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I have windows 11 on my work laptop which I can't get too wild about modifying Windows 11 desperately wants to share boomer news with me
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Mar 13, 2024 16:53
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The base windows “News” is yeah hilariously boomer. Mostly trump news and diets
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Mar 13, 2024 16:54
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Lots of annoying headlines from businessinsider about why RTO was the only way too
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Mar 13, 2024 17:28
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Mercury_Storm posted:Only way I've found to stop updates is to rip the copper wiring out and actually rename/move/delete the processes that do the actual updates. Then disable/remove the services and all the tasks like UpdateMedicService and all that crap too. Unfortunately this stops all updates from happening, including the security updates which obviously isn't great. None of the methods you find on the net really work because MS is constantly changing things to try and stop you from disabling updates, and if even one of those services is still running it will re-download and re-enable everything else. Sordum.org has this thing called Windows Update Blocker, which has worked for me to counter an unruly set of update services in 10. Use judiciously of course.
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Mar 13, 2024 17:31
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Large Testicles posted:wtf version of windows 11 are ya'll running where you're getting stupid poo poo like that? i've had it installed since it first came out and i have no problem with it Just Search GPO, amirite? I've admin'd Windows for a half of a decade and run some wild stuff locally, but to suggest that Windows makes the stuff they want to Not Be Touched discoverable is a loving joke, especially in modern systems. Yeah, if you know the rough shape of the problem and the names of all the things, you can generally cobble together the policy(ies) to make it do what you want, but it's hard to find and frequently hard to test. Windows is actively antagonistic toward it's users these days and that definitely extends to configure-ability and the discoverability thereof. It's completely understandable that someone couldn't find the specific knob to turn to fix these kinds of issues. They are being actively obfuscated.
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Mar 13, 2024 17:38
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Also, for those working out how to make Updates not be a pain in the dick, this is what I use (W10). Updates are functionally manual - No auto-restarts. No auto-install. No notifications. You have to manually go into Windows Update and press the button. As said before, tread carefully with such things: Under: Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update 
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Mar 13, 2024 17:44
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Mercury_Storm posted:Only way I've found to stop updates is to rip the copper wiring out and actually rename/move/delete the processes that do the actual updates. Then disable/remove the services and all the tasks like UpdateMedicService and all that crap too. Unfortunately this stops all updates from happening, including the security updates which obviously isn't great. None of the methods you find on the net really work because MS is constantly changing things to try and stop you from disabling updates, and if even one of those services is still running it will re-download and re-enable everything else. Lmao 15 years ago this was malware behavior.
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Mar 13, 2024 17:45
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Why the gently caress is my basic operating system giving me news anyway? That's like a TV blasting adverts at you while you're using it as a monitor.
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Mar 13, 2024 17:47
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evobatman posted:Windows 11 just replaced my desktop wallpaper and added a "find out more about this image" shortcut on my desktop after the latest Windows update. Go with Pop! OS, it's Ubuntu with some niceties and fixes. I have been using it since 2020.
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Mar 13, 2024 17:49
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Outrail posted:Why the gently caress is my basic operating system giving me news anyway? That's like a TV blasting adverts at you while you're using it as a monitor. first day in our corporate propaganda saturated cyberpunk dystopia?
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Mar 13, 2024 17:51
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Outrail posted:Why the gently caress is my basic operating system giving me news anyway? That's like a TV blasting adverts at you while you're using it as a monitor. Mercury_Storm posted:... because you are the product.
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Mar 13, 2024 17:51
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thathonkey posted:all of my win 10 and 11 pcs rebooted overnight so they can get whatever the latest poo poo ms have shoveled into the os. woke up to cries of "the plex isnt working!" cause for some reason it retriggered part of the initial setup (which helpfully includes offers for more ms products) and couldnt autoboot through My brother gave up on using windows for plex because of its habit to auto update. Woolie Wool posted:People complain about Linux being hard but installing and configuring even Arch would be easier than that, especially because it wouldn't try to stop you from doing it. Linux is not and will never be the solution for every day computering. It's for smug nerds who want to feel superior and computer professionals (IT etc.). Like yeah it might be the backbone of something you use like the Steam Deck but for something people actual interact with and use? Lol.
