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Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by TwoNineA »

computerfriend wrote: post #156
TwoNineA wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No iCloud Drive on Linux is an Apple problem right?

If I write software and I don't support macOS, it's not a fault of macOS.

Agree 100%, but it's also not a "problem" as you said with Blizzard. Blizzard as an entity made a decission to support only popular operating systems (Windows, PS5 OS and Xbox OS) for probably monetary reasons. That is not a "problem" but a choice on their end. That still doesn't justify GP's comment of "Just use Linux! It's betterer!!!!!one11eleventyone!". In an utopic world, everyone with a half brain would ditch Windows if the software they need would run fine on [insert other OS here]. In the real world, it's not possible.

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by joshuaissac »

_xivi wrote: post #127
housemusicfan wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're trying to convince a bunch of people that think curl | sudo sh with random scripts off the internet is perfectly okay.

What better alternatives do you recommend?

> What better alternatives do you recommend?

Install packages only from the operating system's package repository or from another trusted repository.

If the software installer is only available as a script, download the script manually and check its contents instead of piping it to a root shell (and maybe run it in a VM instead). That way, you can know if the code is trying to do something nefarious. Piping to Bash can also be detected server side, so a server can serve malicious code when it is piped and good code when it is not.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11532599

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by FirmwareBurner »

TwoNineA wrote: post #146
jrm4 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, the sensitivity of the Windows defender. I'll keep repeating this. I've been doing "installing operating systems and intro to IT courses" for well over a decade now, for many different types of users at many skill levels. Out of the box Linux (e.g. Mint) is an across the board better operating system for anyone who doesn't need anything specifically tied to Windows. It's easier, it just works. I admit that it's n…

>> anyone who doesn't need anything specifically tied to Windows This is the elephant in the room.

That's no excuse, they can learn to use Gimp and FreeCAD instead of using Photoshop and AutoCAD. /s

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by hospitalJail »

A bit too late for me.

I got nailed with deleting a 5gb documents folder on OneDrive. It deleted my local 25GB documents folder.

In the recycling bin was 5gb of files, the other 20GB of files are gone.

Installed Linux, which sucked for a few hours, but I'm so happy to be free of Microsoft!!!

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by hospitalJail »

netbioserror wrote: post #4

If you turn the complexity curve of debloating and custom Windows ROMs about 90 degrees, it's the same as the backwards bend Windows users are doing to avoid jumping to something easier like Linux Mint.

If you don't have a video card, I agree.

If you have a video card... It takes a few hours to figure it out.

But yes, then you are free from Microsoft's hold.

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by hospitalJail »

prmoustache wrote: post #42
layer8 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Despite the slow enshittification of the Windows GUI, I still prefer it to the mess Linux has on the GUI front. Linux is great for CLI and headless. Hence I combine both.

Which mess? I see choice. My choice may not be the same as yours. Most major desktop projects allows you to have a clean and powerful desktop whose ergonomy is superior to those provided by current proprietary OSes.

OneDrive hijacking your file system

Cortana interrupting

Ads for Games on the start menu

Rage Bait news in the start menu.

Insistence on using Edge

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No you can't uninstall these and make the problem go away. It requires linux tier skills to figure out how to uninstall edge. But worse than linux tier, you must keep disabling things in the registry since the updates reenable.

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by hospitalJail »

DrThunder wrote: post #159
mikedelago wrote: post #147

My question to this is "why go through the trouble of doing this when there's operating systems where you don't need to do a debloat step" I realize the answer is that people use Windows because the software they use requires Windows, but it just irks me that this is the solution to not wanting a "bloated" OS.

There are versions of Windows that do not have the bloat issue. Enterprise or Education are good options.

I was considering getting Enterprise edition, but the side by side comparison between Home and Enterprise did not mention the lack of bloat.

It showed literally only 1 checkbox about some security thing.

Ended up going with Linux since it seemed OneDrive/malware was inevitable.

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by hospitalJail »

duffyjp wrote: post #83
dmaa wrote: post #25

I swear I wanted to smash my work computer being permanently molested by some xbox overlay when using some random shortcut. Wtf were they thinking?

I mostly use Macs, and without wasting your time with the details my CTRL-C equivalent in the Terminal is WindowsKey-C. Well, I was in Powershell on Windows 11 yesterday and needed to CTRL-C something and muscle memoried my Mac shortcut and it popped up some sort of chat GUI with no [X] button. What the heck is this stuff? Who wants these features? I do have to say after much reluctance I upgraded my PC from Windows…

If you don't have a video card, it takes minutes to change to Linux.

If you have a video card, it takes hours.

Still better than M$.

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