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Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by dijit »

neoberg wrote: post #116
dijit wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux can have crappy font rendering. I can also have gorgeous font rendering. I would mess around with some live distros to see what you prefer. This is how my comment looks to me (on linux): https://i.imgur.com/wvruFyX.png

It looks very bad tbh. This is how my comment looks on Mac for comparison. Uploading to imgur to test if there is compression in play here. https://i.imgur.com/hSirmx6.png

interestingly I much prefer mine. :\

I guess font rendering is very subjective.

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by lelanthran »

lelanthran wrote: post #42
norman784 wrote: post #27

I read a lot of comments here wanting to block the connections, but wouldn’t be easier/better to switch to an OS that doesn’t spy you? The answers possibly is no, because they might use X or Y that requires them to use Windows, so a better question is, what holds you back to switch to Linux? (macOS also talks to a lot of servers and collect telemetry as Windows, maybe in a different scale, so isn’t an alternative if…

> I personally prefer Linux, but what’s holding me are the streaming services (netflix, amazon, etc), I can only watch SD content if I’m on Linux, I hadn't noticed. Wife's 43" TV is connected to a linux box with firefox that is used for Amazon Prime, Netflix AND Disney+. I haven't noticed poor picture and assumed it ran at 1096x1080. I will certainly have to check this out.

Turns out, for me, watching on a 43" screen in SD is no different to watching on a 43" screen in FHD because I don't use my glasses when watching TV.

I can't really say that it has made a difference to my enjoyment of the shows I watched[1]. It is something to keep in mind for if we ever replace that TV with a 60" one.

[1]I just now compared a FHD download of "My Name Is Earl" to the SD Disney+ version and did not see a stark enough difference to switch away from Linux.

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by formerly_proven »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #91
norman784 wrote: post #27

I read a lot of comments here wanting to block the connections, but wouldn’t be easier/better to switch to an OS that doesn’t spy you? The answers possibly is no, because they might use X or Y that requires them to use Windows, so a better question is, what holds you back to switch to Linux? (macOS also talks to a lot of servers and collect telemetry as Windows, maybe in a different scale, so isn’t an alternative if…

I am working more on Linux these days because I am too tight to upgrade from 12Gb RAM, and that seems like not enough to do dev work in Windows, but an endless bounty to do the same on Linux. Also rm -rf being instant is a big win (I know it probably isn't under the hood but I don't care, as a user I can get on with my day). Also another nice suprise - I can get photos off my iPhone without it screwing up. Not possib…

> Also rm -rf being instant is a big win (I know it probably isn't under the hood but I don't care, as a user I can get on with my day).

Oh it actually is. It's just that Windows is dog slow at handling files (as opposed to their contents), for a multitude of reasons (I understand that there actually has been a little bit of work in recent years on some of these issues to improve performance for WSL and git).

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by lelanthran »

ridgered4 wrote: post #93
norman784 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Back in 2020 I couldn't stream from Amazon at a higher res than 720p from linux (tried every browser), as soon as I dual booted to Windows the quality improved a lot. Could it be that you are using Plex, Kodi or similar that might allows you to stream at a good quality?

I'm guessing that (like myself) he probably just isn't that picky about it. The only IQ issues that I see that frequently bothers me is washed out dithering in dark scenes or low quality due to connection hiccups. I don't think UHD would improve either of those.

> I'm guessing that (like myself) he probably just isn't that picky about it.

Correct, see my reply to myself upthread.

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by neoberg »

ace_hunter wrote: post #119
neilalexander wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's obvious. It's much less expensive to buy a Windows PC than a Mac. Linux on the desktop is still quite terrible in a number of ways (particularly if you are ever unfortunate enough to deal with drivers and kernel modules for your slightly uncommon hardware). Chromebooks still don't rate that highly and haven't really entered the public consciousness as a result. Not to mention that many people are using Windows…

I am surprised people on hackernews are still regurgitating talking points from 20 years ago - Linux on Desktop is quite terrible ? When was the last time you used Linux .. I have been using Linux systems from the past 10-15 years and they have been my daily driver for almost everything - and I live on my computer. Never have I faced any issue that can't easily be solved. (If at all there were issues)

> When was the last time you used Linux

Yesterday and it was terrible.

> Never have I faced any issue that can't easily be solved. (If at all there were issues)

Good luck viewing hdr content.

