Not a fan of windows, but i hate this FUD against TPM&Secureboot
Microsoft is claiming that millions of computers should be turned to e-waste. How is complaining about this "FUD" in any way?
Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
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Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#52Not a fan of windows, but i hate this FUD against TPM&Secureboot
I don't think Windows is using TPM for anything useful. As for Secure boot, its main goal seems to be preventing you from installing non Windows operating systems.
BitLocker is not useful? Have you tried configuring LUKS with TPM? I recently got in trouble cause I tried that, dracut rewrote my initrd but missed some options (somehow when dracut is missing a module it's just a warning?!) in the setupcrypt so the damn thing wouldn't boot. Compared to the super streamlined experience with BitLocker (where the largest hassle is that you have to type your recovery key) it's a joke.
And the alternative is ZFS encryption which apparently still has data loss race condition bugs and the person submitting patches to fix those admits they have no idea why that happens.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#53Been on Linux for 13 years now, and recent Mint releases really are as close as we've gotten to a "set-and-forget" operating system that...just works. Switchable graphics, power profiles, night colors, a consistent and stable updater, sensible defaults and options...
Microsoft really stumbled upon gold when they designed Windows 7, and fumbled it because investors always need novelty for growth. Mint just picked up the ball and kept running.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Windows has supported hardware encryption for a very long time. I support various machines owned by my family that are hardware encrypted spanning across the last 15 years. All work on Windows 10 and are encrypted with Bitlocker (or that invisible Home edition "device encryption" version). They don't support Windows 11.
… and all those things that Windows 10 “supports“ can be much more easily bypassed without TPM and secure boot. Lots of things not to like about Win11 but force-dragging their manufacturers and customers into 2010s era security is long overdue.
What? TPM and Secure Boot aren't new at all. Fine let's remove one machine from the set:
I support various machines owned by my family that are hardware encrypted spanning across the last 10 years. All work on Windows 10, use Secure Boot, and are encrypted with TPM and Bitlocker (or that invisible Home edition "device encryption" version). They don't support Windows 11.
Even the extreme outlier machine has TPM. This nonsense is not about security. What threats are actually affecting people's computers these days? What is this going to do against phishing and scammers? What new security features are present in Windows 11 and not 10 that are so critical to justify throwing out hundreds of millions of machines?
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#55Every time this happens, I wonder why people do not just drop Windows entirely.
Because they run Word Excel and Outlook.
This is the real reason. Put your data in the MS format roach motel, and it's a challenge to ever get it out with full fidelity.
The mid-oughts battle over this in the international standardizations space is pretty fraught: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Open...
And even now, even though there is a "standard" and schemas for, MS's apps mostly ignore them, or use undocumented extensions (as far as I'm aware), so it the whole thing was truly straight from MS's embrace/extend/extinguish playbook.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#56Every time this happens, I wonder why people do not just drop Windows entirely.
What is the alternative for an average joe?
That said, Steam OS for desktop (if ever) would be a serious contender, since a big chunk of high-end PCs are only used for gaming and internet browsing.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#57How's Mint? I'm asking because I installed a fresh ubuntu desktop in a VM today and the spam I got on first run reminded me of ... Windows.
My 2cents: use Fedora. Or, if you're technically savvy, Arch. I slightly prefer Arch simply because: - Firefox is up to date (Fedora is often 2 weeks late on security patches) - No upgrade cycle. Just `pacman -Syu` on a regular cadence, or whatever you're comfy with. When you go with the vanilla install of a major distro, I find you simply run into fewer shenanigans.
+1, more 2 cents:
I have Fedora on my main work computer (Dell XPS)
And I just got a Thinkpad E14 for CachyOS (arch based). It auto configured btrfs with snapper. Everything just worked fine so far (fingerprints, cameras, sleep, secure boot, sound, mics, etc)
Fedora is still the king as the main workhorse, no headaches, every 6 months there's a reasonable upgrade.
But I can't help myself going back to arch, it just feels snappier.
So if you have a boring hardware like this thinkpad I got, everything just works, go for Arch.
The main reason I went with Fedora on the XPS was some issues with hardware/wifi/bluetooth from time to time, usually an hour before an important meeting that made me chill, ask for a few minutes to rollback a btrfs snapshot, etc.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#58> Microsoft has a long history of playing fast-and-loose with the truth. And that’s again the case with Windows 10 coming to its supposed “end of life” this fall. I can’t take an article seriously, whatever merits it might have, if this is the opening gambit. “End of life” is a fairly common term of art amongst software and hardware OEMs. Windows 10 is going to be end of life. No scare quotes needed.
But in 2015:
Microsoft announced at its Ignite conference this week that Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows. Microsoft has no plans to let Windows 10 become stale. On the contrary, it plans to keep Windows evolving with regular improvements and updates.
Read More: https://www.slashgear.com/windows-10-said-to-be-microsofts-f...
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#59> System resources ... the requirements are much higher than they need to be
They don't mention the requirements directly because people would laugh them out of the room.
For hardware (aside from the TPM):
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor, 4 gigabytes (GB), 64 GB or larger storage device.
That is "higher than they need to be"? I don't think so. That's the absolute _floor_ and I'm shocked it isn't higher. Windows raising requirements forces hardware vendors to ship something better and for many people who buy the entry-level computer that's a boon.
> Is it finally the year of the Linux desktop?
No, and I don't see that happening anytime soon. I can't take someone seriously if they legitimately think installing Linux Mint is a viable alternative for normal people. If you are reading this you are not normal and neither are any people for which you support a linux install (parents/friends).
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#60How's Mint? I'm asking because I installed a fresh ubuntu desktop in a VM today and the spam I got on first run reminded me of ... Windows.
If you're technical try Fedora. It's a bit on the bleeding edge side, but it's a zero-bullshit OS that mostly just works. Debian is another great option, but packages are a bit behind. If you're not technical honestly just buy a mac.
> If you're technical try Fedora.
I still have rpm PTSD from my youth :)
> Debian is another great option, but packages are a bit behind.
I've got hardware for a new home server that's waiting to be set up, and I was planning to put Devuan on it. Anyone has any impressions of that?
> If you're not technical honestly just buy a mac.
I have two :) And a couple linux boxes but I mostly ssh into them.
I haven't used desktop linux in ages (about 2013, when I switched from linux desktops to mac desktops).
Once in a while I run into the newest Ubuntu desktop for various reasons (this time I needed a server in a VM and I thought why not, let's install the desktop) and I'm astonished at the corporate style spamminess.