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    wall03 reacted to RockSolid1106 in Edit button needs more margin   
    Or just remove that line above it.:
     
    Something like this:
     
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    wall03 reacted to WhitetailAni in 11 Things I Hate About Windows 11   
    I will be very disappointed if Snipping Tool being broken isn't on the list.
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    wall03 reacted to Plouffe in 11 Things I Hate About Windows 11   
    Some of us at the office have been daily driving Windows 11 for a few weeks now and it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Come check out some of the biggest issues we've been running into.
     
    Buy Windows 11
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    Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.
     
     
  4. Agree
    wall03 reacted to Fasauceome in Rate the PC Specs from 1-10. It's 779$. Tell me if its worth it or no.   
    A 5600G is a bit cheaper than that 3600
    https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sYmmP6/amd-ryzen-5-5600g-39-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000252box
    This combined with an inexpensive motherboard that has BIOS flashback would do nicely
    https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XJbCmG/msi-b450-a-pro-max-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-a-pro-max
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    wall03 got a reaction from RockSolid1106 in Edit button needs more margin   
    Browser, version and OS: Microsoft Edge Version 97.0.1069.0 dev (64-bit), Windows 10 Pro 21H1 build 19043.1348
     
    Steps to reproduce/what were you doing before it happened?
    edit reply to status update
     
    What happened?
    There isn't sufficient margin between the Save button and the line.
     
    What did you expect to happen?
    There to be space in-between the line and the save button.
     
    Link to a page where it happened, if applicable: 
     
    Screenshots of the issue, if applicable: 

  6. Funny
    wall03 reacted to tkitch in Youtube is censoring the like count Opinion's   
    This is the only thing the title makes me think of:
     
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    wall03 reacted to LinusTech in is there any plan for an LTT bag pack/laptop bag?   
    Hoping for q1/q2 next year. 
     
    Worst case is back to school 2022.
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    wall03 got a reaction from MisterJ3012 in The under 100 line challenge!   
    <html> <body> <a href="https://lttstore.com" padding="30px" background="orange" margin="auto" border-radius="20px">get off of this terrible website</a> </body> </html>  
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    wall03 reacted to colonel_mortis in title in member page looks weird   
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    wall03 reacted to GOTSpectrum in Forum update   
    Honestly I really liked the redesign after a little while, there are still some things I son't like. Such as how @wall03 < these look. But ah well, you can't win them all. But I really don't like the way profiles look now. Can't put my finger on why, I think it's the way the ratings are shown on a bar across the top rather than the side bar. 
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    wall03 reacted to LAwLz in Food & Cooking   
    Okay, let's go over aspartame.
     
    If you have phenylketonuria (a very rare disease, affects around 0,008% of people), then yes, aspartame is bad for you. This is where a lot of the fear mongering about "aspartame doesn't leave your body" comes from. It is only true for people with this incredibly rare disease. Now that we have that out of the way, let's look at aspartame for the 99.992% of the population.
     
     
    Aspartame is a derivative of phenylalanine and aspartic acid. Some of you might recognize these names, although I don't blame you if you haven't, they are hard to remember. Why do I say you might recognize these names? Because the former is an essential amino acid (that is to say, we actually need to eat it to survive) and the latter is a non-essential amino acid, meaning our bodies naturally produce it.
    Now, I am not saying that aspartame is safe because it is created by combining two things we already ingest (phenylalanine and aspartate), since dosage makes the poison, but what I am saying is that if you eat an avocado and an egg for breakfast then you are essentially eating aspartame. That's why people suffering from phenylketonuria have such strict diets where they are not even allowed to drink breast milk when babies.
    If you're worried about aspartame (which you shouldn't be), then you should also be worried about things like chicken meat, avocados, seeds, wild meat, milk, soybeans and so on.
     
     
     
    Stacy likes to quote the highly questioned study from a group of Italian researchers. You can tell she likes quoting this because she references the same group 4 times, out of 6 given sources for "aspartame causes cancer".
    This is the conclusion from one of the remaining two sources:
    Funny how Stacy removed like 2/3 of the quote and only kept the "we can't rule out the possibility" as some kind of evidence that the research supports her (it doesn't). For those who are not familiar with science, a lot of researchers don't like to claim absolute knowledge about something, because with new evidence they might change their minds. So when a researcher says something along the lines of "it seems to be this way but we can not rule out this other conclusion" they are not necessarily saying "it's 50/50 whichever is correct". It might be a 1000 to 1 probability ratio.
     
