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You can turn it off to get fast search back:
Regedit: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
Sub-key (folder) "Explorer" - create if it's not there.
New > DWORD (32-bit) -> DisableSearchBoxSuggestions
Set value to true
Microsoft did a tremendous amount of hard work to convince me to make the effort to migrate away from Windows at home and at work. They want to lease me a word processor. They want to put ads in my digital filing cabinet. They want to take 30% of my software revenue, and when they realized they couldn't have it, they said they'd settle for 12%. No dice. There are zero Windows machines in my home or in my business rig…
> refuse to work with those who are tightly integrated with MS products And nothing of value was lost
If I tie my skills, products, and services to Microsoft, and they discontinue whatever I relied on, then my investment stops being valuable; worse, the skills I built are no longer useful, and my human capital diminishes. If I build skills and products that aren't tightly tied to some other company, then my future is more certain.
If I don't invest in Microsoft, they can't pull the rug out from under me, and they can't change the terms on me. They might not be as unreliable as Google, but they're not exactly a charity.
I can and should insulate myself and my business against corporate bullying.
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However, I have learned over the years as a developer investigating update issues that the constraints placed upon the update process to ensure compatibility and resiliency are complex. I have learned over the years that constraints and complexity are often abused to force one's way. Not necessarily even consciously but if the collective train of thought in a company predominantly wants to prefer one outcome (i.e. ma…
I appreciate that when unexpected outcomes occur it's tempting to vent frustrations and say things in a way intended to influence the feelings of others to validate our own frustrations and feelings. However, as a former colleague of mine (Bryan Cantrill) frequently reminds everyone, empathy is a core engineering value : https://tritondatacenter.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun I completed the second decade of my soft…
Microsoft did a tremendous amount of hard work to convince me to make the effort to migrate away from Windows at home and at work. They want to lease me a word processor. They want to put ads in my digital filing cabinet. They want to take 30% of my software revenue, and when they realized they couldn't have it, they said they'd settle for 12%. No dice. There are zero Windows machines in my home or in my business rig…
I doubt Microsoft cares that you migrated away.
The Windows 98-7 era made me like the system and aspire to be a developer for it. I remember wanting to make my own window!
Now it is simply a hostile wasteland that I regard with suspicion and resentment. There is no love for it left. I now use Linux and bear with OSX when I need to. Windows 8, but especially 10, made a hardcore Unix freak out of me.
Microsoft can't put a quarterly cost on it, but over time losing people who care will cost them everything.
Why would you pay for this? Why would you even associate with a company who will not even sell you, a private individual, an option that does not include this? What about using Linux on the desktop is "difficult" enough to justify paying money to Microsoft for voluntary software servitude? * They will not tell you what data they collect about you * They will not allow you to disable data collection * They will not pe…
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wine runs older windows games better than modern Windows with Microsoft's declining focus on compatibility, the time is coming where the majority of Windows games now run best on something that isn't Windows (not to mention the lack of ads, spyware, general lack of stability and forced reboots)
If you search for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8,...., versus Linux, you will find similar arguments being made as prophecy of the great migration.
and share the result of that freely with the world
After years of thinking "wsl2 is enough for me", I switched to fedora as an experiment and I have not looked back once.
Windows Start Menu is a PITA, can't count how many times it doesn't find installed programs. It was much better when it didn't try to be smart.
Slow as molasses.
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Anti-Cheat. Most multiplayer shooters will refuse to run under Linux.
Most is a stretch. The FPS in the top 100 currently most popular games on Steam[0] and their status [1]: #01 CS:GO - native #04 PUBG - anticheat #05 CoD MW2 - anticheat #06 Apex - Works (it has anticheat that works on Linux) #07 TF2 - native #09 Rust - Works #12 Destiny 2 - anticheat #21 Rainbow 6 - anticheat #22 DayZ - Works (it has anticheat that works on Linux) #26 Warframe - Works #69 Payday2 - Works #78 Arma 3 -…
Another example is Spotify with their podcasts suggestions (that you can’t get rid of). Why would I, who is not from America, want to listen to the wife of a former American president?