Windows 11 available on October 5

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on news.ycombinator.com

InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
www.influxdata.com
featured
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews
SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
www.saashub.com
featured
  • termbench

    Simple benchmark for terminal output

  • > Am I the only one who really enjoys Windows 11 so far?

    Probably not, but consider that people have a lot of different use cases for their computer and a lot of different priorities and Microsoft has been pretty consistent lately about ignoring pretty much any of them that aren't "I really wish my desktop were a clunky tablet".

    > I really like the new UI which feels more modern and harmonic

    Subjective, but feeling more modern is precisely the opposite of what I want in a UI. Modern means slow and cumbersome with lots of wasted space, sparse options, and unreadable widgets.

    > Control Panel is still in there somewhere but why should I care?

    Control Panel had nothing wrong with it and probably still has settings options that are missing from the new ones?

    > new GPU accelerated Terminal is really nice

    It's performance is remarkably terrible for something that's GPU accelerated. Casey Muratori has said a lot about it. https://github.com/cmuratori/termbench and https://github.com/cmuratori/refterm were a result. It doesn't mean a lot in terms of quality of Windows 11, I just think it is a good illustration of modern Windows team's development practices.

    > Does it have tons of telemetry, cruft from 20 years in the kernel and some rough edges?

    Cruft is fine because it is there for backwards compat, which is huge for a tone of desktop use cases. Linux Kernel has a ton of cruft too for the same reason. Telemetry is bullshit and wastes my computer's resources to effectively spy on me.

    > Is the hardware requirements a bit ridiculous?

    The hardware requirements are very ridiculous. Windows 11 is not revolutionary, but somehow manages to require twice the minimum specs of ten in some metrics, and a TPM module.

    > To each their own I guess but it sometimes feels a bit depressing how HN crowd trashes every OS.

    They all have problems, big problems, so they all deserve it. I find it more remarkable that people consistently try to say that everything is actually ok!

    > Is everyone here still using C64, Windows 2000 or OS9 because it „was the last good system“?

    God I wish they were still viable.

  • refterm

    Reference monospace terminal renderer

  • > Am I the only one who really enjoys Windows 11 so far?

    Probably not, but consider that people have a lot of different use cases for their computer and a lot of different priorities and Microsoft has been pretty consistent lately about ignoring pretty much any of them that aren't "I really wish my desktop were a clunky tablet".

    > I really like the new UI which feels more modern and harmonic

    Subjective, but feeling more modern is precisely the opposite of what I want in a UI. Modern means slow and cumbersome with lots of wasted space, sparse options, and unreadable widgets.

    > Control Panel is still in there somewhere but why should I care?

    Control Panel had nothing wrong with it and probably still has settings options that are missing from the new ones?

    > new GPU accelerated Terminal is really nice

    It's performance is remarkably terrible for something that's GPU accelerated. Casey Muratori has said a lot about it. https://github.com/cmuratori/termbench and https://github.com/cmuratori/refterm were a result. It doesn't mean a lot in terms of quality of Windows 11, I just think it is a good illustration of modern Windows team's development practices.

    > Does it have tons of telemetry, cruft from 20 years in the kernel and some rough edges?

    Cruft is fine because it is there for backwards compat, which is huge for a tone of desktop use cases. Linux Kernel has a ton of cruft too for the same reason. Telemetry is bullshit and wastes my computer's resources to effectively spy on me.

    > Is the hardware requirements a bit ridiculous?

    The hardware requirements are very ridiculous. Windows 11 is not revolutionary, but somehow manages to require twice the minimum specs of ten in some metrics, and a TPM module.

    > To each their own I guess but it sometimes feels a bit depressing how HN crowd trashes every OS.

    They all have problems, big problems, so they all deserve it. I find it more remarkable that people consistently try to say that everything is actually ok!

    > Is everyone here still using C64, Windows 2000 or OS9 because it „was the last good system“?

    God I wish they were still viable.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

    InfluxDB logo
  • ExpansionCards

    Reference designs and documentation to create Expansion Cards for the Framework Laptop

  • A thin, lightweight, high-performance 13.5” notebook that can be upgraded, customized, and repaired in ways that no other notebook can. Proof that designing products to last doesn’t require sacrificing performance, quality, or style.

    https://frame.work/

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

Suggest a related project

Related posts

  • Digital Wood Joints

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2024
  • Framework's software and firmware have been a mess, but it's working on them

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Apr 2024
  • Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Apr 2024
  • Split keyboard that isn't crazy expensive?

    1 project | /r/keyboards | 10 Dec 2023
  • designed my first keyboard: a 36 key split

    1 project | /r/ErgoMechKeyboards | 15 Sep 2023