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HopingForBetter@kbin.social 9 months ago
Newer windows machines won't even let you install non-microsoft-store programs without checking a one-time-no-way-back-box of liability. So much for being an end-user...
Add to that - Windows 11 requires UEFI boot… Which is heading in the direction of locking the OS to the hardware, for “security”.
Nevermind UEFI has a pre-boot execution capability, “for security” (supposedly to enable location/anti-theft), that’s already been shown to permit a system being hacked.
Anything that runs code can be hacked. That’s also true of Bios. Efi has more capabilities though.
's mode' is the 'no way back' wall you can disable.. stupidly requiring a microsoft account to do--in order to install stuff on your pc without needing a damn microsoft account in the first place.
the other is a setting, which is just a scary 'warning' about installing programs from outside the garden, that you can change.
You can actually disable it without an account! You have to edit a simple bios setting, something like disabling secure boot.
soon you’d need to root windows laptop in order to install non-store software, not to mention gasp reflashing something else in its place
Oh god I could see that happening.
Then they’ll put a chip in that un-reflashes your firmware so you have to disable THAT before flashing like the HTC G2 did. Loved that phone but that was some bullshit.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Straight up due to Microsoft’s methods lately I’ve been shifting everything I can to Linux
My goal is by the time support is dropped for Windows 10 to have seamlessly switched to Linux (I’m feeling Linux Mint TBH)
kescusay@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I switched to Linux years ago, and have never looked back. Every computer in my house except one (my mandatory work laptop) runs some flavor of Linux, and my kids have never been forced to use Windows at all. And if I have my way, they never will.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
That’s the spirit
Get to used to FOSS now so that they never have to switch to it later
helenslunch@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Did that about a year ago. It’s a giant pain in my ass but not bigger than MS’s incessant begging or not being in control of my own computer.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Pretty much the only thing holding me back right now is Fusion 360 (really good CAD modelling software)
As soon as I can find a good alternative that does what I need it to do I can jump ship pretty painlessly
bluewing@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Are you paying for a seat to use Fusion or just the freebie hobby licence? You can switch over to OnShape if you want something commercial. It’s totally OS agnostic because it runs in a browser window. Otherwise you can don the sackcloth and ashes and switch to FreeCAD like I did, (it’s not as hard to learn as it gets made out to be), and be free of controlling corporations.
Plopp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ever considered running Windows in a VM, with hardware pass through if needed for performance?
helenslunch@feddit.nl 9 months ago
I have a dual boot. There are plenty of Linux or browser-based alternatives. Or you can run it through Bottles or even Steam (Proton works for all exe’s, not just games).
Plopp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Exactly the same boat, except I’m aiming for OpenSUSE. Yast, BTRFS with snapshots out of the box etc.
Coreidan@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Bruh just do it. It will take you maybe the weekend. No reason to spend the next few years thinking about it.