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0 pointscosmic_cheese1y ago0 comments

There’s a big asterisk that should be added, though. Windows is not a productive desktop environment for me, primarily due to its poor implementation of virtual desktops and handling of multiple monitors that feels like a bad hack (to set different wallpapers per-display, you still need to combine the picture for each display into a single gigantic image which is ridiculous). I’m sure I’m not alone in these feelings.

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genewitch1y ago

I use an HDTV and an HDR 2k165hz monitor. I set the desktop background to black, anything else messes with my peripheral vision if some window decoration isn't aligned with the background.

I also use a 720p60 projector as a screen sometimes on that machine, too.

It all just works. My largest complaint with Windows seems to have been fixed with the 24h2 patch - read on if you care.

I use "@" prefixes on folder names to have them sort first when sorting by name descending. Somehow for a couple years, some applications would crash if trying to stat these folders, for example, launching VLC would usually crash it if the last thing I played was something from V:\@TV\Columbo

I was keeping a list of things that crashed like this; or while opening or saving files in "@" folders. Notepad, notepad++, vlc, mplayer, windows photo viewer (any and all), and so on

I was able to guess it had something to do with internal variables in the windows API, you can see them on my system in pwsh by going to V: \ and typing @ and pressing tab key. They're even a different color than the quoted folder name that eventually appears.

I could never figure out how to report this bug in a way that would be helpful, as I barely use powershell or the windows API.

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