@thurrott I don’t think Windows is the only problem. Let’s take the LTSC version for example (which is what I use on my game PC - my daily driver runs Fedora and LibreOffice works for me). It runs smoothly with local account, no telemetry, no app store and edge is as silent it can be (although you can’t completely shut the thing off) until you start installing OneDrive and Office. Then hell breaks loose and your LTSC version is just like Windows 10/11 Pro or Home with ads/prompts.
@thurrott You do know 9 out of 9 of these issues could be solved with your 15 inch #MacBook Air or #Ubuntu#Linux. 😁But I understand for practical purposes since you write about #Windows for a living. A suggestion though for others who still need to use Windows for work or other purposes is maybe move it to a #VM. What keeps frustrating me is how much #MicrosoftEdge has its tentacles deep into the system. Every time I open it, my laptop fan starts spinning like crazy.
@thurrott The idea of preference for me has faded when it comes to desktop operating systems. I use #windows11#macOS and #Linux Fundamentally they are all the same at this point. There are little things I like about each. On Windows, I prefer the skeuomorphic icons, on Mac I like the detail and UI gestures, Linux I like that it’s free and does 99% of the things we buy a Mac or Windows device for.