Microsoft's Windows boss just sent out a long non-apology to frustrated Windows 11 users, promising big changes. Here's a translation of what you can really expect.

In a long post titled “Our commitment to Windows quality,” published on Microsoft’s website and sent via email to millions of members of the Windows Insider Program, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri laid out a laundry list of changes Microsoft plans to make in Windows 11, starting this month.

What’s most remarkable about this post is what it doesn’t contain. Here’s how Davuluri kicked things off:

Every day, we hear from the community about how you experience Windows. And over the past several months, the team and I have spent a great deal of time analyzing your feedback. What came through was the voice of people who care deeply about Windows and want it to be better.

That paragraph belongs in the non-apology Hall of Fame, with a cross-reference to “Friday news dump” – a classic PR technique that aims to minimize media coverage of the awkward news being released.

  • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
    33·
    1 day ago

    Too little, too late.

    Already left for Cachyos and it is for me without a doubt better at everything than Windows.

    Good riddance.

    • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      I setup a mini pc using CachyOs for my Jellyfin server and I am surprised by how easy it all was. I am still going to use windows for my gaming pc (Nvidia gpu…if the drivers get better, then I will switch entirely over), but I am glad I got a Linux computer now.

      • 5too@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        At this point, the only thing I have Windows around for is VR. Every non-VR game I have runs swimmingly (often better!) on the Linux partition, but VR still struggles to keep up…

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        Ive been on linux since the 3000 series nvidia cards. PopOS works well with nvidia cards. I used bazzite for a while with no problems, then switched to cachyOS and no problems there either.

        My next card will be AMD but you should be fine to use linux with nvidia right now.

      • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        I’m also on an NVIDIA GPU (4070 Ti) and I have no problem so far.

        Even if the NVIDIA driver are marginally less performant, i think the leaner OS makes up for it.

        I’m fairly sure I have better FPS and stability in Rocket League.

        As long as you are ok with some tinkering with proton from time to time I think cachyos can work as a daily driver for gaming and most desktop tasks.

          • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 hours ago

            I play DBD, Arc Raiders, Wild Assault, and others just fine. Funny enough, it’s just a few specific big names with the most anticheat problems: Valorant, Fortnite, BF6, and COD. In some ways, I’m happy not to have to even consider them.

            • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 hour ago

              I do still play some Battlefield games that require windows, but Bad Company 2 (through Rome) and Battlefield 4 don’t which is pretty cool. Wish I could still play Bad Company 1 on Xbox live though.

          • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
            1·
            19 hours ago

            Yeah. I have BF6 so…

            But at this point I’m reluctant to boot up my windows partition just to play this game.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        What hardware have you, I have paired back my jellyfin requirements to being just local but UHD.