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I think the only thing I've used it for installing Windows Subsystem for Linux
Also the beta version of the new Windows terminal
Yes! And Python.
Useless Windows 10 Features
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Great post. I don't use windows but my girl does. Her compi (Win 10, SSD, 8 GB Ram, i7) has become unusable slow. She does not much besides watching Movies, surfing and using Word. I installed a free reliable antivirus (Avira) when she got it. I will have to look into this problem soon. Any further suggestion? I will definitely try your recommended programs.
I say this in all seriousness, Linux is probably a better experience if that's all she does. Give something like Ubuntu or elementary os test run with a live version and see if she's missing anything you'll either find out she needs Office specifically or it will probably work for her. Linux right now is in a great spot for people who need little customization and people who really love to tinker. If you're in the mi…
Manjaro comes OOTB with MS Office 365, and it's super easy to install, easier than Ubuntu if you're doing Nvidia drivers. I personally can't comment on how well their Office works as I avoid anything Microsoft makes, but it's an option.
Re: Useless Windows 10 Features
#73You can buy win10 pro for 12 bux on many sites, office 2019 professional for 40. Those keys sites do ads on linus techtips.
You don't need to buy Pro as you can simply run it unactivated for years. I've done that without incident.
Wow, I had to check that it's already been "years" since Windows 10 was first released --- a little over 4, to be precise. No one I know actually likes it, the closest has been "tolerate". MS has done a great job of dragging its users through the mud and beating them into submission.
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#74The dumbest windows feature? When you accidentally touch the top of a window to top of screen, it maximizes. On Mac it's sort of the opposite: you can't relocate a window to another screen if it's maximizes. It "helps" you by force partitioning the screen.
Huh, how is that 'dumb'?
Resize a window and drag it to the top will increase total height of screen.
Drag a window to the top and it maximizes.
Drag to left to dock to left side. (repeat for right side)
Drag to top left to dock to top left corner. (repeat for all corners)
Win+Arrow (Up) to full screen.
Win+Arrow (Down) to un-full screen. Down again to minimum.
Win+Shift+Arrow (left/right) to change screen.
Win+Arrow (left/right) to move between docking left/right.
On a mac you cannot even maximum a window properly, and works differently in different apps. Window management is terrible on a mac. The only window management it does right is the way it handles the virtual desktops. Cos that still sucks on Windows.
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#75I honestly think that the new tab/news/spam page in IE/Edge is (and has been, forever) the single biggest factor driving people to Chrome and Firefox. Every time you open it you’re greeted with all this complete junk, making the whole experience stuttering and slowing down your flow. I dread having to open IE on systems with no alternative just because it’s always so bad. Edge might actually be pretty good, but I wil…
I always set the default page to about:blank as part of the initial configuration in all the browsers I've ever used. Edge is MS's poor clone of Chrome --- it neither appeals to those who actually want Chrome, nor those who want Firefox, nor even those who want IE. Of those I know who don't use Chrome or Firefox (and are not good with computer) but IE, I've heard them refer to Edge as "that weird ugly thing" when they manage to accidentally open it.
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#76Wait, what? There are ads in the OS? That's insane.
Seriously. I still run 7 on my desktop/gaming box and… at this rate I’m going to hold onto it until they pry it off my dead cold hands!
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#77You can buy win10 pro for 12 bux on many sites, office 2019 professional for 40. Those keys sites do ads on linus techtips.
You don't need to buy Pro as you can simply run it unactivated for years. I've done that without incident.
If you have a Windows 7 key, it's also a valid Windows 10 key.
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> He’s happy and content. Just wants solitaire. Would he not be happier without the ads, then?
Sure, but he doesn't want to pay and doesn't want some other app. So just accepts it.
I had no idea this was the case. This is awful. Microsoft got so much good will out of those free games and now they choose to nickel and dime people.
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#79The most critical useless feature (as it is now) is actually the Windows Store. What is Microsoft doing wrong that makes nobody use it? It could be a revolution (selling + updates).
In Windows 8, the Store and the not very good WinRT apps launched together. If they had launched with support for Win32 maybe it could have gotten traction. All your favorite desktop apps could be updated in a fell swoop without leaving junk on the system tray, extra updater services, or prompting you. But they assumed that WinRT would be successful and have popular apps, and instead what they got was a store to install mostly a bunch of apps nobody wanted.