    Butlers go back to the Italian research group. Don't take my word for the Italian research being bogus. Here is what the American Cancer Society has to say about it:
    (emphasis added by me)
     
     
    But who am I to say other peoples' studies are bullshit? Well, the thing with science is that we have to look at multiple studies and then try and reach a conclusion on what to believe. This is a pretty good summary about the situation from Wikipedia:
     
    But let's pretend like Nutrasweet has managed to pay off over 100 government regulatory bodies, including both the entire EU and the US to poison us for profits, what do other research say?
     
    Here is a study done by Nutrasweet themselves, because evaluating the safety of your own product is the sane thing to do. Before you say that makes the study biased please keep in mind that it is peer reviewed and no significant issues with the study were found.
     
    And here is another one from Nutrasweet (also peer reviewed):
     
  12. Funny
    wall03 reacted to Video Beagle in M1 Pro 10-core SoC pips M1 Max to head PassMark's desktop and laptop CPU single-thread performance charts as Apple Silicon secures top four places   
    ,,,,it's the same gen.  You can tell because they all three have a "1" in the name... the next gen will have a "2".
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    wall03 reacted to xg32 in iMac comparable monitor   
    the one i'd go with is the pd2720u, it's a bit worse than the ezio and nec models but alot cheaper
     
    https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1456435-REG/benq_pd2720u_27_4k_uhd.html/specs
     
    since you are in NY u can go to bh to see it physically
     
    the current ezio and nec models are cg279x and pa271q, those are over 800bucks and just for spec reference
     
    the cheaper benq ezio dell nec models if you wanna buy used
     
    ezio cs2731 nec pa272w, benq sw270c and dell up2718q
     
    again that's just the ones i know of,  it really depends on what inputs you need, i only use the pa272w for certain games. If my monitor broke today i'd get the pd2720u
     
  14. Funny
    wall03 got a reaction from Paul Rudd in Unactivated Windows 10 Users Question   
    at least 10?
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    wall03 reacted to BobVonBob in Scammers getting bold   
    Definitely a 10 year old kid trying to sell off his family's old electronics without a solid understanding of money yet. It would explain the complete disconnect from reality trying to get $63,500. A real scammer would try to sell it for a high but not blatantly fake price.
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    wall03 reacted to Boomy Beatle in Scammers getting bold   
    People like him are just throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks. He may have known you probably wouldn't fall for it, but there's no reason he wouldn't at least try.
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    wall03 reacted to Bratstech in More Airpods gen 3 leaks   
    Summary
    More leaks and rumors of airpods gen three this week. It is rumored that the airpods gen 3 is going to be announced at the October 18th apple event. Pictures of course got leaked before hand and yes I can show you. It will be a mix of the airpods pro and airpods. no ear tips, shorter stems, etc. Dbrand accidently leaked their airpods gen 3 grip case. Yes! the robots have errored! This leak basically confirms the release date will be soon and that the current case leak is confirmed. Currently the pictures for the selling points are airpods pros and that's just a place holder until they get actual pictures I guess.
     

     
    You can currently go an look at their websites and here is a link: Apple AirPods (Gen 3) Cases » Grip » dbrand
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    My thoughts
    I legit stumbled upon and even tweeted at dbrand about it and am suprised about it and the fact that they haven't taken it down yet tells me that the announcement date will either be on mondays event or kinda just thrown on to the apple store. 
     
    Sources
    Roundup: AirPods 3 could launch next month with a redesign - 9to5Mac
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2021/10/15/apple-airpods-3-ready--just-days-from-release-reports-claim-release-date/
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/apples-october-event-new-macs-airpods-3-and-all-other-rumors/ar-AAMqK3P?ocid=uxbndlbing
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    wall03 reacted to colonel_mortis in Community Standards   
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    wall03 reacted to GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    LTT Folding Month 2021
     
    Event Starts November 8th (00:00 GMT)
    Ends December 12th (23:59 GMT)
     
     
    Sign up for the event here:
    Sign ups will close November 6th, 00:00 GMT
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tu-7zVK93OBIT30FdPMkyK9yUqLok7moeQ7D4aPOIDc
     
     
    This event will be eligible for F@H event badges.
     
