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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 jtriangle »

kylebenzle wrote: post #306
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…

I am at a total loss as to why anyone is using windows in 2024.

Literally just adobe products on work machines where I can't sail the high seas and run it with WINE

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Post by zer0zzz »

bediger4000 wrote: post #599
zer0zzz wrote: post #578

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Apple is no different other than the fact they are slow walking it.

And so? The context is Windows and Microsoft. I, personally, am a Linux user. The warning about advertising is still true.

Point is all commercial desktop systems have already fallen for it.

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Post by spectre3d »

ed_elliott_asc wrote: post #370
yonatan8070 wrote: post #310

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I think they mean calculation from the start menu search (on a default installation, it will Bing the calculation and show the search result, which I find absurd since it requires an internet connection to solve x+y). The calculator program still works fine offline, but is often overkill when you just want to quickly solve something I'll note that Microsoft's PowerToys run solves this properly, just like MacOS's Spot…

But spotlight replaces alt+space so you can’t minimise or move a window from the command line :(

You meant Microsoft's PowerToys Run, correct?

Spotlight is Mac-only and uses Command-Space by default.

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Post by ternaryoperator »

johnklos wrote: post #341
ternaryoperator wrote: post #322

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My Mac is constantly bugging me to install OS updates. Same with my iPad and my iPhone. Apple gives you no option to skip the updates. The only way to avoid the constant carping is to allow Apple to do the update automatically, which is not by any means having control of your own devices.

This is just simply untrue. Go to System Settings, General, Software Update, then click on the "i" next to Automatic. Turn off "Check for updates".

Your suggestion doesn't solve the problem. I want to know about updates without being forced to install them to avoid being badgered. AFAIK that's not possible.

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Post by DontchaKnowit »

dryanau wrote: post #284
DontchaKnowit wrote: post #116

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My start menu hasnt even worked for over a year on 2 seperate computers now.

What do you mean when you say it doesn't "work"? You click the windows icon and nothing comes up? It displays but nothing is clickable? On 2 different machines? Really? This seems like hyperbole. It sounds like there's a specific feature that doesn't work for you as it used to, but instead of describing the issue you've thrown up your hands and declared it to not work. If it truly does not open or respond to clicks I…

It is just a blank black box. It occasionally works after a restart but quickly goes back to being a black box.

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Post by hot_gril »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #567
hot_gril wrote: post #303

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Apple was also kinda asking for it

Well as of a couple of years ago they have some of the most overpowered hardware. Its not the intel era anymore. The fact I can run many of these unsupported games on max settings through an emulation layer no less is saying something.

They made the Mac a compatibility nightmare with games, so it doesn't matter so much how fast the hardware is. And going from a 2009 Mac Pro with an RX580 to an M1 mini, every game was slower, especially csgo (before it became cs2).

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Post by hot_gril »

dkersten wrote: post #597
hot_gril wrote: post #302

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Would not say that Linux gaming works as well as Windows gaming. Plenty of things won't work in Proton, at least not out of the box, and you're kinda restricted to AMD GPUs. That's fine cause I don't play video games anymore, but people who really care about that will put up with a lot of MS's BS. AoE2:DE is one example of incompatibility. Simple game (by modern standards) with no advanced anticheat.

I would need to check if it’s the DE or which, but I’ve played a good bit of AoE2 on Linux through proton about two years ago without any issues. It was whatever version was recommended by the AoE2 YouTubers, not sure if that was DE. The only problems I’ve had are that the intro video and menu for supreme commander forged alliance runs at very low frame rate (but the actual game runs without problems), and that Gothi…

Probably DE. Singleplayer is fine, multiplayer desyncs.

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Post by hot_gril »

dotnet00 wrote: post #463
hot_gril wrote: post #302

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Would not say that Linux gaming works as well as Windows gaming. Plenty of things won't work in Proton, at least not out of the box, and you're kinda restricted to AMD GPUs. That's fine cause I don't play video games anymore, but people who really care about that will put up with a lot of MS's BS. AoE2:DE is one example of incompatibility. Simple game (by modern standards) with no advanced anticheat.

There's nothing restricting you to AMD GPUs though? Proton works great on my 3090. It's even been less troublesome than when I used to use AMD GPUs, where IIRC accelerated graphics drivers and the ROCm drivers had some sort of conflict unless installed a certain way (a few years ago now, my last AMD card was a 5700xt).

You're not restricted to AMD, but Nvidia Linux drivers are notoriously bad.

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Post by hot_gril »

pompino wrote: post #559
hot_gril wrote: post #277

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MacOS doesn't force updates for general users. But if you want to run the latest Xcode, yeah you need the latest OS.

Its funny that a compiler forces you to update your OS.

It's a lot more than a compiler.
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