References to subscription 'edition,' 'type,' and 'status' found in a test build of Windows.

[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”

  • @Sanguine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13•9 months ago

    Check out Endeavor OS. I’ve been using it for about 3 months now as a full replacement to my old windows 11 set up… everything I’ve needed it to do, with the exception of a few games has worked either right out of box or with minor tweaks. The forums are active and the Arch Wiki has answers to nearly every question you may have about the backbone of the OS. System updates are incredibly easy and are done on your schedule, not Microsoft’s.

    • Bri Guy English
      19•9 months ago

      I use EndeavourOS and it’s great, but for linux newbies or folks who just want a stable OS as a daily driver i’d recommend some other ones. I used POP_OS before switching to Endeavour and that was a solid one for me

    • stoiclimeEnglish
      8•9 months ago

      Fedora is my recommendation of choice. The default Fedora + Gnome workflow out of the box is absolutely flawless.

      • @Sanguine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7•9 months ago

        Yeah that’s the beauty of it isn’t it… a lot of distros and desktop environments to choose from; there is a flavor for anyone!

        For anyone switching from windows I recommend KDE Plasma as it’ll feel closest to what you are used to.

        • @ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1•9 months ago

          Yeah, as a Windows user it’s very intuitive and easy to navigate. My only problem with KDE Plasma, and this would not prevent me from using it altogether, is that there’s this relatively large hover window that pops up if you accidentally swerve the mouse over anything on the task bar, and takes a couple seconds to die. Soooooo irritating.

          This hover thing would probably take thirty seconds to turn off if I knew how, but it’s hard to search for when I can’t figure out what it’s called, and “hover” doesn’t get me anything useful.

          If I could turn that shit off I would have zero problems with KDE Plasma. It’s a legit great interface.

          • @Interstellar_1English
            2•9 months ago

            Right click on the panel (Not running application) -> Task Manager Settings -> General -> uncheck “Show Tooltips”

            • @ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1•9 months ago

              Right click on the panel (Not running application) -> Task Manager Settings -> General -> uncheck “Show Tooltips”

              I will absolutely try this as soon as I have a Plasma DE loaded again. THANK YOU. Seriously.

    • @ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•9 months ago

      Endeavour OS. . . . everything I’ve needed it to do, with the exception of a few games has worked either right out of box or with minor tweaks.

      If I may ask, have you tried MS Office on your Endeavour OS box, and if so, what version and what were your results? Seriously, if you have a minute, I’d really appreciate hearing your specific experiences with MSOffice if you’ve tried it on Endeavour.

      I inquire only because MSOffice is the only reason I wasn’t on Linux years ago, and any distro that can run MSOffice out of the box, macros included, I will install today. Not exaggerating: I have been trying out various distros for the last month, and MSOffice is literally the sole dealbreaker. I even have an Endeavour Cassini Nova LiveUSB ready to go; I’m on Zorin 16.3 Core right now for the same reason.

      Let me know if you can, and thanks in advance.

      • @Sanguine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3•9 months ago

        I Don’t use MS Office, unfortunately. You are going to have a lot of people say just try LibreOffice, but that does not work for everyone so I understand the hesitation.

        • @ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0•9 months ago

          Yeah, I’ve tried and still am trying, lol. I’m still going to move the rest of my stuff to Linux, regardless, but I need one box with an operable copy of MSOffice at least for now.

          I’ll definitely keep EndeavourOS on my list of distros to try, especially because it has all the resources of Arch behind it. That’s a huge plus on its own. Thank you for taking the time to reply!

      • @Interstellar_1English
        2•9 months ago

        Have you tried using OnlyOffice? It’s pretty much a 1:1 recreation of Microsoft Office, there’s a flatpak build. It’s scripts are made in Javascript but it seems simple enough to convert a VBA script.

        • @ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0•9 months ago

          No, I have not. I actually thought you were talking about OpenOffice but looked it up to be sure, and no, I’ve never heard of OnlyOffice. I will definitely give it a shot. And thank you for the VBA conversion plugin as well, that will be awesome if it works for me. Much appreciated.