      
     
    Please follow this thread to keep up to date!
     
    Please read the whole of this post before asking any questions and use the links provided at the end for help and support!
     
     
    Minimum Participation Requirements For Prizes
    20 Days with activity*, 500,000 Points & 40 WU
    (*activity is defined as completing at least 1WU for the 24 hour period)
    These must be met DURING the five weeks of the event. Points produced before the start date do not count!
     
     
    Prizes!!!
    (possibly more to come)
    Community donated prizes:
    5x 10GBP Steam gift cards - Donated by @marknd59
    2x 20USD Steam gift cards - Donated by @Jawa_Juice
    3x 20USD Steam gift cards - Donated by @Pezui
    50USD Amazon gift card - Donated by Anon
    4x 50USD Amazon gift cards - Donated by @IkeaGnome
    5x random Steam key - Donated by Community Chest
     
    LMG Prizes?
     
    If anyone would like to donate a prize then hit me up on discord or on PMs here and we will sort it out
     
     
    Folding@home is a network of volunteer computers distributed around the world that aims to perform biomedical research with the single intent of helping to further understand and develop cures for a range of diseases such as; Alzheimer's, cancer, and Parkinson's. The exact research that is done is simulating the 'folding' of proteins in the body, this is important because the function of a protein id directly related to its physical shape. And this, when the protein is created in the body it needs to reshuffle its shape to get into the correct structure to perform its task. Many illnesses can be linked to faulty proteins in the body such as many cancers and neurological issues, along with a wide number of other general health concerns. This network if compared with the TOP500 list of supercomputers would outclass every single entry on the list, Folding@home has been of the fastest computing systems in the world, reaching a speed of over 2.1 petaFLOPS. 
     
    If you are wondering what exactly has been done with all this computing power then you can check out the papers written by the scientists and researchers that use the folding network, I will warn you though many of them are very in depth reads and in turn this means they are often fairly technical.
    https://foldingathome.org/papers-results/
     
    To qualify for badges you must meet the minimum requirements for participation which for this event will be as follows minimum requirements: 500k points, 40WUs, and 20 days of activity over the course of the whole month. This is subject to change for future events as we find out what the sweet spot is to include as many people as possible but not make it too easy to just get a free badge. 
     
    PASSKEYS! (they're really important)
     
    Don't forget to get yourself a passkey from the link below to ensure that you hit the points requirement, the passkey is a feature that was added a while ago to the Folding Client that helps to authenticate each user on the network, an added bonus of this is the fact that it allows you to qualify for QRB(Quick Return Bonus) Points, QRBs are extra points you earn for submitting work units more quickly, such as if you have faster hardware or let the client fold full time, rather than on idle. QRB credit is awarded after 10 WUs have been submitted. You can get your passkey from the link below.
    https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey
     
    RULES
    Please remember that this is the first event that will be governed by the new rules, these rules were first discussed at the end of last folding month and will be in effect for the duration of the event.
     
    Failing to meet the minimum requirements.
     
    Publicly discussing the administration of the event;
    If you have an issue with the way in which the event is being conducted please reach out to an appropriate member of the event team.
     
    Signing up to the event with a folding identity that is believed to not be your own.
     
    Signing up to the event with more than one folding identity.
     
    Conducting yourself in a manner that is believed to be not in the spirit of the event, this includes but not limited to the below;
    purposefully only meeting the minimum requirements, acting to undermine the integrity of the event, to attempt to cause division within the community. 
     
    Breaking any one of these rules will result in a disqualification from the event. It is also important to know that there is no appeal process for disqualifications. 
     
     
     
    This is just a PSA for the new guys here, the folding team is a small close knit community, so here's a few things I'd like you all to keep in mind. It doesn't hurt to say thank you, if someone has genuinely helped you out don't forget to drop a reaction on their posts, help others where ever you can and finally we are a team first and always. 
     
    Check your stats out here! Bare in mind it can take some time for your first WUs to appear so leave it a day or two.
    https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/search.php
     
    Please follow the guides below to help with set-up and troubleshooting.
     
