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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 thefz »

hot_gril wrote: post #267
nox101 wrote: post #205

Nothing electronic I own feels like mine anymore My Mac, iPhone, and Apple TV are owned by Apple. My Sony TV is owned by Sony and Google. My Windows PC is owned by Microsoft. My Quest 2 is owned by Meta. My Kindle is owned by Amazon. At best, the Mac and PC I could install Linux on to make them mine. The rest, not so much

I feel like I own my Mac because it doesn't bother me for anything and lets me do what I want. The iPhone, less so because it's secured against me in many ways.

Yet you can't upgrade it, install any non approved software you want, repair it by yourself...

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

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Post by BSDobelix »

usr1106 wrote: post #419
hawski wrote: post #390

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In every company I worked for (Germany, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland) it was all Windows laptops, that for the Linux component either used a VM, WSL or straight up servers.

I just don't want to work under such incapable management / IT department, that forces developers to use Windows. I have worked with Linux for 17 years and the last time I was forced to have a Windows VM was 14 years ago. Yes, it limits available jobs and probably doesn't pay any top salaries. But better than selling myself to people I don't respect.

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

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Post by Zambyte »

bongodongobob wrote: post #216
soared wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try completely removing one drive to understand the rest of our pain. Even if you manage to get the program gone, somehow the default file save location for many applications is still a (now deleted) one drive folder. If you forget and click save.. well now you have one drive again.

Don't. Do. That. Leave it alone, that's why Windows is breaking for you. You keep fucking with core components. It's not Linux. You can't do that and not suffer consequences.

Stop holding it wrong!

Have you considered that maybe not being able to use your computer how your want is precisely why this post exists?

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

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Post by Admiral_AWS »

sandreas wrote: post #221
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…

Here are some things I found helpful using Windows at work (at home I use Fedora): Debloat / Software Management: https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil Command line software management (Scoop): https://pilabor.com/blog/2021/12/automate-windows-app-setup-... Comparison (Scoop/Chocolatey/Win-Get): https://daftdev.blog/2024/04/01/chocolatey-vs-scoop-vs-winge... I would also recommend starship ( https://starship.rs/…

Better yet - just switch to Linux Mint.

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

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Post by sseagull »

yonatan8070 wrote: post #317
msm_ wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, Linux configuration is not exactly straightforward in comparison to Windows. Dozens of obscure config files (each with a different syntax), stored in various random places in the filesystem, with the general expectation that every user should be able to run a terminal command once in a while to fix something. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Linux lover and user, but from an outside perspective Windows registry…

> stored in various random places in the filesystem What config files have you found outside of `/etc` and `~/.config`?

There’s still a few on my machine. The main ones I’ve edited:

~/.gitconfig, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.vimrc

~/.ssh/config

~/.gnupg/gpg.conf, ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf

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

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Post by squidbeak »

dbg31415 wrote: post #410
bachmeier wrote: post #75

> 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 Mo…

And the whole wildly inconsistent UI elements of Linux shows it doesn't respect users. You have one default app that does things one way (say, with a "Save" button, and a nice "Settings successfully changed!" message), and another that does things a totally different way (say, with an auto-save and no message that it's been saved). Linux respects developers, in that it allows the people who make aspects of Linux to d…

Is Windows any different in this regard? Windows itself (at least 10, I haven't used 11) has very different UI elements for something as crucial as its own settings, and third party programs very often have wildly different UI styles.

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

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Post by ozzcer »

makeitdouble wrote: post #418
atemerev wrote: post #289

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And half of software engineers (the other half have Linux laptops). I only use Windows as a game launcher (and I’m still on Windows 10), I don’t understand why anyone would need it anymore except games.

Linux requires you give up on cutting edge hardware. Basically there's no alternative to the Surface Pro or the Asus' Z13 (or even X13), or Lenovo's dual screen or tablet lines that works with Linux. Incidentally these form factors also doesn't come to macs either.

What's preventing you from installing Linux on a surface pro or Z13?

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

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Post by sseagull »

speff wrote: post #414
llm_trw wrote: post #397

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Or you can just use Linux.

I love fighting my libinput drivers every time I update. And lately the driver for my laptop keyboard is suddenly crashing without warning prompting a hard reboot every time. This was not an issue prior to a few months ago. Linux software is not immune to frustrating changes

The upgrade to KDE 6 (and switching to Wayland) has been particularly painful for me lately. Lots of bugs and stuff not working correctly (like zoom).

So yeah, Linux is not a refuge either.

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

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Post by anthk »

atemerev wrote: post #289
klooney wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Presumably all the executives, PMs, and designers all use Macs.

And half of software engineers (the other half have Linux laptops). I only use Windows as a game launcher (and I’m still on Windows 10), I don’t understand why anyone would need it anymore except games.

The world is not a Mac user on IT, Linux is the main environment for backends/serious CS work. At least in Europe.

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

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Post by Zambyte »

TheLoafOfBread wrote: post #249
BarryMilo wrote: post #227

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Thus proving OP's point: it's not your computer.

If you remove glibc in Linux, it will start breaking too.

Ignoring the fact that you're comparing a cloud storage client to what is essentially a kernel wrapper that all software depends on, you actually can remove glibc without breaking things. You just also have to install another libc (say, musl) and replace your software that targets glibc with software that targets musl, or install a glibc -> musl compatibility layer (gcompat).

So, yeah. If you actually know enough about libcs to want to get rid of glibc for a real reason, you can do it without breaking things. If you just want to go around and start deleting core system dependencies (which I think is very silly to put a cloud storage client in that bucket, regardless of the brand of cloud storage) without replacing them, then chaos seems to be the goal, and maybe order is the "broken" state for that machine :P

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