Subj : Re: Computers Literacy
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 24 2026 01:07 am

 Ni>   Re: Re: Computers Literacy
 Ni>   By: boraxman to Nightfox on Wed Apr 22 2026 10:35 pm
 Ni> 
 Ni>  bo> Maybe its the setup at work, but if I go to "Documents" or "Downloads
 Ni>  bo> which I do often, from the pinned folders, then go up a level, I go b
 Ni>  bo> to the pinned folders, which seems to be a One Drive overview.  BUT, 
 Ni>  bo> go through Users ->
 Ni>  My User ->> Documents, I get the exact same folder, but now going up
 Ni>  bo> to My User.
 Ni> goes back
 Ni> 
 Ni> Yeah, I've seen that too, and it seems Windows 11 even does that by
 Ni> default when installed on a home computer.  I do find it a bit annoying,
 Ni> but I've figured out (like you) that I can go through users\My
 Ni> user\Documents to get to the one on my local computer.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Microsoft seems to want to push OneDrive (among other things), and I
 Ni> suspect it would lead to Microsoft telling users "You're running out of
 Ni> space on OneDrive, but you can get more space (for a fee)!", similar to
 Ni> what Google does with its Google Drive and backing up your phone photos
 Ni> by default & such..
 Ni> 
 Ni> That kind of thing is one of the reasons why I switched to using Linux
 Ni> full-time on my main PC at home a few months ago.  I feel like Windows
 Ni> was getting a bit too annoying with the stuff it (and Microsoft) is
 Ni> doing these days.  Also, it seems that support for running Windows games
 Ni> on Linux is better than ever these days - I'm able to play Microsoft
 Ni> Flight Simulator 2024 in Linux using Proton (and I installed it from the
 Ni> Steam store), and it works great.  I feel like there's little need for
 Ni> Windows at home these days..


Linux suits me better.  Unix may be more complex, but it can be reasoned.  I'd rather something complex, but systematic, than simple, but random.  

Having another look, it is One Drive which is why Windows 11 does that, but it still makes little sense to me.  Why is "My Computer" there?  Why isn't it all just "My Computer".

now that want to make it "agentic", ie, a bigger problem.

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