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Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by xaldir »

sathackr wrote: post #76
benjaminjackman wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I switched about 10 years ago. Before that I was windows 100% on desktop. I had similar issues at first but gradually became pretty comfortable with Ubuntu and Linux in general. Some things are more of a pain and may always be in Linux but overall the experience for me has been that things have been getting easier with time. I think that for better or worse as more applications move to the web the change will be easi…

I don't mind the questions at all. I hope you didn't want the TL;DR version. Some of my pain points. Many probably have solutions, but I'm stuck between spending time dealing with it the way it is, and spending time finding a solution. These are not in any particular order: 1. Serial communication(terminal, for interfacing with console ports). I tried a few programs that didn't really work right away, and settled on…

1. I use minicom, but you may not like it.

2. Good point. What did you used? Exquilla, DavMail?

5. Use etcher!

9. k3b is the answer

Finally I think that Fedora/kde or Mint/cinnamon have an overall better user experience than Ubuntu.

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by nisa »

sathackr wrote: post #76
benjaminjackman wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I switched about 10 years ago. Before that I was windows 100% on desktop. I had similar issues at first but gradually became pretty comfortable with Ubuntu and Linux in general. Some things are more of a pain and may always be in Linux but overall the experience for me has been that things have been getting easier with time. I think that for better or worse as more applications move to the web the change will be easi…

I don't mind the questions at all. I hope you didn't want the TL;DR version. Some of my pain points. Many probably have solutions, but I'm stuck between spending time dealing with it the way it is, and spending time finding a solution. These are not in any particular order: 1. Serial communication(terminal, for interfacing with console ports). I tried a few programs that didn't really work right away, and settled on…

Long Time Ubuntu user feels your pain - I've solved most of the pain by using KDE (kubuntu backports ppa on 16.04) or switching to Arch with KDE.

Subjective List - only a few good solutions:

1. screen can be used for serial stuff - also allows logging everything to file and copy&paste - you add yourself to a group that uses that device if you don't want to be root.

2. Yup. It's a pain point. There is stuff like Play on Linux that eases some WINE pain points.

3. There is a Linux version: https://www.google.com/earth/download/gep/agree.html

4. Blame Gnome/Ubuntu. KDE is better in that regard (I know no the answer you want to hear)

5. Depending on the ISO dd is good enough. geteltorito is your friend: https://userpages.uni-koblenz.de/~krienke/ftp/noarch/getelto... - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Flashing_BIOS_from_Linu...

6. Yes. NetworkManager is a pain point. Plasma NM (KDE) works fine for me. There is nmcli that you can use via command line. It's not totally straight forward but should be good enough for automation.

7. This is apport - you can disable it - another major Ubuntu pain point. http://howtoubuntu.org/how-to-disable-stop-uninstall-apport-...

8. Yes. Remmina crashes for me a lot of times, I'm not using VNC that often but it's kind of pain in the ass. You could try using plain rdesktop and reading up on details - I've switchted NX where it is possible but it's also not perfect.

9. Only ever burned with k3b and never got problems.

10. Lightdm lockscreen sucks :( - sddm (again KDE) works far more reliable for me.

12. kwin/KDE gives you all the options. There might be some hidden GNOME or Ubuntu Tweak tool settings but I stopped bothering.

Battery life: powertop + tlp and it's now better than windows for me (on an Ivy Bridge i5 HP Notebook, should work similiar good on a Dell with Intel)

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by toni »

LoSboccacc wrote: post #160
terminado wrote: post #57

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LTSB (aka: long-term servicing branch) I'm not sure if it's comedic or tragic that the version so very many users would want most, is not only the version with the worst name, but also the version Microsoft discourages people from adopting. Critical patch support, infrequent updates, and excludes crufty bloatware. What's not to like?

say, if I wanted to use it at home, would steam run on it?

Yes. Every software which runs on Windows 10 Home or Pro, will also run on Windows 10 LTSB, as long as they don't depend on Windows Store, Cortana, or Edge browser.

Microsoft offers 90-days evaluation ISOs of Windows 10 Enterprise and LTSB [1]. Just be sure to select "Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB" instead of "Windows 10 Enterprise" when downloading [2].

[1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-...

[2] http://i.imgur.com/DyEfZbq.png

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by kogepathic »

slazaro wrote: post #187
blitmap wrote: post #176

I always use Linux as my preferred OS and a "Just Works" OS like macOS or Windows. I run Linux as a dual-boot and I run it in a VM from Windows/mac. It's frustrating because Apple has fallen far behind on hardware I want. I need 3840x2160, a touchscreen, a card reader, both USB 3.0 and 3.1, 16GB of RAM, and full-size HDMI. They've jumped too far ahead into their 'revolutionary' view of the future. I can find better h…

We just need a billionaire benevolent dictator to fund a distribution of Linux and relevant programs that turns it into something stable and user friendly.

