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  1. Copilot has been failing miserably as well, too.

    Microsoft wants to rename it to Windows AI / Intelligence, and business companies aren't really finding it that interesting. Plus, most OEMs are just opting for Google's AI. Microsoft has failed (once again!) to get into the AI / Assistant space. I expect Copilot to eventually go the way of Cortana at some point.

  2. 21 hours ago, vinifera said:

    as right as they should...
    if freakin OS dumps so much into the memory, i'd start asking what the hell does it dump ?

    macOS, Linux, and Windows all typically will just cache random files, programs, etc. that it predicts could be used at some point. It's just to make things feel a bit faster so they don't have to always access the disk.

    with Windows its superfetch, essentially just preloads apps in memory so they don't have to 100% open from disk when you open them

    of course, it shouldn't use all your memory so programs have some room for memory they need to allocate later

  3. 1 hour ago, vinifera said:

    honestly
    when they make WINE to play ~90% games (non DOS games)
    MS-Windows will DIE

    With Proton, it already pretty much does. As of late any problems are usually caused on purpose, mostly by anti-cheat software. That is a whole different problem, and there really isn't a solution.

  4. It is important to note that MS recommends nowadays to make apps in the Windows App SDK. It allows them to produce apps compatible with the MS Store and the MSIX packaging style to install itself "like" a UWP app. But it is not a UWP app.

    WASDK apps can be made using either Win32 (GDI32/USER32 API) or .NET (WPF/WinForms API). This is why pre-existing apps can just be added to the Store as they have already been made in Win32 style. Honestly it was a good choice on their part; it helps unify "UWP" (which was more notable as just WPF apps), and Win32 apps. As far as performance, both are pretty much the same. Win32 uses C++ (or anything really, if you use the bindings), and .NET uses C#.

    As far as how easy it is, undoubtedly it is easier for a novice programmer to learn .NET than to learn Win32. Win32 is archaic, and while that does not make it worse (in fact, it could be more performant), it makes it less appealing as once again, time = money, and whichever saves the most amount of money is what MS will pick. .NET is easier and quicker to produce apps in.

    The performance problem with Windows 11 is a result of the transitional period of moving everything to use WASDK. It is an amalgamation of decades worth of APIs and ways to make an app, and MS took this long to hopefully even decide on an app format they will keep. Windows 7 still remains the last version they produced that was unified, and retained one main format to make apps. Windows 8 added UWP, and Windows 10 smashed them all together into a melting pot. Windows 11 added another one and just fueled the fire that is the melting pot of app formats.

    TL;DR: Performance issues on Windows 11 are a result of years of indecisive choices of what app format MS wants developers to use. Windows right now is atrocious, taking the time to learn Linux and alternatives to software you use is so worth it and your sanity.

  5. 1 hour ago, pm9 evil said:

    i feel like it was just cheaper/quicker in some way to do it like that, dunno though

    web dev is 100% easier and cheaper to do, understanding HTML/CSS/JS is an "easier" and more cross platform thing to know than to understand the whole .NET ecosystem

    the issue in my opinion is the easiest choice isnt always the best choice, but in the corporate world, whichever is the fastest and easiest, will save the most money

  6. On 11/18/2024 at 3:13 PM, UCyborg said:

    Programmers are more productive using C# rather than C++.

    I program in C#, and it is amazing to use. I like it, and I wish more developers would use it over opting with a web app. Also, it's optimized fairly decently (not as good as C, better than Python), but if you use the NativeAOT introduced recently, its identical to C performance.

    Most of the issues in Windows 11 are involving things that have been hacked together or are web applications. Don't understand why OOBE couldn't be a .NET app instead of an Edge page. We don't need that running cross platform :(

  7. On 9/3/2024 at 4:19 PM, UCyborg said:

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    I want my foreskin (prepuce) back too.

    My mind surely wouldn't be as dark if they just left me be. What a backwards world that this still has to be discussed in 2024.