     
     
     
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    wall03 got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    Can't wait!
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    wall03 got a reaction from Filingo in How long after official announcement are CPUs available for sale?   
    on October 27th but for preorder before that.
     
    if it's released, then it's for sale.
     
    Assuming you can find any (good luck 🙂)
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    wall03 reacted to GoodBytes in Windows 11 - Here is everything you need to know - OUT NOW!!!   
    Windows 11 is coming in a few days. Windows 10 was released 6 years ago back in mid-July 2015. Windows 10 had a similar life to Windows XP, which also was out for 6 years before its successor was released. And like XP had, Windows 10 is under a long-extended support despite a new version of Windows being out. Microsoft continues its long line of multi-year continuous support despite having a new version released.
     

     
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     
    IMPORTANT NOTE
    Before upgrading to Windows 11, ensure the following:
    Your UEFI (BIOS) is updated to the latest version. Many motherboards in the DIY space have been identified to have issues when fTPM is enabled. This issue, to my knowledge is ongoing to this day for many people, this is despite multiple updates released so far.
    Note that: There is a risk of bricking your motherboard while updating the UEFI/BIOS, if things don’t go perfectly for you. So, please: Carefully read every step from your motherboard manual and be prepared for recovery steps and troubleshooting steps beforehand. Don’t assume it will be a nice experience. Ensure that when you download the new UEFI, that you are connected on the internet with a strong connection to avoid the chance of corrupted UEFI downloaded.
      Aside from this, if you are using a third-party security software, update it or uninstall it before starting the Windows 11 update process. Back in Windows 10 days, with new Win10 version updates it has been identified that they might create issues with the updated system and ended with an unbootable OS (example, anti-virus flagging system files and blocking them from being updated).
      Backup all your personal data before updating to Windows 11. You never know when bad luck can strike.
      Once you update to Windows 11, check for updates to ensure you have the latest “day 1” updates, and ensure that all your drivers are fully up to date. This includes: Chipset, SATA Controller (if you are using a SATA drive), Audio, GPU, printer, webcam, and so on. Windows 11 drivers have just been released for many manufactures. Of course these are initial releases, so minor issues might occur in some games or software. Should be mostly fine, but something to expect. If this is a possible issue for you, best to wait for the GA of Windows 11, which by that point should have updated Win11 drivers with fixes, and Windows 11 should also have, at the very least, its first round of cumulative update fixing discovered day 1 issues. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     
    Download
    Special thanks to @linkboywho discovered it, a day early!
     
    Update Assistance, Media Creation Tool (for Win11), and Win11 ISO download:
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
    (All on the same page)
     
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     
    System Requirements
    As with new version of Windows, it brings updated system requirements. However, as you most likely have heard, this time, that the requirement is more than just performance related. There is a lot of mud on the message that Microsoft has said. Part by click-bait articles, part by journalists who report on technology barely knows how to turn on a computer, and part by Microsoft themselves who clearly faces internal communications issues. So, I’ll do my best to clear things up. Apologies, if they are inaccuracies. I’ll update this section if they are any.
     
    Gathering all the info, including being part of the Insiders Program, it sums as follows:
     
    Minimum System Requirements – No support from MS, but can install
    CPU Arch: 64-bit CPU (x86-64 or ARM64) CPU: Dual core, 1GHz (not part of Windows 11 supported list of CPUs, see "Minimum system requirements - With Support, bellow) CPU Modes: any RAM: 4GB of RAM or more Storage: 64GB or more BIOS Type: UEFI Security: Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 (physical hardware or firmware supported) GPU: DirectX 12 with WDDM 2.0 driver model or later Display: 720p or higher Internet: Internet connectivity is required for Home edition, and access to many built-in apps (they require or use the internet, and also are not actually pre-installed. Will install when clicked on for the first time, to help keep the OS clean) If you only meet these minimum specs: You’ll be able to install Windows 11. HOWEVER, Microsoft won’t be supporting you. If you face crashes, performance issues, you are on your own. The Windows 11 update WILL NOT be available through Windows Update for you. Future updates of Windows 11 might not be available for you. In other words, if there is a security update that requires a CPU security feature that you don’t support, it won’t be available to you.
     
