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I am person who runs LTSB used for coding/rce/gaming. Everything runs without a glitch after initial setup. At start we indeed have to do some stupid things as restoring windows photo viewer because images open with paint, but its way better than what "full" version offers.
I would consider that a bonus and install IrfanView.
Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings
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Windows pain costs few hundred $ more :)
Only if your time is worthless.
Linux has evolved a lot. Some years ago it was very likely for you to have to recompile the kernel to get your box running... I haven't been in that scenario lately (using Ubuntu).
Then, some distros/desktop environments are even friendlier than Windows itself. elementary OS for instance, is very minimalistic and simple.
So I have to disagree with you.
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I can't agree with this more. A client straight up failed a PCI compliance audit, replete with daily fines, for using 10 Enterprise. They decided to pursue legal measures against MS for false claims. I really hope this gets elevated because reverting to win 7 is a solution with a short life span. The other solution is to rebuild infrastructure on top of a different platform but that's prohibitively expensive.
> The other solution is to rebuild infrastructure on top of a different platform but that's prohibitively expensive. I really don't have a lot of sympathy for companies that lock themselves in to a proprietary platform.
To preface to avoid what might otherwise seem like a bias toward defending use of Windows: I'm a free software activist, a GNU maintainer, and do extensive volunteer work for GNU and the FSF.
It's not fair blame. Many companies simply go for what works and throw money at the problem. Windows historically has excellent support from a large number of third parties.
The other problem is third-party software. I work for an insurance company. The system that they use for managing everything---policies, accounting, brokers, etc---is tied to Windows. This is a specialized program---there are only a few of them that exist, and none as sophisticated as the one this company uses. This system has been responsible for not only tying the office to Windows, but holding us back from upgrading---for the longest time we couldn't even get off of IE6 because it didn't support anything higher.
I'm able to do 99% of my work within a GNU/Linux VM. But on rare occasion, I need to use that system, and it requires Windows. Everyone else in the office---the majority of the company---requires Windows. This is a system that the company has invested many millions of dollars into.
So while we can do our best to inform others, perhaps before they make these critical business decisions, it ultimately comes down to practicality for most businesses. Yes, they may pay for it. Yes, they're taken advantage of, have issues with vendor lockin, etc, but unless you travel upstream and liberate those systems or provide suitable replacements _that the business is confident will have support for years to come_, there's not much to do.
I'm not defending the situation; it's terrible. But sympathy _should_ be had, because there's much to lament, and much room to help.
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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…
I don't understand how people aren't screaming about point 10 - I haven't had a linux distro which didn't do that, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Arch - they all had this exact issue. I close my laptop, it goes into sleep mode, I open the screen and my desktop is just there, I can happily use the browser, open apps, run commands, whatever, and then 10-20 seconds later the lock screen kicks in. It's insane that the architectur…
IIRC it's because the Ubuntu screen locking is tied to screensavers. I can't remember how I solved it for myself, but it involved invoking a much baser system to lock the screen.
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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.
You know exactly why he's getting downvoted. Saying positive things about Microsoft is very unpopular here on HN.
Yes down votes for positive MS, and bans for negative MS.
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#247MS Support consistently and repeatedly told me that enterprise allowed me to disable this stuff. If I can't control the egress then I can't verify PCI compliance. I've already had to revert a client to Win 7 because they failed a PCI compliance audit using Win 10 Enterprise. Which, by the way, is very expensive for small businesses. Win 10 Enterprise isn't viable for business. I have a bunch of small business clients…
Use LTSB. Microsoft tries to scare you into not using it because it doesn't support the Windows store or Edge or have telemetry or any of that fun stuff. But they keep coming out with respins of it to otherwise keep feature parity with CB Enterprise. A 2017 LTSB based on 1703 should be out soon.
So, how/where do you gain access to buying this as a private customer? (willing to do this the long twisted way if there is a way)
Re: Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings
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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…
Your comment is uninformed garbage. There's no nice way to say it. >But your argument basically boils down to: No, it doesn't. >I would happily switch to Linux permanently the day the flagship office package UI doesn't resemble Office 97 (the ribbon UI is absolutely fantastic in MS Office), I can get all of my games to work, and I don't need to recompile a kernel to get something as basic as a graphics driver running…
> Your comment is uninformed garbage. There's no nice way to say it.
Please just leave it out, then.
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Your comment is uninformed garbage. There's no nice way to say it. >But your argument basically boils down to: No, it doesn't. >I would happily switch to Linux permanently the day the flagship office package UI doesn't resemble Office 97 (the ribbon UI is absolutely fantastic in MS Office), I can get all of my games to work, and I don't need to recompile a kernel to get something as basic as a graphics driver running…
> Your comment is uninformed garbage. There's no nice way to say it. Please just leave it out, then. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Often these polices are too in favor of letting ignorant comments go unrefuted.
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Yeah... LO may have 80% of the features, but if 25% of users use a few of those other 20% of features, you're going to face a lot of resistance from any company with even a dozen users. I've seen some amazing/scary things done in Excel (and Access even).
It's not even crazy features. LO still doesn't support lists, I believe. This makes the more permanent spreadsheets so much harder to maintain. But on the other hand LO has Base, which is pretty good.
I also like Access for what it is. I haven't used Base enough to really comment... Would be kind of cool to see Base spun off, so that it could be a stand-alone access competitor, if that isn't already an option.