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Last Phase of the Desktop Wars?

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Re: Last Phase of the Desktop Wars?

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Post by HeadsUpHigh »

executesorder66 wrote: post #122
unnouinceput wrote: post #59

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I solve it. Here's my setup: - don't use online account, but offline (local) one - use WPD to uncheck absolutely everything related to windows telemetry / sending info. I keep only updates and those set to manual. - and can't stress this enough - get a PiHole, either on RPi or re-purpose a crappy old laptop. This one is also good for your smartcrap you usually get to your spouse/kids

The fact that you have to do any of that in the first place, is reason enough to not use windows at all.

Not sure why you are downvoted. Having to use a linux computer on top of your windows computer to make it useable is completely unacceptable.

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Post by mickotron »

throwawayhacka wrote: post #152
4gotunameagain wrote: post #151

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Since when are all the technically inclined people software "engineers"?

sure. you might be something else and have a lot of linux experience - I think most people who have this are either devs or some related profession, perhaps sysadmin or adjacent roles. Still, you're kidding yourself if you think the average EE or ME, hell pick any STEM field, knows what the hell is going on with linux (not that none do)

My dad is not in the IT field or anything remotely similar (marine bio/fishing/navigation). Yet he has run gnu/linux as the OS for his primary machines for 10+ years. He has only the basic understanding at a high level but he surprises me with how he can "get by" and remain productive.

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Post by fomine3 »

znpy wrote: post #131
thelazydogsback wrote: post #95

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> Windows was very good for desktop but had stability problems. Nowadays Windows is just awful for the desktop user, Microsoft is literally conducting a war against its own users. I don't get this. I've been using *nix since PDP11 and VAX/Ultrix and I have no problems with Win10 at all, stability or otherwise - I'd much rather use it as a desktop dev environment than Linux. When it comes time to deploy something, sur…

We technical people should really start to understand that we're not the average use. Not even close. I'd have no problem in mutilating Windows enough to make it usable, and keeping an eye for when it tries to do something nasty. But the average user won't, and will have a computing experience filled with unnecessary advertising, encumbered by background processing and bandwitdh usage (telemetry collection and other…

Average user less cares such bad things. They just use it like IE with Ask toolbar.

Re: Last Phase of the Desktop Wars?

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Post by gotadollar »

rvense wrote: post #87
msh wrote: post #8

Is anyone still listening to esr? He seems to have gone off the deep end quite some years ago.

Eh, try two clicks previous on "previous"; have yikes.xbm at the ready, esepecially if you make it to the comments..

Despicable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond#Political_beli...

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