     

    Never thought I would find this topic here, put ill input my view:

    I'd like mine back too.

  8. Linux is honestly such a solid choice today if you're open to learning how the command line works. Linux also works on pretty much anything that is x64, so why not? I've been on and off using Arch Linux, plus I own a macbook now, I've been able to go months without having to touch a Windows system.

    And to be honest, it feels good.

  9. Since 2020, the primary developer of Aero Glass has been offline, and not seen on the internet. Nobody knows what happened, but I wish him well, wherever he is now.

    Aero Glass, of course, still works on older Windows versions prior to 2004. You can find downloads on mirror sites as the original download link is gone.

    What are the replacements to Aero Glass?

    DWMBlurGlass - An Open Source utility that adds support for the Acrylic effect to the Windows 10 and Windows 11 title bar, and Explorer UI. Would be considered the community replacement of Aero Glass, supports custom Aero textures and custom blur amounts. Lightweight, customized with a configuration file.

    MicaForEveryone - An Open Source utility that does the same as DWMBlurGlass, but with more customization options and configuration. Runs as a tray application, and is only compatible with Windows 11. Allows you to use any type of Windows 11 built-in blur, such as Mica, Acrylic, and Opaque. It supports blurring any Win32 application background, and supports whitelisting and blacklisting applications that may not play nicely.

    Some applications have built in support for acrylic title bars, even on Windows 10. The new Windows Terminal supports Acrylic title bars as a setting built in, and an acrylic background to the terminal. I just felt like making a post like this to organize the replacements, and keep them all in one place. I will update this document with more if I find any.

  10. On 3/11/2024 at 5:43 PM, yoltboy01 said:

    I don‘t think Windows 10 sucks. It rightfully earned its place as the most used OS. I switched to 10 in 2018, although I was a diehard Windows 8.1 fan (as most of you know ;) ). It‘s always the same with every iteration of Windows. 
    1) A new Windows is released

    2) We try it out for a few days but ultimately refuse to accept change

    3) We switch back to the older OS on our current hardware

    4) At some point we buy new hardware, which is often incompatible with that specific older OS and start to adapt and like the new version

    5) Repeat

     

    Speaking of myself obviously. I switched when 1803 was out, made some adjustments to privacy setzings and installed VMWare for older OS tests. Back in 2014 my first Laptop (ASUS F751MA) came preinstalled with 8.1 and I hated it. However, Asus already had a BIOS block for Windows 7 and downwards. I remeber testing it like crazy but the first build to work was an early Windows 8.0 Preview (8400). I had no alternative, started using 8.1 and loved it till buying a new one with 10 preinstalled in 2018.

    To conclude, most OS were demolished by critics but none of them (XP-11) is unusable. It‘s a process of adaption if there are no hardware related issues

    2 years later, my opinions have changed,

    I do agree with your points. I went over to 11 last year when 21H2 went end of life.

    To be honest, what we do at this point is to just adapt. Nothing stays the same forever. Of course, any OS is perfectly usable; the original Macintosh is usable. It all depends on what YOU need.

  11. On 1/25/2024 at 7:05 PM, UCyborg said:

    Nice, you can also set title bar's text color, both for active and inactive state, I really missed that. Few small additions in that area would be nice, like a glow effect, text alignment, ability to have blend color taken from system's accent color.

    It being open source means anyone can contribute these suggestions :D

  12. On 1/23/2024 at 1:53 PM, XPerceniol said:

    Guys, don't worry and don't even give this a second thought. I appreciate the support from all posters and @Vistapocalypse thank you for the apology and worry not even a second, I'm fine and perhaps I was over sensitive last night and thank you again for clarifying your question to me and your posting.

    Please, guys, lets make this thread fun again and please no more fighting; lets bring back what are you watching in respect for the OP @sunryze.

    Bless you all ;)

    Sal

    To drive back to what we are focused on: I love this. Been waiting quite a while for it to finally come out.

