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My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by yownie »

Thegn wrote: post #48
silverquiet wrote: post #10

About a year ago I dumped Windows from my personal PC for good. I ran a Linux desktop at work for a decade, but my Steam collection get me with at least a bit of a tether to Microsoft. But Valve finally made Linux gaming a reality. I hope more people can make the switch someday because I'm quite happy with the system (Pop!_OS is my distro of choice these days).

I also moved over to PopOS over a year ago and have been quite happy with the end result. Between Steam and Lutris I’ve been able to run everything I want to, and I don’t have to play whack-a-mole with Microsoft’s “features” that I’m not interested in. Bonus points: I’m having fun with my computer again!

I also use Heroic Launcher with Epic Games as well on Pop_OS, check it out!

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by llm_trw »

conception wrote: post #66
OptionOfT wrote: post #14

I can't even remove 'Recommended' from the start menu, not even on a Pro for Workstations. Every time I search on the start menu there is a web search, impossible to turn off. How is that acceptable? I install Edge Beta to test something, and the I uninstall it. All of the sudden my search provider in my normal Edge is reset. And the nagging everywhere. No I don't want 'back-up' my files (OneDrive is not backup, it's…

https://privacy.sexy is what you want/need! Works well to disable various telemetry, bloat and other baddies.

Until it doesn't.

I shouldn't have to run on a privacy treadmill to stay in the same place.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by zeppelin101 »

MBCook wrote: post #52
zeppelin101 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MacOS is getting worse, for sure, but compared to Windows, it's way "behind" in all the bad ways. As a life-long Windows user, who is also comfortable with Linux, MacOS seems to have the best of all worlds, currently.

I bought my first Windows computer in about 20 years a few months ago. It’s got 11 on it. It's an insanely tiny very low power thing that was almost as cheap as I could get. I just needed a Windows PC around and it fit my needs. Totally fine for basic stuff. But wow. I’ve seen articles about how it was getting worse, new things MS has done, pulled back on, and put in later. I was used to all the stupid advertisement…

Thank you for sharing your story. I'd like to add that it's very much possible to disable many of these annoying things. But doing so: 1) requires some research 2) can cause your system to become unstable (e.g. if you run a script that tweaks many settings in the registry) 3) those settings may get reset with a major Windows update 4) you hardly need to do this on MacOS. Myself, I have my ways of dealing with all of these things. But it feels like an uphill battle.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by bachmeier »

> Linux Respects Its Users

Maybe I'm just ranting, but Ubuntu seems to be by far the most common distro for Windows users, and they're definitely not perfect in this respect. I've been running Linux as my main OS for about 20 years and I can't rid myself of snaps. Synaptic will show that the package provided by Mozilla is the latest version and the snap is the installed version. If I reinstall, it goes back to the Mozilla package, only to mysteriously show the snap is the installed version within a few days.

I don't want to bring up the discussion of the Snap Store again, but this experience is pretty much what you get with Windows, just on a much smaller scale. I'd strongly encourage Windows users to install Mint or some other friendly alternative rather than going with the standard recommendation.

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Post by aprilthird2021 »

jmward01 wrote: post #63

Windows is the SF of operating systems. I first moved to SF because I wanted to be there, not because it had a job for me. It was amazing. Regular people lived there and did interesting things and raised the next generation. You could enjoy the city because it was a city built for people and that was amazing. Then tech completely took over. I noticed my friends that had kids move first. They were the canaries in the…

Ironic because Microsoft's biggest OS competitor Apple uses a lot of SF inspiration in their OS.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by zeppelin101 »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #69
jmward01 wrote: post #63

Windows is the SF of operating systems. I first moved to SF because I wanted to be there, not because it had a job for me. It was amazing. Regular people lived there and did interesting things and raised the next generation. You could enjoy the city because it was a city built for people and that was amazing. Then tech completely took over. I noticed my friends that had kids move first. They were the canaries in the…

Remember windows 7? Holy moly it was so good. It was like Jesus came down and designed an operating system. Been on macOS for nearly a decade now. Ironically it still has some things that are objectively worse. Looking at you, lack of alt tabbing.

This app has solved alt-tabbing for me: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by dr_ »

Although not non existent, I’ve found this to be less of an issue with the Surface laptops and look forward to trying the Surface CoPilot PCs. Have never had that much of an issue with Windows 11. I think Recall could be a useful feature once implemented. On non surface laptops, I still don’t understand why PC manufacturers are so beholden to McAfee?
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