Gone in favor of
a less useful interfacePowershell commands. Fantastic!
Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 weeks agoGone in favor of a less useful interface. Fantastic!
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Great, now I’ll have to
GoogleBing for a four-line command when before I could just dig through a few menus.Matriks404@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Powershell at first seems to be weird and clunky, but after you get used to its syntax you can quickly look up and use its commands without much guessing.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
That’s a hot take for Lemmy.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Nah, PowerShell is just a shitty bash wannabe
random_character_a@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
…and after a decade accuse Linux community for copying their great innovations.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Well then it’s guess which is the one to use now or which os those commands are naively installed and which need to be installed
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No. Don’t worry, they moved the controls to the edge browser! Isn’t that great 😃? 👍👍👍.
This will bring so many people to Linux and will force so many others to start their own OSes.
PineRune@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Unfortunately, most Windows users are not tech savy and will never move to Linux, regardless of how user-friendly Linux becomes. It would take large-scale retailers switching their computers to have Linux pre-installed instead of Windows before any meaningful transition happens.
JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Not tech savy person here who’s interested in switching to Linux but afraid of fucking it up and the one guy I knew in real life who used Linux and would’ve helped me out died during covid so I’m on my own.
My old computer won’t support windows 11 and I’m not in a position to upgrade my hardware. I’ve been poking around trying learn about linux but I’m more of a hands on learner so basically I’m going to have to learn as I go which is quite scary for someone who’s never even seen a computer running it.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Got an extra USB stick and an old laptop kicking around you’re okay with wiping? Ideally 4GB RAM but 2GB would be okay. Start with Linux Mint and follow their installation guide - verifying the ISO image in Windows is probably the toughest part.
Or make absolutely certain you’re on the official Mint website, torrent it and don’t bother checking, I’m not your mother. “Who the f**k checks those anyway?” (Mint hasn’t been hacked since, but it’s part of why they’re pushing verifying, they know that their users have been targeted before. Also if something goes wrong with the download the install will fail and you’ll waste more time than if you just checked.)
If you don’t have a spare computer, a live USB can let you try Linux without making changes to your computer, but it’s going to be slow - a proper install is going to be a much nicer experience. If you’re okay without persistence (ie you can’t change anything or install additional programs for the next time you boot into it), just follow the Linux Mint website’s installation guide and stop before the actual install step. For persistence, try this method instead, but you really don’t want to use it long term, USB sticks aren’t designed for this.
Once you’ve tried it live and you think you like the desktop environment, but if you’re not sure you’re ready to fully commit, if your computer has an extra slot for an SSD you could buy a second one and dual boot, that’s what I did. (Dual booting on the same drive is doable but more of a headache, and even on a different drive Windows doesn’t always play nicely.)
PineRune@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you aren’t ready to fully commit to installing it on a hard drive, you could probably make a live USB stick of Linux. There are installers built to run on windows that will install Linux onto a USB drive, which you can boot from after turning off your PC. That way, you don’t need to worry about wiping or resetting an old computer just to see if you like it.
obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 3 weeks ago
Ask ChatGPT. 3.5 should know it. I know I could install FreeBSD because of it.
vanontom@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve finally made one tiny step into the Linux pool: Replacing my little old Plex server & NAS (mini PC, Windows 10) with… an even tinier Raspberry Pi 5.
It’s been nice to finally have an excuse to start learning Linux: commands, bash scripts, ssh, samba shares, etc. I’ve always admired lean, portable FOSS, so it’s way overdue.
Kushan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I honestly wouldn’t mind the new interface if it at least has all the options and functionality from the control panel, but it doesn’t - there’s so much functionality you can only access via control panel
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
And this is my gripe.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They can just make an AI called “Control” that will handle all the settings for everyone.
db2@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It is Windows…