    Minimum System Requirements – With support.
    Same as minimum above with:
    For Intel: Intel 8th gen CPU or later (Select 7th gen CPUs are also supported) For AMD: Zen+ and later with some exceptions (DCH drivers required) For ARM: Snapdragon 850 or later DCH-based drivers required CPU features: Virtual based Security (VBS) - protects system memory Hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI) – Protection against Windows (or any supported OS) kernel code injection Mode Based Execution Control (MBEC) Part of the supported CPUs list (or newer, of course): Intel, AMD, Qualcomm Optional feature requirements:
    Pretty obvious stuff, but for completion, here it is:
    4G / LTE / 5G: Modem with 4G or LTE or 5G is required with valid active SIM card (or eSIM) Windows Hello Facial: Windows Hello Facial Camera supported Windows Hello Fingerprint Scanner: Fingerprint scanner supporting Windows Hello Hyper-V: Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) DirectStorage: NVMe SSD DirectX 12 Ultimate: Graphics card with DirectX12 Ultimate support WiFi-6E support: WLAN IHV hardware and driver, Wi-Fi 6E capable AP/router Windows Projection: Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct (aka: Miracast), WDDM 2.0 Android support: 8GB of RAM (16GB recommended for optimal functionality) AutoHDR: HDR compatible monitor  
    If your system does not meet the requirements, fear not:
    Windows 10 is supported until Oct 2025, if there are no date extensions DirectStorage is coming to Windows 10 WSLg is also coming to Windows 10 The new Store is also coming to Windows 10  
    Windows 11 Story
     
     
    Release date
    Windows 11 will be released on Oct 5th for those who wants it. However, Microsoft will make it available to all supported system (general availability (GA)) by early next year. So, it expected that, or a few cumulative updates will be released. If you seek for the best experience, might be worth waiting for the GA of Windows 11. If it were my guess, Oct 5th was picked to ensure that this holiday season Windows 11 is on every new computer. But that is just my guess.
     
    What’s New?
    New Interface

    A completely new interface is introduced. Like Windows 10, we have the lite and dark theme. Screenshot above is the dark theme. The ribbon background represents abstractly a blooming flower at the center which follows the moto of Window 11, which is focused front and center on the user, centered on the user.
    The Start menu is by default at the center of your screen (which should be welcoming for ultra-wide and super-ultra-wide screen users) and has been simplified. Its most notable change is the removal of the live tiles. 
     
    Android App Support
    This feature won’t make it day 1 on Oct 5th. Microsoft has announced that the feature has been delayed. The feature would allow one to run Android apps under Windows. Android app can be side-loaded or acquired through the Store via Amazon Store which will be integrated into the Store. Only systems with 8GB of RAM can enable this feature. 16GB of RAM is recommended for the optimal experience.
     
     
    Start / Taskbar
    Start menu and task bar items can be move between the center layout (default) and the traditional left side of the screen.
    Simply go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors and set Taskbar alignment to Left.
     
    Updates
    Windows 11 introduces a new update model, which results in updates being (claimed by Microsoft) to be around 40% smaller in size. This ends up having update that are faster to download and install.
     
    In addition, when you restart the system from the Power button for a pending update, if the system has an SSD, you'll get an estimated install time.

     
    Improved Bluetooth audio experience
    Unified audio endpoint: Bluetooth headsets used to feature multiple end points to manual switch between headset mode and audio mode. Headset mode would drastically reduce the audio of the headset (telephone quality) but gave you mic support. Audio mode, you got the best audio quality your headset could produce, and Windows allowed with its Bluetooth stack. Now, Windows 11 has a single endpoint, which the Bluetooth Stack of Windows will auto switch. So, you can listen to your music, and switch directly to meeting without having to adjust your settings.
      Support for AAC codec: Windows 11 finally support AAC codec for audio. AAC is a lossy codec that delivers high quality audio streaming via Bluetooth to your headset. Most headsets support AAC due to Android and iOS, but Windows never did support it until now. OOBE
    Windows 11 introduces a new Out-Of-Box Experience (the wizard when you first install / run Windows on a system). The OOBE has been simplified and Cortana is no longer there.

     
    x86-64 support on ARM
    Windows 11 on ARM finally gets officially x86-64 emulation support. Introduced under Windows 10 Insider program initially for Windows 10 on ARM users, Windows 11 is now taking that option. This feature allows the translation of x86-64 instructions set to ARM64 ones. This means that now Intel/AMD 64-bit designed applications can now run under Windows 11 on ARM. Previously it was only 32-bit which was an issue as many programs only exist in 64-bit variant.
     