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by dijit »

donatj wrote: post #117
dijit wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux can have crappy font rendering. I can also have gorgeous font rendering. I would mess around with some live distros to see what you prefer. This is how my comment looks to me (on linux): https://i.imgur.com/wvruFyX.png

The kerning on your screenshot is very chunky. In particular look at the kerning on the lower case r’s in your screenshot. The r is given way too much horizontal space particularly to it’s right, especially so in the word “crappy”.

AH, that's because I'm using a monospace font for editing, normal pages use the normal font: https://i.imgur.com/otqaSTa.png

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by scoutt »

ace_hunter wrote: post #109
scoutt wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I work with Linux for compiling Android images (with VSCode on Windows through SSH), and I also customize the kernel (drivers and DT, mostly). I also do some Qt porting to Linux, but I used Windows my entire life (apart from DOS). And honestly, I won't boot my PC from Linux (at home or work) because I'm afraid it will break. I'll explain: I have some VMs with Ubuntu and, from time to time, I hit some problem that mad…

I have been using ubuntu and flavors for well over 12 years. I gotta tell you, never has anything of what you describe happen to me. And I am a menacingly wild-user. I put my systems through a lot! I do a lot of full-stack development, arduino(and other iot stuff) coding, blender work (3d), inkscape, gimp, a lot of audacity for audio, a lot of kdenLive for video-editing.. and my laptops (although always being medioco…

> So, maybe, it's you who doesn't understand how to use the system. Maybe!

It is possible that you are 100% right. But I also believe your answer (or that kind of answer) is part of the general problem.

I have to say that I'm totally capable of fixing those issues since I do it all the time for Android (which I debug and customize). The problem is: I don't want to. Not on my main PC.

On the other side, what am I possibly doing wrong to generate those problems? I install Qt, Firefox, Thunderbird, Git, build-essentials. I never hibernate, I always do a clean shutdown and... that's it...

The "Ubuntu has experienced an internal error..." dialog box still appears from time to time

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by Terretta »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #86
agent008t wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux still has horrible font rendering, which makes web browsing uncomfortable. It doesn't come close to Windows or Mac. Fonts often appear soapy, kerning is off etc.

Is it really as bad as you make it out to be? I've got everything at home: old non-retina MacBook Airs running OS X, a M1/retina MacBook Air running OS X, Windows (well, wife's computer) and then Linux laptops and desktops. Fonts on my main Linux "workstation" may not be as perfect as on the M1 Mac I use from the couch but it's because my 38" monitor ain't retina and it's a far cry from making "browsing uncomfortable…

> Is it really as bad as you make it out to be?

Yes.

> my 38" monitor ain't retina … perfectly happy

Put another way, either you are not visually discerning or your bar is lower.

// Since “FHD” laptops, and monitors

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by jotm »

mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #112
ntkachov wrote: post #103

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DRM and Content contracts. They can't just throw 4k into an unsecured environment because they need to make a best effort to enforce that their 4k content isn't pirated.

I'm sure that is the reason, but I find it hard to believe that ripping content could possibly be that much harder just because you're on Windows. And Netflix exclusives regularly make it to pirate sites in 4K afaik?

It's not. If you can see it, you can copy it. It just makes life harder for a small number of legitimate users on Linux or rooted Android phones because their license/contract says they need to use DRM.

Re: Windows OS, Services and Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts (2021)

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Post by cyberpunk »

dgellow wrote: post #138
norman784 wrote: post #27

I read a lot of comments here wanting to block the connections, but wouldn’t be easier/better to switch to an OS that doesn’t spy you? The answers possibly is no, because they might use X or Y that requires them to use Windows, so a better question is, what holds you back to switch to Linux? (macOS also talks to a lot of servers and collect telemetry as Windows, maybe in a different scale, so isn’t an alternative if…

I already use a pi-hole for our local network, everything msn, windows, microsoft related is already blocked for all our devices, so it's really not a big task. It's also not a big task to maintain the list of domain to block, every few months I find a new one to add. I also don't mind some level of telemetry. And I personally like Windows as an operating system, NT is a very cool and well documented technology, and…

You're assuming they're not just going to start using their own DNS or DoH for these requests.

Orwell got things slightly wrong in 1984; he never realized that we would be paying for the privilege of being spied on.

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