got a book on Linux from the library this week, and I’ve been speaking with a friend who runs Linux full time on his system. looking to make the switch within the next few weeks; absolutely done with windows, personally.
I’ve been on Linux Mint for a few months now, and haven’t booted into Windows in like three weeks.
The transition has been relatively painless.
Unless you disable it via registry entries
Windows 10 is the end of the line for me regardless of software compatibility.
Give me back my vertical side-docked taskbar or STFU.
No, I don’t want to deal with Explorer Patcher.
I would rather move to Linux at that point but I can’t do that either since some critical apps I require don’t run on it (yet)
Do they work via Wine on Linux? I have had pretty good success there.
People still use macrosh!t? 🧐
what was that nice app that would block Windows 10 upgrades?
You might be talking about Never10, made by Steve Gibson over at GRC.com. It has since been updated and renamed InControl. It now also works to prevent unwanted Win11 upgrades, as well as other things. https://www.grc.com/incontrol.htm
There’s a registry setting for telling Windows that the target feature release is a specific version (it should be 22H2) which also will stop it from trying to push win11 upgrades
If anybody is curious, here are the details on how to do that: https://www.pdq.com/blog/how-to-block-the-windows-11-upgrade/
If you want to take it a step further, write a Powershell script that checks that the registry entry is what you want it to be, and then changes it if it is not. Then create a scheduled task to run at login that runs the script. That way if/when Microsoft pushes an update that switches the registry entry back, the scheduled task will flip it back after installing updates/rebooting/logging in.
I am currently fighting this battle with New Outlook in Win 11 23H2. It’s really annoying. I can get rid of it with registry entries, but when windows does updates it reverts the registry changes back. So scheduled task it is. It would be great if there was an Intune configuration profile to deal with this, but that would go against Microsoft’s current methods of shoving new products down your throat.
But 11 wants sometjing from my computer that it doesnt have, so it cant “upgrade”…
Linux. (ducks)
Damn a new distro? I can’t keep up…
Linux Ducks sounds delightful. I’d give it a shot.
It will curse and swear to helll with unintelligible error messages.
You say that like that’s not a feature.
Never said it wasnt ;)
(ducks)
Penguins. :D
Off topic, why does clicking keep windows 10 trigger the admin pop up? What does it need permission to do? It ain’t for removing the ad because I still get it most boots
Because it wants administrative privileges to reverse the changes it already made to your PC
Oh… well I’ve been constantly hitting no after it asked once and nothing changed. I initially thought it would disable the windows 11 prompt entirely
I wish they’d stop defaulting to the goddamn boot drive for updates… I don’t have the space
I finally swapped to Linux and it’s been easier than I expected. Don’t know if I’ll ever go back to only windows.
Same I was really surprised how easy it was. Thank you Lutris
What distro did you go with? Been thinking of switching myself
Not OP, but there’s many beginner friendly distros. I’d look into Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Zorin, or Elementary
Every time I see people complain about this while I’m running PopOS https://media.npr.org/news/images/2008/dec/12/sip_200-8cd52659abd57bb28c4d7bd3797c582d77527643-s6-c30.jpg
Amazing you managed to post that without having to install three different drivers then reboot forty times, then buy new ram
You need Velcro shoes don’t you?
YOU MEAN I HAVE TO PUT MY SHOES ON MY FEET MYSELF‽ UTTERLY UNUSABLE!
-Mr_Blott, probably
that sounds like Windows
? What are you talking about?
If Linux folks are going to post self-congratulary, condescending comments in threads specifically about Windows, we’re allowed to take the piss
Threads specifically about Windows are one of the best places to suggest Linux.
Yeah but at least our smugness isn’t based off 30-year-old information, unlike yours.
Twenty-year-old anti-Linux memes.
I’ve never installed a driver on Linux… that’s a windows thing? and how the hell is Linux the one that needs more ram. What in the world are you talking about?
I didn’t even get a question, just straight up installed Windows 11 on my Surface with a bunch of cumulative roll ups after using it again for the first time in about 8 months. Couldn’t even stop it once the “windows update” started, only option is to allow the reboot and then go through the hassle of rolling back to 10. It’s a tertiary device for me and goes long periods without being used and I was probably ok with testing 11 performance on it, but don’t appreciate being strong armed. I had to kill modern standby again to prevent battery drain while shut down, which is plaguing my laptop after I tried 11 on it.
Windows 11 is straight up unusable in multi-monitor configurations though due to the locked down UI customization, so my main rig won’t be touching it with a 20ft pole. If Linux had more consistent VR gaming performance and support, I’d probably be jumping ship. As it stands, once 10 hits EOL I’ll probably end up there anyway. Microsoft will be killing one of my headsets at the same time anyway by dropping WMR, and I hear there is some great Linux options for the Surface Pro line now too.
One of the main reasons many still are on Windows 10, is that 4 year old hardware is appearently too old
Meanwhile I’ve got the latest Linux Mint running on a laptop that turns 10 years old this August.
My hardware is closing in between 7-9 years depending on the part. Have been meaning to upgrade and convert to Linux, but for now my pc “just works”
Yep, my computer is zippy and nice but they won’t even let me upgrade. I’m off to Linux once I’ve I finished BG3.
You may want to try BG3 on linux, too. Might even get better performances at this point.
So BG3 probably runs just fine but my main concern was that I made the purchase on GOG and downloading it manually was a nightmare and I kept getting failures to download or install with the 3rd party GOG launcher solutions. If I could have gotten past that, I would have been golden. I didn’t want to invest the time to figure it out so I just reverted back for the time being.
I was super impressed with Steam + proton though. Insane how far Linux gaming has come.
Use heroic! It works great as an unofficial gog client for Linux, you can try it on windows to see how it works
I’ll try it out next time! I was trying to dive head first and probably should have just dual booted until I worked out the kinks.
BG3 runs more reliably on Linux for me, though my Windows install is getting old and crusty these days.
I’m Running the most recent kernel and Linux on a rolling release distro, on my 8 year old Ryzen, with upgraded GPU. Runs buttery smooth even with new games! Windows is a joke.
Microsoft didn’t get nearly enough flak for the amount of environmental damage they will cause with that decision. A literal mountain of computers being unnecessarily replaced worldwide.
I’ve tried to upgrade but the updater rolls it back every time. Idk what’s up lol but my PC has given up trying to ask me
Does your computer have a TPM?
The updater clearly wants you to use the better version of Windows. And that isn’t Windows 11. ;p
I got the full-screen splash screen depicted on the second screenshot a couple of weeks ago, I screamed “No!” thinking Microsoft upgraded me to W11 without my consent. My partner thought my computer was broken 😂
