I use Airmessage. I run MacOS in a VM and then connect via Airmessage cloud in any web browser (or an Android app, but I have an iPhone). I basically set it up so I can iMessage typing on my desktop keyboard on Windows. It was a fun little project to setup initially and since then is basically zero maintenance, just costs me 30% of a CPU and 4GB of RAM on my little home linux box.
I use the Your Phone app on my desktop. Links my Android and allows for texting from desktop. If you’re on iPhone, well, that’s your choice. Enjoy your closed ecosystem!
I am not quite understanding why people are saying this reminds them of MacOS. I’m not seeing it. I am really liking the new snap commands built into the window interface.
The centered taskbar sorta looks and behaves like the MacOS dock, and the rounded corners.
The one feature I’d like to see in W11 is the ability to move open documents around the file system without the application complaining about it, like you can on macOS.
I have a monitor issue. I got a new one. My previous setup was a 31.5" 1440p AOC monitor on the bottom, and a 24" 1080p HP monitor above it. I keep windows open on both, as one does, and everything just worked.
I wasn’t super happy with the AOC, so I got a 34" Samsung G5 ultrawide. It’s great and looks gorgeous. But it seems to go into a deeper sleep when Windows puts it into power saving mode. The monitor effectively disconnects from the PC, which means my applications bounce all over the place when I wake them up. Apparently this is a known issue.
Everyone says use Persistent Windows, but it’s not ideal. A few few of the apps on my top monitor are apparently ignored by it.
It would be nice if I had a fix from the monitor side. Samsung does release firmware updates but apparently there isn’t one for the 34" G5 (though just to waste your time, Samsung’s site implies there’s an update available… but it doesn’t work on the 34".)
Not sure what I’m going to do here.
I think there are enterprise-class monitors that have software to do that, because the windows-scrambling on monitor disconnect is such a PITA for people who constantly dock and undock their laptops. But nothing on the consumer side. Those folks usually don’t have docks.
If the Win11 beta is pretty far along, you might want to jump in to solve your monitor issues that way.
Wait for the Windows update that fixes it?
I appreciate your optimism!
I mean, it’s in the insider build already.
That’s not even an Insider build. That’s a leaked build with a lot missing.
I fully expect MS will open up beta after the announcement Thursday.
Satya said he’s been running it for months. MS is probably pretty far along. They need to ship this autumn to support the new Intel CPUs.
Remember, the last major Windows 10 updates was a couple years ago. All the six-month updates have been really, really minor since then. They’ve been working on this for a while.
I got some sort of Windows update over the weekend. not entirely sure what it was, but it stuck a widget on my taskbar that gives the location and temperature. So far I can’t figure out how to get rid of that.
First time I opened Chrome afterwards my homepage was set to something called NetVibes. I immediately went into Chrome settings and restored my start page, but I’d sure as hell like to know why it did that, too.
Oh yeah I got rid of that. If you right click on the widget near the top of the morning picture of that is either a kebab menu or some sort of option choice. In that sub panel you can turn that whole piece of crap off.
Yeah, this. Or put your taskbar on the side and it’ll also disappear on its own.
You’re overly optimistic. They’re going to announce “Windows 11” and it’ll just be the same old Windows 10 with a refreshed UI alongside the same minor incremental improvements we’ve become accustomed to getting in yearly updates. Some nice changes, some stuff nobody cares about, but overall you know, fine.
This thing was originally Windows 10 20H2, then they realized the marketing benefits from a relaunch and decided to do that.
So I updated to Windows 10 21H1 and now my Bluetooth headset won’t connect.
Fucking sigh
Why can’t shit just work?
Knowing what I know about how these systems are designed/constructed - layer upon layer upon layer of abstraction and indirection - I am constantly amazing when they do work.
Can someone start a Windows 11 thread?
Microsoft says: Here is a severe Windows security vulnerability. Oh, and BTW, here is some sample code you can use to exploit it.
