You didn't think Windows 11 could actually get more annoying

Microsoft is going to prove you wrong. Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony brings us the following. Daily News Stuff 11 February 2026: Swiss Family Blobinson Edition

Microsoft has announced plans to make Windows 11 more confusing. (Thurrott)

And that's not my editorialising, that's straight from the article.

And also more annoying. (The Register)

Same deal.

Confusing is one thing, but they are going to INCREASE the AI prompts. (And probably the ads, because once you start in on ads, where do you stop?) Click thru.

Wondering what to do?

This is the Some Ordinary Gamers video How To Switch To Linux For Beginners… It is 40 minutes (it could be shorter, but Mutahar is usually a bit long-winded) It is a beginner video, and should get you started.

And YES he does use Linux for Gaming, and covers what to do with NVIDIA graphics cards, and you can try it out without abandoning Windows

And yes you could switch to Mac... if money is no object, and you don't mind living in Apple's Walled Garden

Full Disclosure: I switched to Linux Mint shortly after Microslop announced Windows 11. Well, really around the time they made it clear that they were going to try and shove AI into everything. I don't want that, and true to form, shoving AI into everything has caused security problems. More security problems, because Microsoft didn't have enough security problems before Windows 11.

Mint, with the Cinnamon user interface, is about 93% windows on a daily basis. I use browsers (Firefox, and Chromium, though I am considering switching to De-Googled Chromium). I use LibreOffice. I used LibreOffice on Windows because it is open source. I use LibreOffice on Mint for the same reason, and it come pre-installed. I watch videos, and do a few other things. GIMP for image manipulation, though I usually use Drawing (the Linux equivalent of Microsoft Paint to do simple editing). I will download the free version of DaVinci Resolve for video editing after I finish my taxes. I have been using an open source editor (on Windows and here), but I'm not happy with it. I don't really do much video editing.