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Windows 10 For PCs Build 14997 Leaks Online (neowin.net)
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft had last week said that it wouldn't be releasing a new Windows 10 build for insiders on Fast ring this year. But the supposed build has leaked online. The build 14997 contains a few new features, such as a refreshed Settings app, theme support from the Store (you might recall that with 14986, you could download them from the Store, but had to install them manually), a number of Edge improvements such as tab expansion, blue light reduction features, and more. Since it's a leaked build, we would suggest treading carefully before downloading it. You might just want to avoid it until it's available from the official channel.
and 2017 will be the year of Linux on the desktop!
...which is evident when one has to tinker w/ settings (already gone through several changes) and themes rather than do anything substantial.
One thing I suggested to them (I beta tested when Windows 10 was not released) and never saw was them adding the ability to view video in the Photos app (for videos of the family that are taken) as well as in the Groove app (since the Movies app is mainly for movies). In the iToys, one can have music videos in a playlist, which is handy if one is driving. With Windows, I have a rich supply of music videos that I downloaded off YouTube and which I can play fine under Movies, but Movies doesn't have playlist support. Also, under Movies, I get downloaded music mixed w/ videos that I've taken, which messes things up. Instead, keep Movies for movies and TV shows, have Groove for music audio and videos, and have Photos for still and motion videos. Granted that 3 apps would have the same capability, but it would have different purposes.
WHO CARES, REALLY?
Windows is a dead spyware.
Time to move on.
I finally found and bought a TrueOS CD from OSDisc.com and installed it last week, finally upgrading my PC-BSD 10.2 system. Unfortunately, the name change from PC-BSD to TrueOS needlessly disrupted the migration process by disabling the PC-BSD mirrors that were previously used for the upgrades. That in turn left pretty old versions of Firefox and Chromium locked at those versions: nothing in AppCafe could be upgraded. Lumina is now better than ever, and I don't need to install KDE/GNOME/LXDE/XFCE or any other DE.
For Linux, I tried buying SteamOS from the same site, but got the response that Valve includes proprietary software that they don't allow third parties to distribute
According to Microsoft, it's the last version of Windows, which means by definition it'll never be "done". I have no interest in signing up to become a perpetual beta tester. Guess it's Win 7 for me until I have to find something else...
"Windows 10 For PCs Build 14997 Leaks Online"
but that's AFTER you install it.
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Windows 10 is the only windows version I did not bother to install in any of my PCs. Nowadays I run all Linux. I also used MacOSX in the past, but since Tiger is going downhill, each version worse than previous.
Since it's a leaked build, we would suggest treading carefully before downloading it. You might just want to avoid it until it's available from the official channel.
Good idea. You wouldn't wanna accidentally install something that monitored everything you did and sent that info back to somewhere.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
"Microsoft has run out of ideas..."
I think Microsoft has no competent top-level managers. It appears to me that Satya Nadella was chosen to be CEO because he was less annoying than the other candidates who were considered. Nadella doesn't seem to have the immense social and technology skills that are required for running a huge technology organization.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was called Monkey Boy on the cover of BusinessWeek Magazine. He appeared to have little or no technical knowledge. He appeared to have no interest in learning.
Because Microsoft has a virtual monopoly, it is easy to make money. (Apple charges 3 to 5 times more, and has only 7.4% of PC computer sales.)
>such as a refreshed Settings app,
It's important to keep moving things around in the settings app. You don't want people becoming too familiar with where things are.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
I've heard that users of Windows 10 Enterprise can eliminate most of the nasty qualities found in Windows 10 Professional edition.
I've also heard that the biggest barrier to obtaining Windows 10 Enterprise is that Microsoft will only sell licenses in very large (1000+?) quantities.
If all of the above are true, has anyone looked into forming a Windows 10 Enterprise "Buyers Club"? I.e., we get 1000 would-be users of Windows 10 Enterprise, and form a purchasing block. The "organization" through which the licensing occurs would be that buyer's club.
Perhaps my Google-Fu is weak, but I've found nothing on the web discussing this approach.
I can't wait to install the latest malware and try all of the new exciting features!
Is there any Windows 10 user left that doesn't feel enough like a Beta tester already from having the updates crammed down his throat that he'd really want to install something that's most likely even more prone to "interesting behaviour"?
Wake me when Win10 becomes usable. Until then you can leak it all you want, nobody who didn't already drink the KoolAid will care.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.