So glad I switched to Linux and got away from this garbage. Now I have to convince my employer to also allow Linux on their workstations.
Windows 7 was the last good OS from MSFT but even that had a bit of telemetry.
Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
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Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#22I hadn't heard of this feature before, but WTF? Who thought AI parsing everything you do on your system would be a good idea?! I want zero to do with this "feature".
Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#23Proton is able to run just about anything now, not just games. Stop using Microsoft Operating Systems where you can and mark them as needing replacement with real software in all your reports.
The day when I can play Rocket League under Linux without anti-cheat kicking in is when I will stop using it completely. Until then, I am dual booting.
I run it on Linux everyday with Steam on Proton. It is my go to game on steamdeck and my Fedora desktop.
By default steam wants to download the old old old Linux version that doesn't allow online play, but if you enable proton it will download the Windows version and run fine. I am pretty sure it doesn't have a real anti-cheat included.
Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#24Does anyone know any good "debloat" scripts to disable all these modern features of Windows 11 and bring me back to something that resembles the Windows I grew up with? I'm having a hard time keeping track of all of the registry keys and config settings I need to update to keep this crap at bay.
massgrave's LTSC install has made it tolerable for me at least. The first time I booted into a standard consumer win11 install I nearly had an aneurysm
Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#25Proton is able to run just about anything now, not just games. Stop using Microsoft Operating Systems where you can and mark them as needing replacement with real software in all your reports.
The day when I can play Rocket League under Linux without anti-cheat kicking in is when I will stop using it completely. Until then, I am dual booting.
What? Rocket League works fine on Proton with no weirdness. Played a bunch of competitive matches with no issues whatsoever.
Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#26Yeah this is it for me, cleaning up my windows installation and backing up my files, going to move to some linux distro this month.
Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#27So glad I switched to Linux and got away from this garbage. Now I have to convince my employer to also allow Linux on their workstations. Windows 7 was the last good OS from MSFT but even that had a bit of telemetry.
If it is about telemetry and related stuff (like that activation), it would be Windows 2000.
Sadly I never had the chance to experience it and went with Windows ME. :(
Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#28Proton is able to run just about anything now, not just games. Stop using Microsoft Operating Systems where you can and mark them as needing replacement with real software in all your reports.
From my experience, it's still not a 100% replacement. For example, there are no drivers for a pretty common steering wheel (Logitech G923). There is a driver for an older version of the wheel that kind of works, but no TRUEFORCE support. And even then, you have to mess with some low level details to make it work, send magic values to the hardware on plugging it in.
I also noticed that games from Steam end up taking up substantially more disk space to the point where I can have only a few games installed on Linux.
And even the games without any special hardware dongles don't work so well as you imply.
Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#29Proton is able to run just about anything now, not just games. Stop using Microsoft Operating Systems where you can and mark them as needing replacement with real software in all your reports.
I was going to say Fusion360 is my largest blocker, but it looks like it's now in the Silver category https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iI...
Re: Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency
#30Does anyone know any good "debloat" scripts to disable all these modern features of Windows 11 and bring me back to something that resembles the Windows I grew up with? I'm having a hard time keeping track of all of the registry keys and config settings I need to update to keep this crap at bay.
Despite the dumb name this looks useful:
It generates the script for you based on your requirements. Looks extremely detailed with long descriptions.