It does rather depend what Linux distribution you choose though. Some are better than others.
I have wondered a few times about going back to W10 but as I use explorer patcher I forget half the time that I am even using W11 as I've made it look like W10.Went back to Win10 since yesterday. Such a nice change of pace.
I tend to have Windows updates disabled and just run it manually every now and then. Let everyone else test the new features\bugs\issues and by the time I get to the updates they are resolved or pulledI was stuck on 22H2 and never did bother to manually install to 23H2 or beyond, but all of a sudden Windows decided to update to 23H2 anyway. I don't know why it took so long for the automatic update to kick in, but at least it has.