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  13. On 12/21/2023 at 1:46 PM, UCyborg said:

    Sorry to hear that. It's such a time waste. Every day, same s***, it just doesn't end. Days turn into months, months into years and you start to wonder what's the point. At least during school there's some decent time off.

     

    Onto another thing, my phone's power button suddenly almost stopped working. Before I got out of the car after I got home, I went to turn off the Bluetooth, it was still normal, then 2 hours later I could barely wake it up. Not sure what now, may have to start looking for a new one. Hoped I would get some more years out of it. Even if I manage to take it apart somehow, no way I'm putting it back together successfully. Sigh, should probably at least adb pull data partition.

    Edit: False alarm, the button started working, so a temporary (software) glitch? Very strange.

    The job is fine, retail just takes a lot of energy. When I am working in the back it's nice though.

    The job gave me money to get a much needed platform upgrade. I now have a 7800X3D, 32GB DDR5-CL30, and a B650 board. Runs very nice and its an absolute monster of a system now.

  14. On 11/20/2023 at 2:03 PM, XPerceniol said:

    Just quickly my young friend ... despite what others and society tells (brainwashes) us, it actually quite 'normal' (dare I use that ugly word Normal) to have those thoughts, but when they become more than a fleeting thought that is where we need to become concerned. Your life is precious and you don't need to change unless its to better yourself not to please other people or this toxic society.

    Again, I will address more but I felt it was important to address that quickly and try to shift focus on your good honest qualities and your caring personality and non-judgmental senses.

    Be well and just be YOU - there is nothing wrong with you and don't let anybody make you feel otherwise. :)

    It's really nice to see you back again :D

    I also had covid earlier this year. I was pretty dead for a week or two. Though I haven't experienced any of the other things you're dealing with. I hope things are able to turn more positive for you in the future. Thank you guys for your support on being myself.

    Haven't been as active here, as for most of this year I have felt quite drained on my whole interest in this tech stuff; and a lot of my other hobbies. I recently stored away a lot of my old laptops, computers, etc, as I haven't touched them in nearly a year. I spent most of the year hanging out with a special person, who then proceeded to lay out one of the worst situations I've ever been in 4 months ago. August, September, October, and November all kinda just melted together after that. I got a job a week ago, and that has taken up a lot of my time now.

  15. On 9/8/2023 at 3:55 PM, UCyborg said:

    As one of the youngest people on MSFN, and also have had my several moments of thoughts like these, a lot of it to me boils down to the truth about how we see the world.

    Me, along with many others my age, see the world in a very pessimistic sense. We see and hear of all the events of mass shootings (especially in the west), increasing cost of living, more and more jobs being replaced by computers, and the continuous argument of each side constantly berating each other to death. If its okay to be transgender, if its okay to be gay, if its okay to do anything, really. We look at the world and just see it as something falling apart and our generation having to be the one to deal with it. The internet has reduced social contact significantly, and many of us are still recovering from the years of isolation especially during the pandemic. Not to mention the unstable politics in the east, with Russia / Ukraine, Palestine / Israel, it really doesn't give us much positivity in the future when all we hear is how horrible the world is.

    I personally had thoughts of ending it all when I felt like there was no hope. Most people typically have those thoughts when they feel there's no reason to live their life and that everything will continue to be suffering. Especially when we are told to just man up, and deal with it. The younger generation as a whole really values the comfort of living a happy life much, much more than having to work ourselves to death just to make ends meet.

    A lot of us just want to live happy lives with our friends and close partners. We want to live and be the person we aspire to be, express ourselves not limited to a certain construct, and just be our best self. But the idea that you lose your soul as you get older, are forced into certain restrictions just for society... its a thought that a lot of people can't swallow. I'd love to see a future where people can come together on their differences and make a change for the best interests of the people, not for the best interests of people who agree with you. I'd love to see a future where things are fair and that you can actually get an education for cheap, be able to live for cheap, since we are all humans on this planet. Why does anyone have to be more important than someone else? This is our home. There are no other homes out there for us. We need to respect this planet that supports all of our lives. Battling each other until the death, even if it is human nature, will really be what causes the human extinction. Ourselves.

