Had a quick skim. Hmm, Teams, OneNote and Remote Desktop considered bloatware, gaming apps not. Not sure of the target demographic for this. Perhaps worth considering very carefully before running in productivity or office environments, assuming you have access.
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
#42If 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.
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.
Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
#43If 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.
The day Linux Mint has a competent win32 and directx api (Wine is not there yet and may never be) I will switch. Windows is inconvenient at times but if I have to choose between inconvenience and not being able to use my programs... what's the point of having a computer if it can't run your programs?
Out of curiosity, what programs?
Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
#44If 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.
>it's the same as the backwards bend Windows users are doing to avoid jumping to something easier like Linux Mint
No need to be snarky for a cheap shot at windows users who never bothered you with anything, not everyone is trying to avoid jumping or trying to jump.
Get out of your (tech) bubble and touch some grass, plenty of Average Joe users are contempt using what's familiar and works for them out of the box with their Lenovo/Asus laptop, and use their free time for other things instead of learning about new GNU/Linux operating systems, because they have other hobbies and uses for their time, so no need to talk down on them off your IT high-horse.
The group of people who can't go 5 minutes without bashing Windows 11, are just a loud minority (who don't use Windows 11 anyway lol) that goes unheard of in the "real world" where people have other stuff on their mind than worrying about their OS.
Just live and let live, and use the energy you put in bashing Windows 11 online, towards something actually productive. Windows 11 users who are really unhappy will seek the change themselves.
Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
#45If 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.
The day Linux Mint has a competent win32 and directx api (Wine is not there yet and may never be) I will switch. Windows is inconvenient at times but if I have to choose between inconvenience and not being able to use my programs... what's the point of having a computer if it can't run your programs?
> what's the point of having a computer if it can't run your programs?
The point of having a computer is to be able to program it actually. This is not a TV appliance. So I would say the correct answer is port your programs to a better OS.
Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree, you are comparing a one time setup vs re-learning how to use your computer. Not to mention any later compatibility issues you may need to diagnose, particularly with gaming. Not everything works with Proton and there are other stores than just Steam. A debloated Windows is still Windows. Bundle this with a "use these debloat settings for gaming" and it could be just clicking a couple of buttons for the ma…
Windows breaks all the time for lots of people. My brother has a weird issue with his computer where it gets temporarily stuck in a boot loop if "fast startup" is enabled in Windows. After I figured this out I turned it off and it was fine(and booted faster!). Then Windows update happened and the setting was switched back on again. I'm not sure how to solve it other than periodically making sure it hasn't magically b…
For small-time users who aren't on a domain, there is no solution to reverted settings and other manifestations of contempt besides running LTSC.
SWIM set himself up as an official IoT OEM to get legitimate licenses for his own use, but most people will have to pirate it. This is nobody's fault but Microsoft's.
Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
#47If 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.
I dual boot because Linux still can’t play a huge number of games.
Linux is for work. Win11 is for gaming
Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, then they tell you about all the not-working AAA-games they boycott and why that somehow hinders them of using Linux, which they by the way already tried in 1995 and it didn't work out back then so why should it now?
Hasn't Steam Deck pretty much solved that problem by shoveling such insane amounts of money into Wine/Proton that it is able to pretty much run everything you want in terms of games?
Unfortunately there are a select few (though popular) games like Valorant that won't run because they require anti-cheat software with Windows kernel-mode drivers.
That said, it does support _a lot_.
Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
#49I've been using SophiApp[0]/SophiScript for the last 6 months whenever I take a look at a Windows computer. I appreciate the GUI for case-specific toggling of certain features. Like it or not, the people we help sometimes want some of these things.
Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, then they tell you about all the not-working AAA-games they boycott and why that somehow hinders them of using Linux, which they by the way already tried in 1995 and it didn't work out back then so why should it now?
That's quite a fantasy you've cooked up there. There is nothing demonic about happily gaming on the supported software platform. I have Windows because I play games built for Windows. I have Fedora on my laptop. Edit: oh yeah, a fresh KDE fedora install with encrypted volumes can't open the file manager without doing a one time cli to create a thumbnails directory. And I can't watch h26(4|5) videos in YouTube, suppos…
Yeah this is me. I've been using Windows since version 3, and was a windows dev for many years before focusing on linux and open source. Now Windows is basically for steam games, media consumption and displaying my work laptop using NoMachine (VNC on steroids, since windows is in control of my two Dell 27" displays and a nice keyboard and mouse).