This is so extremely annoying when paired with the forced auto restarts. Here is how it works:
1. I walk away from the computer with a bunch of my tabs and programs running. I also have a couple of servers running (docker compose).
2. Microsoft decides my work is worthless and restarts the PC to install updates to fix their own shoddy programming.
3. After 3-4 restarts, it finally drops back into the login screen. So my open apps, tabs, servers are all gone, and will not be running. Basically means I cannot rely on the PC being online if I am outside.
4. And on top of that, even when I enter the password, it will pretend to login, but stops on this spam screen with the anti-pattern "remind me later" button. Every single time. I've told them no for at least 50 times. Oh and this screen blocks every startup program from loading, even though I have signed in. So I have to clear it before docker will load.
Docker runs better on Linux. And Linux doesn't reboot unless told to do so. And you can SSH into it rather than run some sort of long winded GUI. Oh, and it doesn't phone home all the time with 'telemetry'.
I do my work on this PC. And even though almost all of it is on WSL, the rest of the OS just works better than any Linux I've tried. And I'm no stranger to Linux. My first was the Ubuntu Dapper Drake CD they used to mail out for free. So I put up with all the abuse :(
I have a fully functional Arch Linux on a secondary SSD, but it's just a pain to deal with all the Bluetooth audio quirks, the uncanny valley GUI, incomplete app support, etc. I'll muster enough willpower one day to fully make the arch boot by default.
I switched to Linux in 2018, and I hear you on the quirks. But now, an LLM can fix basically any quirk you hit. I’ve been surprised multiple times. I’m also on Pop OS, which feels more batteries-included than Ubuntu.
If you disable it as outlined in the article it will not come back IME. It is ridiculous and frustrating that you have to do it, and IMO it's extremely poorly named and placed but it does work at least.
I'd say that coverage is very, very substantial, but incomplete because some games use anti-cheat that is either extremely invasive and heavily relies on Windows internals, or is anti-cheat that the devs have configured to reject running in Proton.
> basically-every-current-multiplayer-shooter is a big missing category.
Weird. I've been playing many multiplayer shooters from Proton with my Windows-using friends. I suppose this is one of those "am I friends with people who pretty much only play CoD or Fortnite?" things.
Not that I disagree with you, but some of us still use desktops because laptops don't always get the job done. That being said, how hard is it to hit ctrl-s
Have they gotten the memo reminding them “schedule and execute your updates to avoid waking up to a login screen”? I feel sorry for you having to work with clients who run production workloads on Windows 11.
1. I walk away from the computer with a bunch of my tabs and programs running. I also have a couple of servers running (docker compose).
2. Microsoft decides my work is worthless and restarts the PC to install updates to fix their own shoddy programming.
3. After 3-4 restarts, it finally drops back into the login screen. So my open apps, tabs, servers are all gone, and will not be running. Basically means I cannot rely on the PC being online if I am outside.
4. And on top of that, even when I enter the password, it will pretend to login, but stops on this spam screen with the anti-pattern "remind me later" button. Every single time. I've told them no for at least 50 times. Oh and this screen blocks every startup program from loading, even though I have signed in. So I have to clear it before docker will load.