What do you dislike about it? I enjoyed Linux desktop for many years, and then spent almost 10 years on OSX enjoying that, and now I've been on Windows 10 for a couple years and find it just fine. It's completely out of my way, doesn't crash, and so far updates haven't eaten my data.
It's not better than Windows 8.1 in any dramatic way, but it's chokeful of junk than no user wants - ads, telemetry, forced updates, the whole OS-as-a-service angle, etc. You don't feel like you own the machine anymore. It's like you bought it just to let Microsoft to do as they please with it.
Then, there's also the UI that is just... awful. Touch-oriented white-on-white macro bullshit for people with poor vision. It's a smaller gripe and easier to fix, but still.
Windows 10 really feels like something that Microsoft decided to stuff down everyone's throat just because they were in position to do so. It clearly shows that MS treats users as a cattle, basically. You can moo all you want, but that won't change a thing. If you don't think it's true, look at LTSB (or what it's called now) - that Windows 10 edition for people who are really paying. Can't piss them off, so - no ads, no Windows Store, no Cortana or any other crap just gushing out mainstream Windows releases. So it is perfectly possible for MS to release reasonable OS editions _and_ they readily recognize their bundled junk for what it is, it just they don't give a fuck of what unwashed grey masses want.
So, yeah, Windows 10 is the worst piece of software. Not because it's lacking in the tech department, but because of a fundamentally rotten and disrespectful attitude towards their users on Microsoft's part.
Agreed. Win 7 was the pinnacle in terms of stability, UI pleasantness, staying out of the user's way -- overall usability. Other than WSL, every new "addition" in Win 10 is a negative.
What stops you from just buying LTSB? I believe we pay $130 per employe per month for Windows enterprise and the entire office suite. In my opinion, it's a pretty good deal.
Horrible update system. Inconsistent patchwork of multiple legacy UIs. Terrible out of the box CLI. Over-reliant on GUI for administration. Bad default browser. Installing 3rd party software is a mess. Difficult (or impossible) to get good ports of open source tools. App Store is not worth mentioning. Limited cloud services. Needs rebooting practically every day. Very slow to boot. Very little integration with phones, tablets, watches etc.
Especially perhaps if you were lured in to the free upgrade route from Windows 7, which means your hardware is decent but not the latest and greatest. Fortunately, I made image backups when I upgraded.
Normally we'd think of updates as the correct thing to do to maintain your PC. So I find it insulting that it is the updates that are breaking the system.
