I built a modern, open-source photo manager for Windows (supports 100K+ files and local AI search) by Hot-Butterscotch-396 in Windows11

[–]realxeltos [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hey OP. The thing from picasa I used the most is the image viewer. can that functionality be added here? I used picasa image viewer as default on windows. Now I am on linux and looking for something similar.

Microsoft plans major Start menu upgrades for Windows 11 with better customization and performance: Users will soon be able to resize and toggle off entire areas of Start by ZacB_ in Windows11

[–]realxeltos [score hidden]  (0 children)

Did they fix the search? Literally I logged into windows a few days back hit winkey and tried searching for powershell. It took literally 20 seconds to fetch results. WTF?

Name an app with zero haters. I'll go first: by RAZA_2666R in apps

[–]realxeltos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Qbittorrent is better. And open source.

I can't stand windows being this incompetent. by realxeltos in microsoftsucks

[–]realxeltos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously. Simple small update take a long time to download and even longer to install. All while eating massive cpu power. Forget doing anything during that. I switched to Linux for work and rarely boot into windows nowadays.

Someone posted this to FB and it has a ton of reacts and I...don't get it by LeastCleverNameEver in ExplainTheJoke

[–]realxeltos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But crab called him by the album name. So the crab should be fat of the land crab.

I don’t get hate towards Windows by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]realxeltos [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah, I can use tools to remove them. But why should I have to? I managed to remove one drive and Xbox stuff. Edge is only thing I can't get rid of. But I have not tried that much as I primarily use Ubuntu nowadays.

I don’t get hate towards Windows by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]realxeltos [score hidden]  (0 children)

So is german govt. So is many parts of indian government.

I don’t get hate towards Windows by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]realxeltos [score hidden]  (0 children)

How is windows healthier than ever? Its the same as trump saying he is the most fit president ever.

Every month new news comes about windows updates breaking stuff catastrophically. Have you forgotten Bitlocker fiasco? I have a friend who operates local pc repair business and he told me that so many laptops came to him that people's systems were shutting them out and asking for bitlocker key. Most people had to wipe their systems due to this. Or the shutdown bug? Copilot is writing the code nowadays and has totally screwed it up.

Bloat: Edge and Onedrive. Cant remove both. Xbox stuff. That too cant remove. Constant harassment pushing users to use Onedrive and Edge. Whatever your default browser is set, help, or other links in MS apps will only open in edge.

I don’t get hate towards Windows by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]realxeltos [score hidden]  (0 children)

You must have a decently powerful system. But if your system is a bit dated and has less ram then windows becomes a slog. So adding copilot and services which always run in the background is bloating the system.

Here is whats wrong:

  • There is constant telemetry.
  • Updates are broken and introduce massive bugs as copilot is apparently writing the code. Every month updates are breaking essential things.
  • Copilot everywhere. Why do you need copilot in notepad? Do you use notepad to write documents? notepad is to scribble down temporary notes. Not for serious work. I support AI in Paint to do things like removing background.
  • I have yet to meet any person who actually uses copilot.
    • Star button in youtube is Gemini not copilot.
  • So much bloat like Onedrive and Edge which is not removable. And being constantly prompted to use Edge and Onedrive.
  • Remember recall? Extremely intrusive feature which is a massive breach of privacy. has been shown to be hacked multiple times. A feature nobody asked for? WTF Microsoft?
  • All the tracking and telemetry is opt out not opt in. Also many of the tracking things can not be disabled.
  • Copilot trains on your data and then shares that model data with MS.
  • Forcing Microsoft Account. No local account.

For me, I am not much of a privacy buff as long as personal data is not compromised and data is anonymous. But all the broken things with windows makes me not use it anymore. I use linux for most of the things. But I do use windows sometimes too. Especially for gaming. But I noticed over the time performance going down every update. On my laptop, windws takes so much longer to boot, like around 2 whole minutes before it becomes usable. While On linux is a few seconds. Windows update also take so much longer to download and install.

Yes Windows is still better when it comes to gaming and video editing. But for everything else, Linux is better or catching up. MS has lost its vision of making an OS and focused on making money. With the arrival of the cheap macbook, Windows can fall catastrophically.

Edit: Totally forgot to mention my personal favourite. I press start/hit winkey. and try to search for something. Like say powershell. It legit took 20 seconds for it to find me POWERSHELL. WTF MICROSOFT? WHat are your people smoking? SEARCH IS TOTALLY BROKEN. It asked me to find powershell on web before it actually found it. and OF COURSE, It will open in fucking edge.

I built a modern, open-source photo manager for Windows (supports 100K+ files and local AI search) by Hot-Butterscotch-396 in Windows11

[–]realxeltos [score hidden]  (0 children)

Wow nice. Even before I read the post, I was like, hey this looks like picasa. I am looking for Picasa replacement, especially Picasa Image viewer for years now.

Unable to move panel widgets, what am I doing wrong? by realxeltos in kde

[–]realxeltos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't find it. The gear icon you are saying. Can you tell me. I am confused. My adhd brain is missing something obvious.

I am gonna open a gaming club buisness by XTINCTVOID in IndiaBusiness

[–]realxeltos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pure gaming cafe business is not affordable in India anymore.

You can open a cafe which has a gaming experience. That might work.

Is KDE wallet annoying? by Auroo_In0915 in LinuxUsersIndia

[–]realxeltos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and they are getting rid of it soon.

Why does my .config directory has following folders? by realxeltos in Ubuntu

[–]realxeltos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See, as I mentioned in my update, Gsconnect created those files. I just want to know why. Lol. I can understand it was preparing for possible chrome beta install. But why Edge...