So, with Windows being slowly moved towards the fully subscription based model, I’ve happily been fully Linux at home for 15 years now. The only app I use Windows at home for (in a VM – see below) is Office, and more specifically, Excel. Up until recently I was an OpenSUSE user, but have just switched over to Fedora – everything was backed up over the past week, and the actual change was done in maybe half an hour Saturday morning with no loss of settings whatsoever. I prefer the KDE Plasma GUI, but have always got a terminal window […]

The Register produced this article which shows the level of contempt Microshite has for the users nowadays – can’t just embed the article so will post it in full: The latest changes to Microsoft’s Start Menu are being rolled out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. However, users in the European Economic Area have a little longer to wait for the promised Android and IOS device integration. Microsoft previewed these tweaks to the Start Menu in May, and is now rolling them out to Windows Insiders as part of Windows 11 build 26200.5641. “We’re making it easier for you […]