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YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs
(news.ycombinator.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
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Ok, cool. Some people are. This is a quick list of some popular reasons why people might not be able to just run Linux.
I'd probably play BF6 and I do enjoy Apex Legends, but not enough to run Windows. Photoshop is great, but GIMP meets my non-professional needs. I'm not an engineer so AutoCAD isn't a professional requirement and I can fix 3d prints or plan landscaping in freecad.
But, I can't make Micrsoft stop enabling telemetry on my computer, inserting ads in my start menu or giving AI access to my entire system. I know there are tools to disable these things, I used them. I know the workaround to make local users, I know how to remove the AI integrations, I know how to use group policy to prevent the re-enabling of some items.
I don't want to have to fight my computer in order to use it. I want it to do exactly what I want and nothing else. Linux lets me do it and that is more important than a few FPSs
Everyone gets to make that choice. Well, except the people who can't upgrade to Windows 11... for them it's Linux or joining a botnet at some time in the near future.
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