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No flames. But I mean this is really really rude, even from MS.
Forced upgrades were very hard to kill, but eventually some dns and firewall tweaks in the router did the trick.
But this? Removing stuff they don’t like? Without user consent? Wow. This is a new level.
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I am guessing down votes are not for expressing your opinion but rather for not providing context. Why is Windows better option for you?
Why would it matter? So they could try and change my mind?[0] That I prefer the way Windows works is sufficient reason to continue to use it instead of Linux Desktop. Why is not really relevant. [0] I've played that game a thousand times and it is always an exercise in frustration. No thanks.
If you swear by windows, you probably have good reasons. People who like windows would love to hear them. Otherwise, why partake in a conversation that frustrates you at all if you don't want to argue in support of your opinion?
+1 for the windows camp: Personally, I haven't found a better alternative for running Adobe programs on good hardware without taking out a loan on my house (mac pros are a no-go). So Windows works best here.
Another +1 for the windows camp: Gaming (but SteamOS is starting to compete here).
Other than that, I have found that some variant of linux or macOS outperforms windows in every way for my needs (insert obligatory, YMMV), and I am happy to list those out if anyone is interested or needs help deciding which OS suits their needs best.
I connect via a socks5 proxy, and everything appears to be connecting but I get nothing but "checking" continually and no activity.
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If you ran Linux executables you torrented you'd have the exact same problem.
Yeah, but less likely frankly, because it's less likely the malware author would take the time to make a ransomware for Linux, though I know it's happened before. 1% of the market vs 80% of the market, which would you target? And of course, utilities being free on Linux negates the need almost entirely in any case.
One more reason why I only use windows what it was built for: to run games. ^.^ No flames. But I mean this is really really rude, even from MS. Forced upgrades were very hard to kill, but eventually some dns and firewall tweaks in the router did the trick. But this? Removing stuff they don’t like? Without user consent? Wow. This is a new level.
Switching my home computer to Linux has had its problems since I'm an avid gamer, but the more news I read about Windows the less I regret that decision.
If you're response to that is "well you should know what you're doing before you run as sudo," all I can say is no. There is no reason why changing a DE, or installing certain software should make it nigh impossible to revert to previous changes short of being an expert or full reinstall. Plus minor quirks with every single one. It gets tedious fast to the point that I just want to develop. I don't want to mess around with why I can't use this piece of software because of some configuration issue related to Linux. I just want it to work.
When I'm on Linux, more often then not I'd rather just not have complicated software as I'm used to on Windows or Mac. Linux is where you go when you borderline have to expect something isn't going to work or you'll need to do a reinstall at some point. I've never felt that way about Windows or Mac unless my root drive felt bloated and it was entirely optional.
Windows Defender routinely blocks the installation of Ardour, too.
Well you'd really have to be crazy to try and torrent stuff on a Windows machine nowadays anyways. That's just getting on your knees and begging for malware. Maybe this will help some of the more savvy users realize that Windows should be relegated to a virtual machine for when you need a specific Windows app that doesn't run under Wine, and never given access to real hardware. I only use my Win10 VM for compiling st…
Is there no way to tell defender to leave it alone? Without disabling defender entirely I mean.