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De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by pdntspa »

Andrex wrote: post #216
grishka wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> HDR, fluid animations, monstrous resolutions That's the job of the GPU driver, mostly. > 3D everything That's the desktop compositor. Windows 7 already had one and ran on 1 GB of RAM. > accessibility Not everyone needs it, so it should be an optional installable component for those who do. > fancy APIs for easier development allowing for more features That still use win32 under the hood. Again, .net has existed for…

> > browsers are almost unrecognizable in featureset to the point they resemble an OS unto themselves > No one asked for this. My personal opinion is that everything app-like about browsers needs to be undone, yesterday, and they should again become the hypertext document viewers they were meant to be. Even JS is too much, but I guess it does have to stay. People did ask for this, because it made them a lot of money.…

I'm so sick of people shutting down valid opinions because they have a "minority opinion" about tech. That tech slobbers so messily over the majority -- and, seemingly, ONLY the majority -- is a massive disservice to all of the nerds and power users that put these people where they are today.

Maybe, instead of shutting those opinions down, you should reflect on how you, in whatever capacity you serve our awful tech overlords, can work to make these voices more heard and included in software/feature design

Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by userbinator »

kristianp wrote: post #201
haunter wrote: post #163

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>I had no idea Archive.org was doing this Well it's the users that are uploading but yeah Archive.org has an insane amount of stuff

Until someone at Microsoft notices and puts in a DMCA.

Judging by its past actions, MS doesn't care much about piracy. If anything, I think they'd still rather you pirate Windows than use Linux.

Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by philistine »

NayamAmarshe wrote: post #250

Windows at this point only exists to provide worse user experience on purpose and collect as much personal data as Microsoft possibly can. Not that I'm complaining though, I don't need Windows anymore and ZorinOS serves me just fine while not making me feel like I'm in a tech prison.

Wow, the tech villain from the worst James Bond movie still sells an OS!

Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by ElectricalUnion »

sicp-enjoyer wrote: post #242
pixl97 wrote: post #212

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Being someone from back in those days they'll tell you to load up that software that fits in some small amount of memory. You'll find most of it is crash filled hot garbage missing the features you need. And the moment you wanted to add new features you'd start importing libraries bloating the size of the application.

So you would say programs today are equally efficient and more stable, just have more features?

Windows 95 can't even stay up for more that 49.7 days before crashing all by itself.

Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by Andrex »

pdntspa wrote: post #261
Andrex wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> > browsers are almost unrecognizable in featureset to the point they resemble an OS unto themselves > No one asked for this. My personal opinion is that everything app-like about browsers needs to be undone, yesterday, and they should again become the hypertext document viewers they were meant to be. Even JS is too much, but I guess it does have to stay. People did ask for this, because it made them a lot of money.…

I'm so sick of people shutting down valid opinions because they have a "minority opinion" about tech. That tech slobbers so messily over the majority -- and, seemingly, ONLY the majority -- is a massive disservice to all of the nerds and power users that put these people where they are today. Maybe, instead of shutting those opinions down, you should reflect on how you, in whatever capacity you serve our awful tech o…

If OP had written their comment differently, I would have approached it differently is all I can say. I think my comment history would bear that out.

Fwiw: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34226798

Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by userbinator »

dagmx wrote: post #49
grishka wrote: post #41

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Accessibility is much more than just labels for a screen reader. Please stop trivializing anything that you don’t use directly, it’s a common thread between all your comments, and it’s a disservice to both the points you’re trying to make and the people who actually use those things . Accessibility includes interaction design, zoom ability, audio commands, action link ups, alternate rendering modes, alternate motion…

All that extra crap doesn't make any sense, when the earliest versions of Windows up to ~7 had controls to let you adjust the UI to exactly how you'd like it, which is of course very important for accessibility.

Then starting with Windows 8, they removed a lot of those features. 11 is even worse.

Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by userbinator »

ElectricalUnion wrote: post #264
sicp-enjoyer wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you would say programs today are equally efficient and more stable, just have more features?

Windows 95 can't even stay up for more that 49.7 days before crashing all by itself.

Neither can Windows 10 on default settings, for more than around a month, before force-rebooting all by itself and losing all your work.

Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by neogodless »

ehcjrvakzjtbe wrote: post #214
giancarlostoro wrote: post #211

Honestly, I just gave up after I bought my last computer, installed POP OS and installed Steam and have so far been able to play all my games without a single issue, except The Witcher 3 which only required a configuration change and I was golden. I will use Windows only on work machines but on personal machines its Linux for me from now on.

youre cursed like the rest of us and you will use windows only on work machines AND GAME MACHINES and linux for personal EDIT: spelling and attempted to adjust elegance

I'm a recent (mostly) convert.

So far Anno 1800 has an issue where multiplayer games only connect if I play on Windows (but single player runs flawlessly in Linux Mint.) Every other game I've played has been great. StarCraft II (in Bottles), Conan, Valheim, Northgard (so far.)

PC gaming on Linux is not perfect, but it's really damn good.

(This is on a Ryzen 7 + Geforce RTX laptop)

Re: De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

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Post by simlevesque »

pdntspa wrote: post #261
Andrex wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> > browsers are almost unrecognizable in featureset to the point they resemble an OS unto themselves > No one asked for this. My personal opinion is that everything app-like about browsers needs to be undone, yesterday, and they should again become the hypertext document viewers they were meant to be. Even JS is too much, but I guess it does have to stay. People did ask for this, because it made them a lot of money.…

I'm so sick of people shutting down valid opinions because they have a "minority opinion" about tech. That tech slobbers so messily over the majority -- and, seemingly, ONLY the majority -- is a massive disservice to all of the nerds and power users that put these people where they are today. Maybe, instead of shutting those opinions down, you should reflect on how you, in whatever capacity you serve our awful tech o…

I hear you, but OP said 'no one asked for this' but people did ask for this. The whole argument was about popularity of the idea to add features to browsers.
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