    ARM64EC
    Windows 11 on ARM feature which allows running hybrid architecture applications. This means that if the developer has not fully converted their application to ARM64 native, Windows 11 will run the application in this partial ARM64 and x86-64 (or x86) state. This is big advancement as many developers could not port their application for ARM64 due to dependencies that didn’t exists in ARM64. This also allows program extensions/add-ons to be loaded in the ARM64 version of the application despite compiled for x86-64.
     
    Auto HDR
    If you have an HDR compatible monitor, you can enjoy Auto HDR, which is a feature introduced back in the Xbox One days, which uses an AI system to update games who don’t normally support HDR in adding support for it and augment the game visuals.


     
    Read more: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/auto-hdr-preview-for-pc-available-today/
     
    HDR support to color managed apps
    For programs that uses ICC profiles, such as PhotoShop, Adobe Lightroom Classic, Corel Draw and more. These programs where limited to sRGB color gamut. Windows 11 introduces a feature to allow applications get accurate color and access the full gamut of the user HDR display. Simply turn on "Use legacy display ICC color management" option under the executable Properties panel > Compatibility

     
    Clipboard History (Win+V) Improvements
    Using Win+V will display the clipboard history panel. This panel has been improved, with the ability to paste formatted text copied as unformatted (text only). Just hit "..." on the item you want to paste and pick the paste button.


     
    New System Font
    Segoe UI is updated with a new version of the font called Segoe UI Variable. This font was designed to better scale with different display sizes, it also improved legibility at small sizes.


     
    Segoe MDL2 also gets updated. The "icon font" if you want to call it that, has been updated to feature the new updated Windows 11 design language, with its rounded corners and simplified look.
    Sample:

     
     
    New Settings Panel 
    A complete reorganization with new settings and more ported settings from the old Control Panel.


     
    New Touch keyboard
    Microsoft has completely reworked the touch keyboard. It is now more responsive, feature improved layouts, and many other quality of life improvements, including scaling the keyboard larger or smaller. In addition, it is now customizable. The background can be change, the key colors, key text size, suggested text color, and keys background color. It also features direct paste of last copied text in the suggestion box, like most mobile phone keyboards.

     





     
    (Great feature if you have cat on keyboard issue).
     
    A new Store
    Windows 11 introduces a new store which has been completely redone from scratch. Back-end and front-end. The new store is nothing like the old one. It features a download system that works all the time, and it is faster and more responsive at all tasks compared to the older one. It also features a more organized layout, and improved search, making finding applications and games, easier than before.
    The new Store features support not only for UWP apps or Win32 UWP wrapped apps. It now allows developers to publish their application regardless of how it is made without any additional work.
    Already, the new Store, despite having Win11 not released, has many Win32 applications, such as:
    EPIC Game Store (yes, thanks to new store policy!) Discord OBS Studio LibreOffice OpenOffice Opera web browser (yes, thanks to new store policy) Yandex web browser Firefox (Mozilla hinted that it may come... no confirmation yet) Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Adobe Creative Cloud (confirmed by MS that it is coming) Foxit PhantomPDF Disney+ ZOOM Cloud Meetings VLC WinRAR TeamViewer TALK Conva Luminar AI Music Maker Clipchamp Reddit (PWA) Lyft (PWA) Wikipedia (PWA) Tumblr (PWA) Microsoft Visual Studio Code Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition Microsoft PowerToys Microsoft Edge web browser  
    You can read more here:
     
    Device Manager - Direct Managing of Drivers
    Device Manager now features new views option to allow a power user to manage their drivers. This is part of a new set of views called “Devices by drivers”, “Drivers by type”, and “Drivers by devices”. This permits to better manage drivers installed on the system.

     

     
    Task Manager
    Task manager now has Edge process integration
    You can now see with relative ease which tab is consuming how much of your CPU, which extension is consuming CPU and memory and so on.
     

