And then put it into an os that sloppily compresses its wallpapers before displaying them
this pisses me off so much. You can set an HDR wallpaper too, but only if you insert a special file into its place to trick Windows into working properly
Oh this unlocked a memory of the hassle I went through trying to get rid of jpeg artifacts on my wallpaper on windows 7. It really pissed me off.
Oh? I would like to know more.
Literally why would it do that
It was written 25 years ago and untouched since probably.
Yes but why? Is it so less data can be stored on disk because compressing raster files absolutely does not make them easier to display.
Hahaha that’s exactly what came to mind. Glad I’m not the only one!
Kinda weird to think this will be the last version of Windows I use.
I mean they fucking advertised it as such when I bought it
Oh man I forgot about that!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service
Remember all those great updates to windows 10 that brought cool new features such as… Yeah, I don’t either.
WSL maybe? Kinda funny that a major feature is literally just the ability to use linux within windows.
Didn’t they recently remove that? Or make it much harder to access?
its very ‘close encounters’. i like it better than i like the operating system.
I agree, the wall paper is actually really nice. The rest of the system, not so much.
Ngl, I genuinely find the Windows 11 wallpaper (which is not what this article is about) very beautiful.
I like the one that looks like Pringles, yum
Same, that’s what I’ve got on my work win 11 machine.
I guess I’ll be missing out for the rest of my life
The only time I ever got screen burn was because of this wallpaper.
That’s what happens when you shoot a laser though Windows lol
And it’s still worse than a picture of a hill in Sonoma
At least it isn’t a big blue mitochondria
Never knew and that’s how spot on Mr. GMUNK had it, very impressed. Only saw it a gazillion.5 times so I never really had a chance.
Did they do it for the light version too?
I think the newer wallpaper is artificial.
This wallpaper isn’t default anymore since a few years back.
That wasn’t the question.
Iirc the “light mode” wallpaper they are referring to is the newer one.
When windows 10 came out it only had this one and it is no longer default.
Quite a cool wallpaper. Makes me why they decided not to include it anymore.
You accidentally a word.
Meanwhile we’re shooting penguins with lasers for our wallpapers…
I’ve used Ubuntu for a while a couple of years ago, and honestly, for daily usage and some light editing worked quite well. The gaming was an issue back then, but since i’ve brought a Steam Deck, i’ve stopped bothering playing games on windows anyway. Right now I’m looking around for others Linux disto. I’ve just installed Fedora on a 10 year old laptop and for now it works like a charm.
Who asked huh ?
I use arch btw