Windows 11½

I can tell this is fake from the fact the explorer context menu and the start menu open in under 2 seconds (on a top end Ryzen CPU, nonetheless).

This is insanely good and mimics my personal experience of Windows these days. I literally say "pop-up! pop-up! pop-up!" out loud during a normal workday where one pop-up or prompt is rapidly replaced by another. Same app or different, doesn't matter, there's always something trying to grab attention on a Windows desktop unless you configure the hell out of it (and even that is no longer enough). My favorite "joke" from this site: > Scan complete: 1 threat found — ChromeSetup.exe FWIW, I switched to Fedora in January and have no plans to look back. Only $dayjob relies on Windows anymore.

It’s too snappy and responsive, real windows I gotta wait with the spinning blue ring thing for a few seconds after clicking ‘x’ on the notifications. That is when they’re generous enough to give an ‘x’ and not force the user through some onboarding flow with no easy way to opt out

It must be hard for Windows users to imagine that on Linux there are is no activation, no Microsoft account, no cloud backup, and no pop-up requesting that you install crapware when you plug in a peripheral.[0] You also own your disk encryption keys and are not assigned an identifier that can be used against you.[1] [0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA [1] https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsof...

This is not realistic; the start menu opens way too quickly.