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Mar 13, 2024 17:58
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Canine Blues Arooo posted:Windows is actively antagonistic toward its users these days and that definitely extends to configure-ability and the discoverability thereof. It's completely understandable that someone couldn't find the specific knob to turn to fix these kinds of issues. They are being actively obfuscated. TBF you do get this on the Linux side with the hardcore Gnome Foundation types of people. Not only is it getting increasingly harder to customize Gnome in any way, but this extends also to being able to customize very basic options for mouse/touchpad that you were able to do for years (the libinput fiasco). Additionally, things break pretty often over the years -- a Linux app might not work at all after a few years without maintenance, whether as source or binary, and features get dropped pretty constantly (i.e., bitmap font support in Pango). It's said the most resilient Linux applications are Win32 binaries that run on WINE. Still better than Windows. macOS is pretty horrible now as well.
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Mar 13, 2024 18:01
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Duck and Cover posted:Linux is not and will never be the solution for every day computering. It's for smug nerds who want to feel superior and computer professionals (IT etc.). Like yeah it might be the backbone of something you use like the Steam Deck but for something people actual interact with and use? Lol.
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Mar 13, 2024 18:03
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I'e been using linux for over 10 years and its been funny watching windows users experience the boiling frog phenomenom
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Mar 13, 2024 18:15
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Why would I ever give up WIndows, I can get the weather on my task bar.. Oh its pure brainrot poo poo that wont open in my preferred browser 
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Mar 13, 2024 18:25
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2 dollars cash back on a 80$ purchase wow
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Mar 13, 2024 18:25
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Vampire Panties posted:Why would I ever give up WIndows, I can get the weather on my task bar.. I use Edge on Linux 
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Mar 13, 2024 18:27
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You know how republicans won't admit to something being wrong because that would the same to admitting that they themselves are wrong? That's Linux users. That's you. Windows users know it sucks. Mac users to a lesser degree. Linux users? NO IT'S THE BEST THING EVER I WILL SUGGEST IT TO EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.
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Mar 13, 2024 18:27
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mawarannahr posted:That's a you problem. I installed Ubuntu on my friend's parents' computer back in 2009. They were still using the same install for all their needs in 2019. op is Duck and Cover, this is his gimmick in every thread
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Mar 13, 2024 18:31
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Duck and Cover posted:You know how republicans won't admit to something being wrong because that would the same to admitting that they themselves are wrong? That's Linux users. That's you. Windows users know it sucks. Mac users to a lesser degree. Linux users? NO ITS THE BEST THING EVER I WILL SUGGEST IT TO EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING. mad?
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Mar 13, 2024 18:31
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Vampire Panties posted:Why would I ever give up WIndows, I can get the weather on my task bar.. way to dox yourself new jersey maaaan love the 3 week old article featured on one of those panes
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Mar 13, 2024 18:32
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mawarannahr posted:mad? Yep. Turning green, not with envy but with Hulk rage.
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Mar 13, 2024 18:34
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Slotducks posted:way to dox yourself new jersey maaaan thats just where my VPN lands 
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Mar 13, 2024 18:36
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Woolie Wool posted:op is Duck and Cover, this is his gimmick in every thread Being right? Yeah weird gimmick I know.
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Mar 13, 2024 18:40
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mawarannahr posted:TBF you do get this on the Linux side with the hardcore Gnome Foundation types of people. Not only is it getting increasingly harder to customize Gnome in any way, but this extends also to being able to customize very basic options for mouse/touchpad that you were able to do for years (the libinput fiasco). Additionally, things break pretty often over the years -- a Linux app might not work at all after a few years without maintenance, whether as source or binary, and features get dropped pretty constantly (i.e., bitmap font support in Pango). It's said the most resilient Linux applications are Win32 binaries that run on WINE. I keep telling myself that Linux is one unit of DirectX from being my daily driver, but the reality is that it has it's own problems like this :P. I have admitted been outside the loop of Linux for a decade now, but I guess I'm glad to see that maintainers still can't get out of their own way to improve OS and would rather die on a philosophical ant hill then give an inch to make something better. Even then, I think I can deal with the almost child-like bickering that seems to plague Linux development more then I can deal with whatever the hell nonsense Windows has been plagued with the last 4 years.
