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Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Build 14328 With Windows Ink, New UI (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Windows Ink is one of the many new features rolling out to beta testers as part of Windows 10 Build 14328. The build includes the new Windows Ink Workspace, providing access to new and improved sticky notes, a sketchpad, and a new screen sketch feature. There's also a new digital ruler you can use to create shapes and draw objects freely. The UI of the Start menu and Start Screen have also been tweaked. The most used apps list and all apps UI have been merged into a single view, creating a less cluttered Start menu. Microsoft also moved power, settings, and file explorer shortcuts so they're always visible. You can now bring back the fullscreen all apps list in the Start Screen, and you can toggle between the all apps view and your regular pinned apps. If you want things to feel less like a desktop PC, you can auto-hide the taskbar in tablet mode. Microsoft has detailed all of the new features found in Build 14328 in their blog post.
Microsoft is going in the WRONG direction. Their insistence on alerting the mothership every time you compile, open notepad, open your media player, view photos... it isn't good. At all.
I've been a Linux user for about 2 decades now, and I've never been more disappointed with it than I am today.
Linux used to kick the living shit out of Windows. Linux didn't crash several times a day. Linux didn't suffer from numerous serious security problems. Linux offered more advanced filesystems and other functionality. Linux provided a better experience, with more choice.
But I fear that those days are now long gone. Since Debian started using systemd, I've experienced a number of problems caused by it. There have been several incidents where I've done routine updates, and rebooted due to the kernel being updated, only to have the boot process break thanks to problems with systemd.
The Linux desktop experience is awful. GNOME 3 is atrocious in every way. Unity is too dumbed down. KDE is too bloated. Xfce has kind of stagnated. Hell, I still have trouble getting my video drivers to work reliably at times!
I recently bought a Surface Pro 4 for my wife, and she thinks it's absolutely great. I've started using it now and then, too, and I'm loving it. I can't believe how much better it is than Linux is today. It boots each and every single time I've chosen to reboot it. The software works flawlessly with the hardware. The Windows 10 desktop environment isn't great, but I'd much rather use it than GNOME 3 or Unity. The stability is great.
I'm now thinking of getting myself a Surface Pro when my current computer dies. I never thought I'd say this, but I don't feel like I'm wasting my time when I'm using Windows 10. I do feel like I'm wasting my time when I use modern Linux distros, especially with how fragile they've become, and how terribly the UIs have devolved.
And, no, I'm not "shilling" for Microsoft. I'm not getting paid for this comment expressing my opinion. But if you know whom I should contact to get paid, please let me know!
Yep and tons of companies are switching to alternatives. Microsoft is losing it's grip fast.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.