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jecht360@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If it’s your own machine, I recommend running one of the Windows 11 debloaters.
I’ve moved all of my personal machines over to Linux (specifically Ubuntu). Windows just isn’t worth it anymore.
monsieur_jean@kbin.social 10 months ago
GigglyBobble@kbin.social 10 months ago
Give them a break. They just moved from Windows - moving to another distro is a small step in comparison.
jecht360@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not new to Linux, it’s literally what I’ve been dealing with for work for the last decade. I just meant that I moved the last of my personal machines away from Windows.
jecht360@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have run into zero issues installing packages from other places. The snap store is a bit annoying but not a big deal. I’ve been on and off using Ubuntu since ~2005 so that’s why I went with it over another distro. No room for elitism for certain distros - everyone has different reasons for picking what they use. We can all agree to hate on Windows though.
CharAhNalaar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You want a broken Windows install? This is how you get a broken Windows install.
jecht360@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Speaking from experience here. I’ve done this on over a dozen different computers with zero issues over a three month span. It was part of a proposal for transitioning our company computers to Windows 11 while cutting out the junk. None of them had any problems running without Xbox services, Cortana, bloatware games, activity tracking, etc.
We ended up using Microsoft Intune for restricting Windows 10/11 to our standards. But that’s not really available for consumers and debloaters are safe to use instead.
KrisND@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s a good recommendation, I actually did run a windows debloater/spyware before. This just happened to be snuck in with an update I guess? I should probably do it again at this point.
I wouldn’t use Windows if I didn’t have too…I do run Tails and Ubuntu as well but unfortunately 40hrs+ a week on Windows…it sucks.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You have to run it again after every major update.
7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Question: if you already don’t like Windows, I assume you don’t care about the new features that come with new updates. So I wonder - why do you update at all? Set everything up as you want it, remove all the hot garbage as you see fit, and disable updates.
amio@kbin.social 10 months ago
Skipping software updates is not a good idea, let alone OS updates. Inbetween all the terribly annoying bullshit they insist on foisting off on people, they do provide security patches and so on.
KrisND@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Primarily for drivers and security updates.
You have a point, I could turn off updates and manually update as I need too but my frustration is that there are ads in the first place.
7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Fair enough, a very good point.
Personally I’ve been using customized / debloated versions of windows for a couple years now and have not looked back. Every time I spin up a stock Windows VM I’m shocked how atrocious the experience is. Though I understand that a Windows ISO modified by an unknown third party can be scary to some.
Khanzarate@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Run the debloater every update. Some stuff in there is actual settings, but other stuff will be “repaired” by windows.
Also, a workaround to that screen (so far, at least) is to shut the computer down and start up again and it doesn’t return till next update.
KrisND@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Okay, nice! Good information!