Rufus let me install windows with a local account and debloat scripts let me nuke/hide OneDrive.
And, INB4 anyone says “switch to linux”, I’m sorry but it just isn’t viable while maintaining the same seamless experience for what I need. I hate Windows, but I also value my time.
My use case for Linux is very minimal, so I can’t say I know your particular use case, but what drivers do you have issues with? Purely out of curiosity.
Mouse drivers, CPU something, USB issues, and Bluetooth.
It varies between my different servers and systems. It’s just one of those things where like, yeah, maybe I can solve it, but it’s going to take hours and I need to be able to constantly move forward.
If I didn’t have to work 12+ hours a day it might be different. So I don’t necessarily fault the landscape, it’s just that I can throw Windows on any system and it works and I can RDP into it and it works and it adjusts DPI and such automatically.
What hardware do you use? I have used aspires and dells and never an issue. I use zorin but its just an ubuntu lts respin. Heck I use zorin because im to lazy to download all the apps I need and it comes with a lot out of the box. so I don’t even want to spend time on that. I have a long term plan to move to something like bazzite but its already been a year out on that. Although I think I have the app thing worked out.
Ok yeah. It sounded like you had thrown some stock distros and had issues but it sounds like you use things, I assume, that heavily modifies windows and you have to do other heavy mods in linux that break things but windows handles the mods. You hear 8 distros and driver issues and start to think there has to be hardware issue. I have a pretty simple setup overall and even I have a old laptop running windows although its mostly due to laziness and cost. I know what I have to do but have been lazy about doing it plus I need to buy a new drive.
If you value your time you should switch to Linux. Yes there’s a brief adjustment period, but especially now, that period is very short and well worth the initial effort. It’s not 2005 anymore, Linux has less jank than Windows or Mac OS now.
Yeah bluetooth sucks everywhere. I have a Bluetooth mouse that works fine on Windows and Linux, but macOS just can’t handle it. Pairing any kind of controller with Windows that isn’t specifically certified by Microsoft can also be a nightmare. Don’t even get me started on Bluetooth headphones paired with an iPhone and the weird shit that ensues when you try to answer a phone call five hours after you happened to listen to some music.
I can’t speak to whatever your field-specific desk-apps are, I’m not in the desk carpentry business.
I just really need the seamless experience of running a new debloat script every month to stop whatever new spyware Microsoft is pushing. I value my time so much that I want to waste it fighting my operating system at every turn.
It’s not that hard to stop windows, there are programs that block internet access by process, and windows only has so many of them. One drive doesn’t boot on my PC, and if edge tried to open it auto-fails because edge is offline.
Im saying it’s easy and not a thing you have to repeat. I’ve disabled the windows shit the same as every other process that likes to just drain my internet as it feels.
Rufus let me install windows with a local account and debloat scripts let me nuke/hide OneDrive.
And, INB4 anyone says “switch to linux”, I’m sorry but it just isn’t viable while maintaining the same seamless experience for what I need. I hate Windows, but I also value my time.
Use what you gotta use.
All good mate, we will be here for you when you are ready to take the plunge.
I’m 8 distro attempts in so far and have yet to not sink substantial time into driver and general usability issues.
In another life I’d be happy to sacrifice productivity to grind on fixing the issues, but presently it has real costs.
For now, I run Proxmox and a slew of linux containers and VMs - but still unfortunately use windows as my primary :/
My use case for Linux is very minimal, so I can’t say I know your particular use case, but what drivers do you have issues with? Purely out of curiosity.
Mouse drivers, CPU something, USB issues, and Bluetooth.
It varies between my different servers and systems. It’s just one of those things where like, yeah, maybe I can solve it, but it’s going to take hours and I need to be able to constantly move forward.
If I didn’t have to work 12+ hours a day it might be different. So I don’t necessarily fault the landscape, it’s just that I can throw Windows on any system and it works and I can RDP into it and it works and it adjusts DPI and such automatically.
What hardware do you use? I have used aspires and dells and never an issue. I use zorin but its just an ubuntu lts respin. Heck I use zorin because im to lazy to download all the apps I need and it comes with a lot out of the box. so I don’t even want to spend time on that. I have a long term plan to move to something like bazzite but its already been a year out on that. Although I think I have the app thing worked out.
Custom built desktop so we can get into that if we want
Minisforum MS-01 running Proxmox
Minisforum S02 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Book…5?
Surface Laptop something with the Snapdragon elite X or something
I need them to all be able to easily and quickly integrate and interact.
Ok yeah. It sounded like you had thrown some stock distros and had issues but it sounds like you use things, I assume, that heavily modifies windows and you have to do other heavy mods in linux that break things but windows handles the mods. You hear 8 distros and driver issues and start to think there has to be hardware issue. I have a pretty simple setup overall and even I have a old laptop running windows although its mostly due to laziness and cost. I know what I have to do but have been lazy about doing it plus I need to buy a new drive.
If you value your time you should switch to Linux. Yes there’s a brief adjustment period, but especially now, that period is very short and well worth the initial effort. It’s not 2005 anymore, Linux has less jank than Windows or Mac OS now.
It isn’t just an adjustment period, it’s that some things straight up don’t work though.
Happy to be proved wrong, but I’m not exactly a novice.
Nobody can prove you wrong (or right) about “some things” not working. What things?
xrdp or a usable alternative primarily
tried rustdesk, AnyDesk, parsec, nomachine - also no go.
Bluetooth issues as well, mouse and keyboard issues. Bluetooth earbud issues in meetings where I keep cutting out or audio is distorted.
Those are the two biggest, a lot of other minor things
Yeah bluetooth sucks everywhere. I have a Bluetooth mouse that works fine on Windows and Linux, but macOS just can’t handle it. Pairing any kind of controller with Windows that isn’t specifically certified by Microsoft can also be a nightmare. Don’t even get me started on Bluetooth headphones paired with an iPhone and the weird shit that ensues when you try to answer a phone call five hours after you happened to listen to some music.
I can’t speak to whatever your field-specific desk-apps are, I’m not in the desk carpentry business.
I just really need the seamless experience of running a new debloat script every month to stop whatever new spyware Microsoft is pushing. I value my time so much that I want to waste it fighting my operating system at every turn.
It’s not that hard to stop windows, there are programs that block internet access by process, and windows only has so many of them. One drive doesn’t boot on my PC, and if edge tried to open it auto-fails because edge is offline.
“I deliberately broke the dogshit default browser because I’m not allowed to uninstall it” isn’t the flex you think it is.
Im saying it’s easy and not a thing you have to repeat. I’ve disabled the windows shit the same as every other process that likes to just drain my internet as it feels.