    Mental health is so utterly important right now, the focus of humanity needs to really push into improving the health of everyone worldwide, physically and mentally. Along with ensuring both males, females, and however else you identify yourself as, are all treated equally. But even then, its not a problem that can be solved unless the entire world meets and agrees on our problems, and most countries actually take a stand to improve it in response.

    I just want the future to be exciting, man. But in reality a lot of us aren't excited. We really are fearing the future. We will likely see this as the numbers of young parents will decrease as newer generations decide to not have children.

  16. 11 hours ago, Saxon said:

    Reddit paywalled, too?

    No, I just meant that the alternative forms of viewing other people’s thoughts online outside of social media are small time forums or blog sites that are usually behind a paywall. Especially news sites.

    23 hours ago, sunryze said:

    You can actually do something great and not be greedy.

    Continuing from this, the whole idea that people get where they want to increase their value exponentially is to what I believe the reason many good things don’t last. If you set your sights on a realistic expectation, a goal that fits your needs rather than making billions just because you can, then you won’t drown in the thoughts of economic loopholes and consistently exploiting your customers for just pennies more per day.

    If you can be happy with what you have and not be greedy and selfish, then that is a big help towards keeping you and your products healthy and afloat. There are some exceptions though, like a situation where you are able to price your products out and make billions (Apple), but that’s mostly because the American culture nearly revolves around them.

    Social media can exist if they didn’t fall into these traps and maintained a strict trust and safety team. You’re moderating mostly losers in their parents basement on social media, you can’t let them just roam free.

  17. The importance Reddit had though was that it was the most “real human” you could get at times. Rather than the paywalled blog posts and heavily biased news outlets, you could gather a bunch of information from other people out there if you were trying to make a decision for yourself. Not only that, it was a fairly decent place for focused communities as well. But their ignorance especially to the moderators who do their work for free and the visually disabled who need the third party tools to use the platform really shows they too fell to viewing their platform as a “social media” when it really is still better off as a forum network.

    People abandoned Facebook quite fast because even the illiterate know it’s a privacy nightmare. Plus the whole image that your grandparents use it drove a lot of the younger generation away.

    3 hours ago, Tripredacus said:

    The primary mistake of those large platforms was that they wanted to get everyone onto there

    This could also be said for issues countries encounter but that can get too political for here. The companies are quite interesting with how they can be so misled and completely out of the know from what their community wants. What ever happened to  customer feedback? 

    Valve is an example of a company that manages well. The layout is nearly identical to an open source repository and everyone just does whatever they want. The company is private and isn’t made to make every penny possible. Their support team is fantastic on steam and their support of Linux is even better. This is an example of what happens when you don’t have $$$$ shoved into your eyes. You can actually do something great and not be greedy.

  18. Within the last few months we have seen the biggest decrease and corporate self destruction I at least have ever seen. Reddit and Twitter, both competing to see who can destroy their platform the fastest!

    Kinda makes me think after this that even after how advertisers are leaving both platforms, and especially how Microsoft has stopped making major posts (mostly Mojang), brings up the interesting thought that smaller more focused content forums like MSFN and other ones like Planet Minecraft and TenForums may actually grow in popularity once more, especially with Reddit now having upset their user base to no end.

    Really unfortunate. Now a good amount of my google term + Reddit searches won't be as useful anymore. Really unfortunate though because you can't really tell if the news you are reading is even real or not. Guess everyones back to the smaller places again. The internet honestly, has never felt more emptier to me. I've stopped using Twitter, Reddit, Instagram and Snapchat. Probably for the best, though. I still communicate on Discord.

    Truly hilarious.

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