     
    Content adaptive brightness control
    Settings panels now has a new option for embedded displays device (laptops/tablets) which helps improving the device battery life at the exchange of image quality. In other words, the options play with the contrast and brightness at a software level to help make text more visible allowing you to keep the display brightness lower than normal, and help you save battery life.
     
    Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR)
    This feature fluctuates the refresh rate to help save battery life from your mobile device. This means if you have a 120Hz panel (for example), it can drop it down to 60Hz when the image is still, like you are reading a document, or typing one out. Scrolling content will adjust it back to 120Hz. Same for inking. That said, the feature needs software support. Currently: Office, Edge, Whiteboard, Photos app, Snip & Sketch, Sticky Notes, Drawboard PDF, Adobe Acrobat, To Do, Inkodo all support it. This feature is NOT variable refresh rate. The focus of this feature is not gaming but non-gaming tasks. The option is found under: Settings > System > Display > Advanced Display.
     

     
    Virtual Desktop Improvements 
    Move: You can now drag a virtual desktop under the Task View panel. You can use, under Task View, right-click on a virtual desktop thumbnail, and pick "Move Left/Right". Backgrounds: Changing the wallpaper in a virtual desktop, will now only change the wallpaper of that desktop environment.
      External Display Improvement
    Windows 11 has the ability to retain and restore window position when a screen is disconnected and reconnected. Simply snap you window layouts on your external monitor and when you disconnect your external display, the layout will move to your other display, and restore itself to what it was once the display is connected back.
     
    Snap Groups
    Previously, when you snapped a program windows side-by-side or in quadrants, and minimize them, to restore you have to restore them one-by-one. And sometimes would loose the snap layout you initially had. Under Windows 11, when you roll over one of the programs snapped, you’ll see the option to select the initial group:
     


    Mouse is rolled over “Word”. Where in my snap group, I have Edge + Word side-by-side. Clicking on “Group | …“, will restore both window, and the border in between can scale both window, as if I never minimized either window.
    Even more snaps
    For select resolutions / Display Scale, you can enjoy Side-by-Side-by-Side window. Meaning you can now snap a window on the left, middle and right sections of the screen.
    This is achieved with the new snap layout selection. Simply roll over the mouse on the maximize/restore button on the title bar, and the following menu will display, showing your available options:

     
    (Simply pick one, and the window will snap directly to new location)
     
     
    File Explorer
    New Look: File Explorer has been redesigned to feature a cleaner more simplistic look and feel. It removes the ribbon bar, in favor of a simplified tool bar. The header of the window features a new material called: Mica, which is transparent frosted look but ignores any window behind it. It only takes into consideration the wallpaper.


    Also, notice that the “3D Objects” folder is now gone, and that the OS features new icon set. This icon set is set is nearly everywhere applied to the OS
      New beautiful menus:
    The OS features updated menus look.


    Sadly, legacy menus, like anything else you’ll notice that is legacy, doesn’t get this nice new look, however, Microsoft does attempt its best to update its look to better match Windows 11 look and feel. And of course, programs using custom GUI framework, are on their own. So, you’ll get the traditional square corner menu that you all love.
     
    Compact View: The updated File Explorer has items more spread out than before. However, you can return to the old way, by checking the box "Decrease space between items (compact view)" in the Folder Options panel.
     -- or -- :   
     
    Navigation Pane: You now Show/Hide  Network This PC



      Action Center
    Action Center has been reworked. Notifications are now separate from the quick actions of the Action Center of Windows 10. Clicking on the Ethernet/Wireless and sound icon (they are grouped together) reveal this menu:


     
    Customizable the same way as Windows 10 Action Center quick actions button (right-click > edit), this section allows you click access to system options. You’ll also notice on the right of the volume slider an icon. If you have multiple output source, this icon will show, and allow you to quickly change the output source, and access more sound settings:
     

     
    WSLg - WSL GUI support
    WSL now feature GUI support with Audio passthrough as well as GPU acceleration.
    For full details: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/the-initial-preview-of-gui-app-support-is-now-available-for-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-2/

    Linux GUI program runs through Microsoft own solution which provide GUI support for Linux based applications. The solution support dialog boxes, and menus coming out of the application window, as one would expect.

