I have a folder with notes about what needs to be done. It’s not even 20 things. Can you share your list so I know what I’m missing?
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Are the patterns really dark, when installing windows it HOUNDS me to switch to Edge at every turn, or to sign into MS incessantly, for “security reasons”? Lol.
No, I’m sure there are plenty of dark patterns too, but holy cow, Win10 setup has driven me, more than any other version, to build my own windows automated installer setup (using MS tools).
At least the tools are a lot better than they used to be.
I have a spreadsheet of hundreds of changes a new system needs when first installed.
I really appreciate the devs of tools like Winaero Tweaker, Bulk Crap Uninstaller, O&O Shutup, and PrivacyZilla.
That said, get yourself a copy of Tiny10, available on archive.org.
Kethal@lemmy.world 5 months ago
weLookAbove@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Could I see your folder of 20 things?
Kethal@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s not much: file.io/PYHlCpv2LgdE.
The Nowar thing is from a GitHub repository and there’s probably a newer version. I pick parts from it to run rather than running the entire thing.
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Obligatory, use Linux. With companies you vote with you money. The more you use it the worse it will get. They believe they have a stronghold on the market
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Linux sucks.
There, I said it. And I use it every day
It’s as bad as Windows in its own way.
The reason windows is the de facto OS is it all works out of the box. Users don’t have to muck around with things.
One example of many: I need to remote into another machine… What do I use? RDP is available immediately on Windows and just works.
Fine, go find an RDP client. Which one? We’ll, fortunately my version of Linux (wait, “my version” of the OS? Oh, cause there’s a million flavors of Linux), anyway, my version has an app store, fortunately. Now, which RDP client? We’ll, Remmina seems prolific. Wait, which version of Rrmmina, there’s like 6 in the app repository. OK, fine, I’ll use this one.
Wait, there’s extensions for it. Do I need any of them for RDP? Hard to tell, because documentation is all over the place. Some things have practically no description, so I’m not sure what they’re for/if I need them.
OK, ok, got Remmina installed. Punch in the IP address of the machine I need to RDP to. No go - bad security. What? I RDP to this box 20 times a day. OK, fine, Google the error message. Oh, you need downgrade TLS in Linux, because current versions have deprecated TLS 1. OK, fine, I have a link to the repository for that package. Run it. Fails to install. Gotta go make another change to permit reverting to a lower security standard.
Walk away, got other shit to do.
Two days later, come back. Reboot, because it probably needs it.
Try RDP. No go, same TLS error. Start thinking about it… Wtf- RDP doesn’t use TLS. But Remmina defaulted to using TLS even though I selected RDP as the connection type.
Why would I even think to dig into sub menus to change security from TLS to RDP when I chose a fucking RDP connection type in the first place?!
This is one of dozens of issues I run into when running Linux. Fucking printer notifications with no way to turn them off short of a command line, wtf? And this is on a supposedly user-friendly version?
Note I had Unix classes 35 years ago… Before Linux existed. I’m no neophyte. Now imagine trying to help a regular user with shit Ike this. I can’t imagine.
This before we look at app/file compatibility. People don’t have time to play fuck-fuck with word docs getting whacked because someone uses open /Libre office. Then there’s Publisher, PowerPoint, OneNote and SharePoint. User management via the domain, Group Policy, Exchange, SCOM.
Since Linux lacks a single unified system, trying to manage it via something like SCOM is a nightmare, unless you build everything the same. And if you’re going to do that, may as well use windows where this all works right out of the box.
Linux takes as long to install as restoring a windows box. The difference is windows works on first login, even with the annoyances. And let’s not talk about video or sound drivers on Linux. People still fight that (it’s way better, but nothin like windows).
And THAT is why Linux can’t compete with Windows on the desktop, even with the current BS of Windows.
So please, stop with this simplistic, naive bullshit of “just switch to Linux”. It’s tiresome to hear, it’s unrealistic, it ignores real-world limitations, requirements, and concerns.
It’s different, not easier - it comes with it’s own set of issues.
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s honestly not unrealistic though, I’ve used Linux for over 3 years as a daily driver for IT, software dev, and gaming. Only thing it struggled with with was gaming. I’m really not sure how you had so much trouble getting RDP to work, it was never that tiresome when I set it up. Linux does work out of the box on a wide variety of machines and it is gaining in popularity and ease of use. It does have limitations but they are quickly fading. Even then, from my experiences windows has more limitations. Windows can’t even use any file systems other than NTFS without WSL besides the most basic like FAT. It costs money to use and has meager customization at best. It’s bloated and barley runs on anything short for 8 GB of ram these days. It refuses to allow you to even have the slightest bit of privacy. That’s probably the biggest reason to switch. RDP does work great on windows. It’s their proprietary protocol. What else would you expect. Windows may be more “plug n play” but Linux just has more options for alot of thing and has more flexibility. It’s way more versatile as an os. If your looking for something plug n play just stick with Ubuntu
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I only boot windows every once in a while (every couple months more or less) but it’s certainly gotten very aggressive in the past couple years. And I’m not in the US. I can’t even imagine what it’s like over there since the users are typically considered as walking wallets by companies.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Yeah, you type “chrome” into Edge, and it’s like YOU DON’T NEED THAT!
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Hahaha, so true