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Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by khedoros1 »

ptrincr wrote: post #176
leonatan wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No to condescend, but that just means that what you do most likely only has to do with programming. If you attempt to branch out into other fields of activities, Linux software is just not capable enough. Try to edit a photo beyond the basic capabilities of Gimp. Try to author a video project. Try to master audio. Try to design and edit documents beyond the most basic capabilities of LibreOffice. Attempt spreadsheet…

I mentioned this is another comment, but it's worth saying again. For video/audio editing Blender can be used. Plus a bunch of other stuff, from their website: "Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation." Now its not the most intuitive piec…

In the early 2000s, I had some awesome times learning Blender, and it's impressive how much farther it's been taken since being open-sourced!

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by serf »

irq wrote: post #219
corndoge wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not primitive in terms of UX. You just need to spend more time configuring it. Some will argue that that means it's primitive, but I don't think so. The point about portable computers is also false. You just need to pick a machine with hardware manufactured by friendly vendors who help write drivers. Why would you want to support anyone else? Battery life? My x230 with tpm installed gets 6 hours of battery life…

6 hours battery life is bare minimum these days. I wouldn't brag about it the way you are. 2560x1400 external monitor? Doesn't sound like a HiDPI display unless it's only 15". This is another bare minimum thing I wouldn't brag about. "good sleep support" has very little to do with activating sleep by shutting the lid. Grandposter is referring to Linux's terrible reputation for successfully going to sleep and waking u…

>6 hours battery life is bare minimum these days.

sad to think that 'MacBook Pro' is the bare minimum now.[0]

>RAM is plentiful, the fact your idle system fits in 200mb is thus unimpressive too.

not true. It is impressive that a modern machine can be ran and coordinated on such a small footprint.

Ram isn't eaten up with a zero cost. In other words : memory usage indicates more than just what's available, it's a performance metric.

[0]: http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/14/13616404/apple-macbook-pr...

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by darklajid »

KirinDave wrote: post #27
mnadkvlb wrote: post #3

I had been a long time Windows user, at home (W10) and work(7/Server/Datacenter). Windows had been getting just more and more intrusive like a malware since the last couple years. I hope they do something to stop that. I have recently moved to Fedora and it is just awesome. Pretty much everything works like amazing. Its not a complete replacement if you are gaming, nvidia drivers are a bit painful to install but ever…

"Everything just works" so long as your expectations around "everything" are essentially set by a desktop computer experience designed in 2005. Linux on desktops is fine (except from a physical security standpoint), but primitive in terms of UX. And it's still dependent on Mozilla or Google for its browsing experience. And if you want a portable computer (which by the way are demonstrably more secure in the face of p…

"And it's still dependent on Mozilla or Google for its browsing experience."

Is that your way of saying that you cannot run proprietary stuff like IE or Safari and that .. is a bad thing? I don't know a single person using Edge/IE anywhere around me, so I have trouble parsing and understanding this statement.

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by izacus »

andrei_says_ wrote: post #77
mnadkvlb wrote: post #3

I had been a long time Windows user, at home (W10) and work(7/Server/Datacenter). Windows had been getting just more and more intrusive like a malware since the last couple years. I hope they do something to stop that. I have recently moved to Fedora and it is just awesome. Pretty much everything works like amazing. Its not a complete replacement if you are gaming, nvidia drivers are a bit painful to install but ever…

If you do any creative work, Linux is pretty much a desert. Adobe software doesn't run on Linux, capture one doesn't either, so as a photographer I have no choice but windows (cheap hardware and malware os) or OS X (hyper expensive old generation hardware with passable os). Davinci resolve seems to have a Linux version but not enough for someone who does more than video.

> If you do any creative work, Linux is pretty much a desert. Adobe software doesn't run on Linux, capture one doesn't either, so as a photographer I have no choice but windows (cheap hardware and malware os) or OS X (hyper expensive old generation hardware with passable os).

Huh? Linux is still one of top platforms for any kind of highend professional video work. Software like Lightworks, CG renderers and designers, etc. Is that not "creative" work?

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by static_noise »

cwyers wrote: post #57

I seriously doubt that Windows 10 is doing anything so grave as to require you to run some arbitrary PowerShell script you found on the Internet with elevated privileges. If you do not understand every single command in this thing, you should avoid it, and if you understand every single command in this, you don't need it.

You can check the source code of the script.

You can not check the source code of windows.

Who of those could have something to hide?

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by minitech »

KirinDave wrote: post #27
mnadkvlb wrote: post #3

I had been a long time Windows user, at home (W10) and work(7/Server/Datacenter). Windows had been getting just more and more intrusive like a malware since the last couple years. I hope they do something to stop that. I have recently moved to Fedora and it is just awesome. Pretty much everything works like amazing. Its not a complete replacement if you are gaming, nvidia drivers are a bit painful to install but ever…

"Everything just works" so long as your expectations around "everything" are essentially set by a desktop computer experience designed in 2005. Linux on desktops is fine (except from a physical security standpoint), but primitive in terms of UX. And it's still dependent on Mozilla or Google for its browsing experience. And if you want a portable computer (which by the way are demonstrably more secure in the face of p…

Primitive in terms of UX where?

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by mouldysammich »

KirinDave wrote: post #27
mnadkvlb wrote: post #3

I had been a long time Windows user, at home (W10) and work(7/Server/Datacenter). Windows had been getting just more and more intrusive like a malware since the last couple years. I hope they do something to stop that. I have recently moved to Fedora and it is just awesome. Pretty much everything works like amazing. Its not a complete replacement if you are gaming, nvidia drivers are a bit painful to install but ever…

"Everything just works" so long as your expectations around "everything" are essentially set by a desktop computer experience designed in 2005. Linux on desktops is fine (except from a physical security standpoint), but primitive in terms of UX. And it's still dependent on Mozilla or Google for its browsing experience. And if you want a portable computer (which by the way are demonstrably more secure in the face of p…

i get 10 hours of battery life on my xps, and i get 8 on my libreboot x200.

Battery on linux if perfectly fine.

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by nerflad »

vocatus_gate wrote: post #146
bdevine wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Up voted for this: "If you do not understand every single command in this thing, you should avoid it, and if you understand every single command in this, you don't need it." It's so universally applicable!

Not true - automation is great! I understand the script and would use it.

Agree -- people are missing the point that this stuff would easily take over an hour to do manually in the GUI.
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