u/Competitive_Try9911

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What Stops You From Switching OS in 2026 — Windows ↔ Linux

On today’s Windows or Linux — what are the daily issues you still can’t fix?

What’s stopping you from switching:

• Windows → Linux

• Linux → Windows

Both OSes win and lose in 2026.

Example: Linux still can’t run all programs or games, and some don’t run at all.

Example: Windows is the global OS, but far from perfect for everyone.

Some people only need gaming or gaming + streaming.

Others need work tools or gaming + work.

Some users want to remove annoying Windows features but can’t do it through the official settings.

So what’s the one thing in your OS that annoys you every day or stops you from switching?

I’ll answer your comment when I can.

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u/Competitive_Try9911 — 1 day ago

Showcasing My New Tool – What Do You Think

I started my YouTube channel about 10 days ago and I’m still building everything up.

This is a quick demo of my new Windows 11 tool — simple, fast, and does exactly what it needs to do.

Looking for honest feedback, good or bad.

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u/Competitive_Try9911 — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/SystemThinkers+1 crossposts

SystemThinkers — Deep System Intelligence

A space for people who understand systems beyond the surface.
We analyze architecture, OS behavior, hardware logic, and real cause‑and‑effect — not guesses, not assumptions.

Focus areas:
System architecture — kernel, processes, structure
Hardware logic — tuning, performance, constraints
Network intelligence — data flow, connectivity, protocols
OS engineering — Linux, Windows, hybrid systems

Goal: build a collective that treats systems as ecosystems — complex, layered, and interconnected.

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u/Competitive_Try9911 — 2 days ago
▲ 152 r/WindowsSucks+2 crossposts

Windows 11 in 2026 is a meme OS — and Microsoft doesn’t care anymore

Microsoft used to be a great company. Windows XP was simple, light, and easy to understand. Windows 7 was the last “normal” OS — clean UI, fewer settings, and if you didn’t understand something, you could find it on YouTube in 2 minutes.

Then everything went downhill.

Windows 8/8.1 was basically a phone OS forced onto a PC. The start menu was nonsense and nobody asked for it.

Windows 10 is where the slow performance started. If you didn’t strip the nonsense, your RAM was gone. Back then people had 4–8GB RAM, and Windows 10 ate half of it on idle.

Now Windows 11 (2026) is the most nonsense OS Microsoft ever made.

Normal people can’t delete anything. Power users can remove Edge, disable 200+ services, kill telemetry, fix the UI, and clean the system. But normal users? They’re stuck.

Microsoft didn’t think about them at all.

– Settings are mixed everywhere

– UI is inconsistent

– Everything is locked

– Edge comes back after updates

– RAM usage on idle is 3–4GB for nothing

– 300+ processes running on a fresh install

– Handles/threads/processes exploding even when nothing is open

– GPU drivers install useless HDMI audio drivers

– Performance is a joke in 2026

– Windows became a “product OS” instead of a tool for people

– Ads, cloud, AI, bloat everywhere

On Linux, if something annoys you — you remove it. Done.

On Windows, you need to fight the OS just to use your own computer.

Windows in 2026 = meme.

Linux in 2026 = remember commands because nobody builds a simple UI for everything.

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u/Competitive_Try9911 — 3 days ago
▲ 10 r/WindowsSucks+3 crossposts

Got tired of Windows hiding everything, so I built my own control tool

Windows keeps getting more bloated, more locked down, and more filled with stuff nobody actually wants. Every update hides more settings, adds more ads, and buries basic controls behind layers of UI. Even simple things that used to be one click now require digging through menus, registry edits, or random scripts from the internet.

I got tired of fighting the OS just to make it behave like a normal system again. So instead of relying on debloat scripts or hoping Microsoft stops adding nonsense, I started building my own tool to expose the controls Windows keeps burying.

The goal wasn’t to make something flashy or corporate-looking. I just wanted a clean interface that gives back the options Windows tries to hide. Something practical, fast, and actually useful.

Right now it already handles things like:

revealing hidden system options

disabling annoying built‑in features

cleaning up parts of the OS that normally require scripts

undoing some of Microsoft’s “forced” decisions

making Windows feel less restrictive and less like an ad platform

I’m improving it based on real use, not marketing. If something is annoying in Windows, I try to make it fixable. If something is buried, I try to surface it. If something is forced, I try to give the user a choice again.

If you want to check it out or give feedback, it’s here: https://crazyking.win

crazyking.win
u/Competitive_Try9911 — 3 days ago

What’s the most annoying thing in Windows or Linux that you think should be fixed?

On Windows or Linux, what’s the most annoying thing you think should be fixed or improved?

I’m curious what problems people run into the most. Anything from UI behavior to system settings to performance issues.

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u/Competitive_Try9911 — 3 days ago
▲ 2 r/u_Competitive_Try9911+1 crossposts

On Windows or Linux, what’s the most annoying thing you think should be fixed or improved?

I’m curious what problems people run into the most. Anything from UI behavior to system settings to performance issues.

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u/Competitive_Try9911 — 9 days ago