Illusion of privacy lol
Can't find it anymore, but I remember someone did a DNS analysis and they are even pinging McAfee servers, before you open any apps.
Windows sucks but that article was click bait bullshit and was due to the laptop manufacturer bloat ware.
PC security channel did it
Pro tip: You can hit
space tab space tab...to quickly cycle through them all.I will say though, it is mighty refreshing to go through a Linux installer now.
Didn't Bill Gates leave Microsoft in 2008? Other than that, yeah.
Seriously, lol; how did this post even get upvotes? (UpLemmies? Whatever they're called here)
Also this was one of the early windows 10 updates lol. Like 2017 or something.
How it feels to install windows in 2023 is to drop to a hidden shell and run some commands to create a local account instead of a Microsoft account to log into your computer. Fuckin disgusting.
Not just installing. When updating, sometimes it tries to reset the options and change my default browser to edge.
Edge would ALWAYS get on the way with its stupid search bar widget. They tried to improve their shitty outdated piece of crap internet explorer that nobody was using and they ended up with a modern shitty piece of crap that is edge.
And then finding your way around the forced windows account. ANNOYING
Use [email protected] as the account name, anything as the password. It will say "whoopsie, there was an error" and then you can create a local account.
Or something about not connecting to a wifi or ethernet connection during install. https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/26/how-to-bypass-the-microsoft-account-requirement-during-windows-setup/
I don't know about these workarounds but I remember Win10 has something like "Create for another person" then "I don't have their info" and it will just let you create a local acocunt. I don't know about 11 tho
Or just anything invalid. I usually do "m" as the username and "m" as the password.
If you don’t add a WiFi network and don’t plug in ethernet then you can also make a local account.
don't forget the constant messages to use Edge as your default browser! blegh!
Yep. Why I use Linux now. 🤷🏻♂️
Same. Was a windows user all my life. Tried dabbling with Linux a few times, but the shit microsofts doing now is what drove me to linux.
Got several family members on it too, They do nothing but webbrowse so its been going stellar for them.
I like your profile picture. Kind of unnerves me though!
Thanks! Ripley’s aquarium in Toronto.
all these will be reinstated in the next update and all the unsent locally collected information will be sent with the consent you gave by not preventing your system from updating
oof. thats fucked up.
I use Linux nowadays, but I still have dual boot cause of some games. I use LTSB debloated with stopped updates and telemetry.
Don’t forget to scroll down otherwise you miss a very important one that’s hidden
Oh yeah, the fuck me in the ass option.
It is 2023, you want that check on.
I installed it in VirtualBox because I wanted to try if a neovim plugin worked with it.
The most awful experience ever. It's so bad it's tragic, and screams surveillance late stage capitalism. If people don't notice that, it's because they have slowly become used to it under the windows regime.
I wish Windows didn't spy on you in the bathroom. But this helps:
@Steamymoomilk recently had to do a clean win 11 install. Spent a day trying to get the Intel RST driver loaded just to begin install. After trying various sources including the recovery media from manufacturer had to take it to a few repair centers(many claimed bad SSD even though I explained what driver was needed) to just install the OS it came with.
Same laptop have installed a half dozen linux distros with no such issue.
That's the monolithic for you, has drivers for basically everything minus NVIDIA tho.
Bill hasn't been associated with Microsoft decisions in like 15 years. Yes he still owns a shit load of the company, but he's not the CEO, he doesn't even sit on the board. He sits in his 16,000 square foot lakefront Medina, WA mansion and gets richer.
Public consciousness skipped Ballmer's CEO era and apparently Satya's name is too difficult to remember.
I think the day I have to reinstall Windows on my Desktop will be the day I'll replace it with Linux. Already use it on server and laptop but stuck with Windows for gaming. Anyone know if SteamVR works on Linux?
It works with the valve index and I think the vice pro. I have the cosmos which doesn’t work… point being google your headset there will probably be some detailed advice for it!
I got it to launch but I only got about 15 FPS.
So it is at least possible. My PC is pretty outdated so it might work for you if you have a good graphics card with good drivers
"Hello there, user! Do you mind if we spy you while you take a shower?"
"Of course I do! It's one of the most private rooms in my ho--"
"...*ahem Wait. I actually meant to just... check which kind of hygienic peripheral brands you use!"
"...why on earth you want to know what? No! Get out of my ho--"
"*AHEM. You understood it wrong -- I'm talking about your sandals."
"...what? Dude, just stop with that bu--"
"*EHHEEM. Noooo, nononon. Just your towel."
"????"
"...your credit card just slipped away off your pockets. Do you want us to take over your phone and call the cops for you?"
No one should feel pain of installing Windows, no one deserves that
I actually somewhat enjoy using Windows 10 after using a debloat tool and adding a package manager. Windows 11 is still unbearable though.
I feel like the only think I like about windows is that everything works in terms of graphics and plug and play. Plug and play has been good to me on Linux for a while though.
I still get graphics issues on fedora and Ubuntu on my integrated graphics chips.
Thats why i use IPXE and a sysprepped image when i do need windows. Or i got to install windows for friends and familie
The reason why I still use Windows is Excel, because everyone still relies on Excel formulas and macros 🙄
You can use it using your browser with Office 365, no ?
Bro just say fuck it. If you use Linux you don't need to care about regular lifestyle traditions. Treat yo self.
Doesn't the browser version do the trick?
Ver often, it doesn't. I had to use Excel for some asignments, and because I'm on a pretty low end machine, I ended up dualbooting.
