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mlg ,
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If I hadn’t already migrated to Linux after the insider crapshow, this probably would have forced me off.

TheWilliamist ,

I tried to get to the printer settings today on a users machine and it kept redirecting me to the settings menu… 😠

downpunxx ,

they can fucking try

cyborganism ,

That’s okay because Windows will be gone entirely from my PC in a month.

NuXCOM_90Percent ,

I am pure linux for personal use and mac for work but:

Good. One of the biggest problems Windows has had for the past decade or so is having like three different versions of every menu and needing to figure out which one let you do what you want. Consolidate that shit

SpaceNoodle ,

They already had that shit consolidated. It’s called “Control Panel” and has been around for forty years.

downpunxx ,

say it louder for the people in the back

SpaceNoodle ,

it louder

HexadecimalSky ,

In favor of what? I still have to use control panel because some things are seemingly unreachable by the “settings” menus.

mkwt ,

Yeah. This sounds a lot like some PM type thinks they’re gonna get rid of control panel, and they just don’t know what all is actually in there.

And not to mention the custom control panel applets hanging around out there from who-knows-what vendors.

throws_lemy ,
@throws_lemy@lemmy.nz avatar

That’s M$ intention, to hide some settings from users and lose control of Windows.

Subtracty ,

Can someone explain to me the difference from Control Panel to Settings? It seems like more of a name change and of course, the UI will be different, but won’t it effectively be a hub to control your personal settings just like control panel?

Skezlarr ,

Currently the Settings app in windows doesn’t have the same level of features as the control panel does. It’s definitely got most features that normal users will need, but if you’re a power user or a system admin, you’ll quickly find yourself having to swap over to control panel to configure anything past the very basics for quite a few different parts of windows. This change will be fine if Microsoft achieve feature parity between settings and control panel, so that there’s no lost functionality when they get rid of control panel.

I think most people are a bit upset at the idea of the control panel disappearing because they don’t trust that Microsoft will end up reaching that feature parity, leaving people with less options to control their own devices effectively.

Lost_My_Mind ,

I’m NEVER moving away from Windows 7.

Quill7513 ,

Please for the love of god move off windows 7 to a secure OS like Linux or BSD

Lost_My_Mind ,

I don’t understand linux. I have a raspberry pi that I haven’t used in 2 years because I did an update all, which caused the fan to stop working. Which in turn mezns I can’t use the thing, for fear it overheats. But I spent 20 days all day every day, just trying to figure out how to turn the fan on.

If I can’t turn the fan on, and reinstalled the fan countless times, pouring hundreds of hours into something so simple, I’m not going to understand the OS.

On the opposite end of that, no way in hell I’m upgrading to windows 10 or 11.

And I’m not rich enough for a mac.

So, Windows 7 forever!

CTDummy ,

Why not back up your win 7 installation and try a different Linux variant? Or even just fuck around with Linux in dual boot/vm before transitioning? I’d have to imagine that’d be preferable to either not using the internet or risking every device on the same network it’s connected to. I swear I read an article where fresh win10 installs were getting infected within minutes of connecting to the net. Let alone 7.

Lost_My_Mind ,

About 10 years ago I remember I had to turn off the firewall to do something. To this day, I can’t remember if I ever even turned it back on. And have never checked. Oddly enough, the only website that DOESN’T work on that computer, is Lemmy. Which I guess is because I haven’t updated the browser since before covid.

Quill7513 ,

Raspberry pi is not going to be representative of running something like Linux Mint on an x86 machine. Raspberry pi is a unique piece of hardware that not all OSes are going to test against. As the other poster said, there are things you can do to ease yourself into the transition. But I’m… Baffled by your lackadaisical attitude towards updates. Your browser not being updated since before covid makes me hope to god you’re not downloading any media files or logging into any websites

downpunxx ,

we ride or die windows for workgroups in this house dawg

Quill7513 ,

Windows 3.1 was what I cut my teeth on

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Is your computer networked? If so, that’s a bad idea

200ok ,

TL;DR - It’s being replaced renamed to “Settings”

atrielienz ,

TLDR, the settings app does not fully incorporate all the minutia of the control panel and power users are naturally going to be upset about the change assuming they stick around that long.

SpaceNoodle ,

Too many specialized companies still make Windows-only software, e.g. chip vendors.

atrielienz ,

100% true.

orclev ,

But not really. The Settings menu has never been as useful as Control Panel and there’s still a ton of functionality that can only be accessed from the Control Panel. This and many other moves by MS recently are why Windows 10 is the last version of Windows I’ll be using. With the work Valve has done to support SteamDeck I can finally go 100% Linux.

shaggy959500 ,

RIP. It’s been coming for a while, and Control Panel will likely be on hospice for a few more years, but it will be a sad day when control panel is gone.

cyberpunk007 ,

Gone in favor of a less useful interface. Fantastic!

db2 ,

It is Windows…

partial_accumen ,

Gone in favor of a less useful interface Powershell commands. Fantastic!

SpaceNoodle ,

Great, now I’ll have to Google Bing for a four-line command when before I could just dig through a few menus.

Beacon ,

I mean, if there's still gonna be command line commands for all the features then there's no reason why a 3rd party couldn't make a gui app for them and recreate the control panels app

SpaceNoodle ,

Good point … unless MS manages to cripple that capability somehow.

helenslunch ,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

That’s a hot take for Lemmy.

random_character_a ,
@random_character_a@lemmy.world avatar

…and after a decade accuse Linux community for copying their great innovations.

werefreeatlast ,

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.

RustyShackleford ,

Control Panel will likely be on hospice for a few more years

And I’ll keep visiting Control Panel in hospice. Bite me Microsoft.

SpaceNoodle ,

WTF why did I misread your comment as “Chris Parnell”

akwd169 ,

Probably because we were just watching Archer bro

SpaceNoodle ,

No, I’m watching Cars 3

downpunxx ,

yessssssssssssssssss

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