> We just need a billionaire benevolent dictator to fund a distribution of Linux

I might be missing the joke here, is this a jab at Mark Shuttleworth?

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by slazaro »

kogepathic wrote: post #194
slazaro wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We just need a billionaire benevolent dictator to fund a distribution of Linux and relevant programs that turns it into something stable and user friendly.

> We just need a billionaire benevolent dictator to fund a distribution of Linux I might be missing the joke here, is this a jab at Mark Shuttleworth?

Not intended, but I do think Ubuntu was a missed opportunity by trying to innovate instead of focusing on stability, familiarity, and user-friendliness.

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by hvidgaard »

Piskvorrr wrote: post #184
hvidgaard wrote: post #179

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I have had 0 issues with multiple monitors, even with different resoluions and switching from one to the other when moving about with a laptop. This is during the last 10 years with various different machines. It just works. But even if you have issues with Windows, I have zero doubt you would spend more time batteling with Linux. It just doesn't have polish or UX as a primary target. It is wonderful for servers, but…

Interesting, but for your doubt I have the opposite experience. "Windows update came and took away the working drivers again " is a recurring theme, as are Windows networking issues (on many, many different networks). If I want a system that just works, I have one bootable and installable on a USB drive; for endless tinkering (and fighting against "where do we drag you today?"), there's Windows. Where did that "monit…

Are you running special hardware? Ever since Vista I have at most had to install a graphics driver, and that is it. Windows networking failures seems to be driver issues when I debug them, just as they are on Linux, but I haven't had any myself on either system.

To me, and without exception, every single person I talk with about this, have less issues with Windows or OSX, than Linux. This is primarily CS majors that are required to run it to get their degree.

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by slowmotiony »

hvidgaard wrote: post #143
posguy wrote: post #134

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Its depressingly popular in the US for small & mid-size retailers and businesses. NCR, Loc, IT Retail, et all are built for Windows, and in the pharmacy arena you've got major companies like CVS using stuff from companies like Integra (not the telecom company, the pharmacy one) that thinks moving to SQL Server 2008 and C# with a full rewrite is the route to go for their major PCI compliant products. It confounds me t…

In all fairness, writing in C# and targeting SQL Server is not locking you into Windows unless you use WPF or other Windows specific parts of the framework.

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. We use .net core together with SQL Server on Linux boxes in production, no issues whatsoever and we can finally use a programming language which is actually pleasurable to code in.

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by intoverflow2 »

Ignoring people who need to control what leaves their systems for legal reasons I always find it odd how much the hardcore Windows users freak out over stuff like this.

I mean you trust your entire digital life to this OS yet the idea of analytics being sent back to the people who made the OS terrifies you? They also seem to freak out and declare certain versions near unusable when I've recently started using Win 10 after not using Windows since Win 2K and honestly it's 90% the same thing to me.

Also interested as to how many people freaking out over telemetry use Google software.

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by jhasse »

jvdl wrote: post #186
ddevault wrote: post #47

The switch to Linux or other free operating systems is long overdue. If your excuse is hardware support, then (1) your hardware is probably supported these days and (2) you should not buy hardware that is incompatible with the operating system you plan to use. If your excuse is editing MS Office files, LibreOffice supports the formats and works great, and MS Office on Wine is an option. If your excuse is games, then…

But your argument basically boils down to: Stop using the operating system where everything works: apps, games, hardware, good office package, etc.; rather use an operating system on which debugging to a layman translates to a plane of hell itself, where your hardware may or may not work, and half your game library certainly won't. I would happily switch to Linux permanently the day the flagship office package UI doe…

> the flagship office package UI doesn't resemble Office 97 (the ribbon UI is absolutely fantastic in MS Office)

It's being worked on: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/how-to-enable-libreoffice...

> I can get all of my games to work

Many games don't port to Linux until all users have switched. It's a chicken-egg problem :(

> I don't need to recompile a kernel to get something as basic as a graphics driver running.

You already don't need to do that. Intel and AMD's open-source drivers are included in the kernel and nVidia's driver can be installed without recompiling the kernel.

Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings

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Post by jhasse »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #79
dingo_bat wrote: post #72

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> If your excuse is editing MS Office files, LibreOffice supports the formats and works For very small values of "works". I've found that even high school projects turn out to be a bit too much for libre office.

Well, my definition of "works" is that you can read it. Authoring new documents should use ODF. And again, MS Office works on Wine, so you can use that in the worst case.

> MS Office works on Wine, so you can use that in the worst case.

Only 2013 or older which you can't easily buy anymore. 2016 / 365 doesn't work at all: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iI...

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