I’m on 24H2 Windows 11 with a local account set up, ran windows debloat tool and have CoPilot/onedrive/other data mining features un-installed.
Edit: I have a plan to make the switch to Linux. For now I was just looking for any feedback on how to handle current Windows OS. I whole heartedly hate Microsoft as much as the next, I promise lol.
When you have to spend more time fixing Windows than actually using it, it’s probably time to consider
buying a Chevyinstalling Linux instead.??? Took the same amount of time as any windows set up. Why would this even come close to the amount of times it would take for me to learn an entirely new operating system?
I plan to make a Linux drive to learn and test different software in but I’m not about to make that kind of blind leap without trying it out first.
I appreciate all the encouragement to make the switch but until I pull the trigger I’d like my current Windows OS to run as unmolested as possible.🍻
Linux never asked my mother’s maiden name nor insisted on creating a cloud account just to log into my computer.
Also, many distros of Linux come with all the main baseline productive software one should need on a live boot media, ain’t even gotta install it to try it out.
Lol wut? Even on Windows 11, I can use a local account with zero online signup. Linux is fantastic, I have two machines running it, but there are some specific softwares that are still Windows dependent (think video editing, music production, VFX).
So you can install Linux but you couldn’t figure out how to use Rufus to install Windows? Figures
Who said I can’t figure out how to install Windows? I don’t want Windows anymore.
The very first thing I did when I got my laptop that shipped with Windows 10 was format it and install Linux.
It’s a shame that I can’t transfer the Windows key in the firmware to someone that could use it ☹️
It’s not very different if you don’t dig into the guts of the thing. I think the people most afraid of making the switch are actually the ones it is easiest for. If you’re not used to digging into the windows registry and haven’t upgraded to powershell 7, then you probably won’t touch much of what’s different in Linux.
The hardest part is picking a distribution – I usually recommend either Fedora or Ubuntu. – and an xwindows system – and coming from Windows I usually recommend KDE Plasma or from MAC I’d recommended GNOME. So either:
https://fedoraproject.org/spins/kde/
OR
https://kubuntu.org/
The only reason I stuck with Windows for so long was PC gaming. But I don’t do much of that anymore and what I do actually do runs fine on Linux these days. So I haven’t looked back. But you can always install Linux after Windows is already present if you have a spare hard drive and boot into either at will. Just don’t try to do the opposite since Windows installer will corrupt your Linux boot setup.
But to each his own. Windows is now a platform like many others where you trade your personal information for services instead of or in addition to your money. Some people are OK with that and that’s totally fair.
Leaving windows is like leaving an abusive ex. You will do it once you are ready 🤣
Yeah that was the breaking point for me…
Every windows install I had a routine to “clean” it up, block windows process pinging satya the creep via firewall…
Then Windows started rolling back my shit or bricking my install…
I went Linux, set up and skill up took time… But this bitch just works now lol
I spending more time using and less time configuring plus I developed new skills
“But this bitch just works now”
Haha, sounds like you’re pulling from my own quote bucket!
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Stole from some enjoyer on this here fora…
Got a better one for other enjoyers to really send corpo parasites a message:
While FreeCAD has made huge leaps forward it’s just not there yet, and it may never be what’s needed to replace windows exclusive CAD software.
I’m stuck with the windows second boot, for better or worse, unless i change profession.
Oof, I hear you there. So the CAD software you use won’t run under WINE?
Oddly enough, I’ve repaired a plasma cutter controller system running CAD software from 1991, running under Microsoft Xenix of all things.
It probably ain’t too much of a stretch to get that software running under Linux, if only the company released their source code.
It was cheaper for them to keep their old stuff running than dump $20,000+ into a new updated system.
Yeah, too glitchy (missing functionality) with wine and the cloud services are unreliable if working at all. Work stuff so gotta use it 🫠
Or BSD! ;)