• _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    You joke, but I attempted to set up a Windows partition back in January so I could play some games on Game Pass, and made it nearly a whole two hours before I wiped the partition and vowed never again.

    There were ads on the login screen. And that was just the start! I haven’t seen so many ads on a desktop since the early 2000’s when I used to fix PCs infected with spyware for people.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Did you just rawdog the home version or something? You gotta use at least some protection man! LTSC Pro install, some debloat scripts… anything but a straight install.

      Lord knows what you could have caught!

      • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de
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        1 month ago

        Problem is, there are no good debloat scripts. It’s all written by amateurs who don’t know what they’re doing, messing up the system in subtle ways that then take ages to figure out.

        • tauren@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 month ago

          And if you are an amateur yourself, you have no means to validate that the scripts aren’t harmful.

  • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    “Ima install windows server edition since I like the C API and I can learn regedit stuff”

    (The most undocumented nightmare imaginable)

    “Never again”

    Seriously how did I have harder time connecting to my home wifi than I did connecting to PEAP encrypted university wifi on open fucking bsd.

    • Psychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Microsoft hides how their server shit works behind their certifications

      Source: I’ve been taught how to use Windows server edition by people who got their certs. I assume it’s somewhat a joke, but cannot be certain

  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Work “upgraded” me to Windows 11 today. So fun learning how to do the same thing as always but with a much shittier workflow.

  • Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I use fusion 360 on windows 11 for work. Then i come home to my linux and it feels right

    Windows 11 is awful i hate the UI the ADS and spyware. I debloated as much as i can but i need fusion for CAM/CAD. I bring my lenovo laptop with debian 12 incase i need to do something other than CAD. Why cant autodesk port the POS to Linux

    • d_k_bo@feddit.org
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      1 month ago

      Why cant autodesk port the POS to Linux

      I mean, Fusion 360 even runs in a web browser (although it was unusably slow for me). It should be possible to port it to the Linux desktop.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Home users doing it is bad enough, but why the fuck is any business tolerating ads and spyware distracting their employees‽