I just installed Fedora on my personal computer (X1 Carbon, 6th gen) and it is everything I've ever wanted. There was no configurations I needed to fiddle with. The semi-annual update is amazingly smooth. It also makes my old laptop feel like a hotrod again. I'm happy to have a computer without an AI chip. I use a Mac for work, and it is good, but I sense the subscription mania creeping in there as well. I couldn't make the jump to Windows 8 - because Microsoft created a UI without considering the customer at all. Windows 10 was a great reprieve, especially with one of the early Surface Laptops. But I can't even remain a Microsoft customer with Window 11. The whole system is built with the only intention of driving ad-based subscription revenue. The new Edge browser feels the same way. Sometimes I really hate what our industry has become. Boy am I an old curmudgeon, I think I need to go yell at someone to get off my lawn.
You got a bit lucky though. If you had installed Fedora on a 7th gen you wouldn't have had a working mic until about a year after release unless you patched your kernel.
I see lots of comments about ads in Windows 11 but I didn't see any so far on my home PC. Might it be country related and most of the commenters here are US based? Where in Windows do you see ads folks? Again for clarity: I'm in Switzerland and I don't remember seeing any ad. Zero. Or could be Norton blocking them?