    (Blurry and large font is because it uses Linux based OS (in this case Ubuntu) font rendering engine. It shows the very same if you were to install Ubuntu natively on your system. It’s bad, it is hard to read, that is normal.)
     

    (Again, the sharp font is also due to the font rendering engine of Linux based OS failing to do anything with legacy applications, such as the OS calculator xcalc)
     
    WSL GPU Drivers:
    Nvidia: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda/wsl
    AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-wsl-support
    Intel: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29526
     
    Camera Settings
    Window now give you control to camera and webcam brightness and contrast control. It allows you to manage your cameras as well, including adding with ease network cameras.
     

     
     
    Windows Tools
    Small reorganization of Windows settings in the Start menu. It now regroups all panels under "Windows Tool" folder
     
    Windows Terminal
    Old command prompt, be gone! Windows 11 features Windows Terminal built in. Microsoft new terminal console window replaces the old Command Prompt (you can still bring it back by running cmd.exe). It brings countless improvements, and the project has been quite active in its development. (You can get Windows Terminal under Windows 10 via the Store)
     


     
    The new terminal features:
    Tab support Configurable font and size Panel support Emoji support Full color and text formats (bold, italic, underline) support and customization Links support Transparency and background wallpaper Per console type color profiles
    And more… It is also open source: https://github.com/Microsoft/Terminal

     
    Widgets Panel
    Microsoft is introducing the Widgets panel which is a panel showing news which can be tailored to you by saying what you like or not (including removing sources) and features widgets which can be added. So far, the available Widgets are the ones made by Microsoft. Microsoft did mention that they aim to make the APIs public to allow third party widgets to be made.
    To access the Widget panel, simply click on the Widgets button on the taskbar or swipe the left side of the screen if you have a touch screen.
     

     
    Add Widget panel, shows all currently available widgets that can be added:

     
    Each widget can be resized in similar fashion to Live Tiles, where you can just right-click on one, and pick if you want Small, Medium, or Large. In the first screenshot, I put the Weather and Stock market widget, both set to medium size.
     
    Battery Consumption Meter
    Windows 11 introduces a battery consumption meter section under Settings panel, which is like your phone. It allows you to track battery life of your mobile system, and see which application is consuming the most power.

     
     
    UWP App archiving
    Similarly to your mobile phone, you can have Windows archive unused apps either done manually or automatically to save space. This applies to UWP apps only.

     
    UWP Background App Control
    Windows 11 now give you control on UWP apps running in the background. Simply go to Settings > Apps > App & features > [Pick “⁝” button on a UWP apps] > Advance Options
     

     
    You can pick: “Power optimized”, “Always”, “Never”.

     
    Storage Drive Health
    Windows 11 now provides you the SMART state of your storage drive. If you have any issue, you’ll also have Windows pop a notification. You can see the health of your drive by going to Settings > System > Storage > Disk & volume > [pick your drive]

     
    New High Contrast Themes (accessibility)
    New customizable accessibility theme has now been introduced under Windows 11

     
    Accessibility support for WSL / WSLg
    Those with that need accessibility tool in order to better use their system should not be left out from Linux. Microsoft has implemented various accessibility features to allow accessibility tools to interact with WSL. You can read more on it, and other accessibility improvements here: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/07/01/whats-coming-in-windows-11-accessibility/
    Since Windows 10, Microsoft has been very serious in making Windows the best OS for those with disabilities, and despite quickly achieving this, Microsoft has continued going all in.
     
     
    Updated Apps:
    Weather
    Weather app got a new iconography for its weather, matching the rest of the icons of the OS.
     
    Photo
    The photo interface has been cleaned up, updated to Windows 11, and is now faster and more responsive than ever before.

     
    Camera
    The camera got updated with new functionalities. It can now take pictures of Business cards, Whiteboard, and Documents and realign them to be straight. This is the same functionality of Office Lens on Android / iOS but brought in the Windows Camera app. It can also scan QR codes.
     
    Snipping Tools
    Snip & Sketch and Snipping Tools got merged bringing the best features of both into one.
     
    Paint
    Microsoft Paint is getting some love from Microsoft by updating its look & feel to better fit with Windows 11 design language.
     

     
     
    And that is about it!
     
    Video Demo
     
     
    What do you think?
    Are you excited for Windows 11 and the new features it introduces?
     
     
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