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Mar 13, 2024 18:42
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I'm a professional Linux "engineer" with multiple professional certs and over a decade of consulting experience. It sucks and I use windows at home and at work. I tried using the latest fedora as a desktop OS this year and had that poo poo uninstalled is about 20 minutes. Every OS sucks but if you just want to drink a beer and play your friends at helldivers windows is the way to go.
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Mar 13, 2024 19:05
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The only thing that really bothers me about windows is it’s insistence on using share point after using normal files for 40 years And hiding things on right click context menus
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Mar 13, 2024 19:07
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euphronius posted:The only thing that really bothers me about windows is it’s insistence on using share point after using normal files for 40 years At this point maybe it's all gonna work out?
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Mar 13, 2024 19:08
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mawarannahr posted:That's a you problem. I installed Ubuntu on my friend's parents' computer back in 2009. They were still using the same install for all their needs in 2019. I hosed around a lot with Debian, Bodhi, Ubuntu, and Mint back in the mid-late 2000s and they were all surprisingly user-friendly, particularly the latter two. I'd imagine they're easier than ever nowadays.
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Mar 13, 2024 19:09
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Modal Auxiliary posted:I hosed around a lot with Debian, Bodhi, Ubuntu, and Mint back in the mid-late 2000s and they were all surprisingly user-friendly, particularly the latter two. I'd imagine they're easier than ever nowadays. I started with Red Hat 6 as an actual child, before the towers fell, with only Windows 98 and 3.1 experience and it was fine, even with Gnome 1. Mandrake was even easier.
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Mar 13, 2024 19:17
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TotalLossBrain posted:Is it telling that IT orgs in larger companies will absolutely turn that poo poo off and apply updates selectively? Every couple months it seems there's a trap patch that you'll be advised by MS to not install or remove.
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Mar 13, 2024 19:25
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mawarannahr posted:I started with Red Hat 6 as an actual child, before the towers fell, with only Windows 98 and 3.1 experience and it was fine, even with Gnome 1. Mandrake was even easier. Yep cut my teeth on slackware. Then went to redhat. Then mandrake. Early 2000s mandrake might have been one of the most straightforward installs of my life. I was actually a little suspicious when it was done.
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Mar 13, 2024 20:27
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Vampire Panties posted:Why would I ever give up WIndows, I can get the weather on my task bar.. I had the weather on my taskbar in KDE Plasma 6 years ago and when I click it it gives me a week's forecast instead of right wing sludge and stock prices 
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Mar 13, 2024 20:33
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Outrail posted:Why the gently caress is my basic operating system giving me news anyway? That's like a TV blasting adverts at you while you're using it as a monitor. Right? I remember logging into my computer around Christmas and seeing a link at the login screen offering "great holiday gift ideas." You're an operating system. gently caress off.
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Mar 13, 2024 21:37
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Internet Old One posted:Yep cut my teeth on slackware. Then went to redhat. Then mandrake. Early 2000s mandrake might have been one of the most straightforward installs of my life. I was actually a little suspicious when it was done. Y'all are making me super thirsty to revisit Linux. I wish it had better support for music production; none of my preferred DAWs are very Linux-friendly and it doesn't seem like there are a lot of good native options.
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Mar 13, 2024 22:16
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on my Win10 machine, I click on the taskbar time and I can see a display showing ticking seconds in real time. on my Win11 machine, there is no way to monitor seconds, I had to dig into Control Panel and look for Date & Time or whatever
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Mar 13, 2024 22:23
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in the last couple of months I've noticed a change that on windows 10 when you install a printer, after going through the usual "add printer" motions, half the time the new printer will just hangout in the "other devices" section with a message that it is "being set up". I tried to learn a little about it and it's just the way it is now I guess. printers can take 10/20/30 minutes plus to install because gently caress you. This used to be a thing that would take 30 seconds.
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Mar 13, 2024 22:36
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What the gently caress is a printer?
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Basically every time I use my wireless printer on Win10 I have to reinstall it. Luckily it is mostly automatic now and just takes 30 seconds.
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