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I hate myself for enjoying Battlefield 6 enough at the moment to still be shackled to Windows. It's almost like have BF4 back again.
Please flame
This pushed me to install Bazzite on my main PC.
Unplug the shit
Everyday I am happier I’ve moved to Linux Mint on my personal computer and have macOS at work.
Install Linux Problem Solved.
All your computers will not respond to command until an agreement is reached for total US control of Greenland.. and Iceland. Farteched?
Wtf kind of insanity is this? Run out of battery then asshole.
I was just thinking unplug the desktop.
Copilot created this patch with pride.
I'm sure the patch was something super important like shoving more Microslop Copilot in your face, making Copilot OS even slower, and using Copilot to spy on you better
microslop patch
Instead of waiting a few more years for Linux to reach the level of ease-of-use needed to overtake Windows, MS is being sporty by moving the goal closer.
I find that a lot of stuff is easier on Linux. Like downloading and updating most software. Heck the official Minecraft launcher works better on Linux with multiple accounts than on Windows. Just try some distro’s out
windows seems to be self-destructing , might be sooner than that.
Linux is currently easier to use than Windows. People who think otherwise are Windows users who think different equals worse.
Exactly. A lot of people seem to think that different = worse, or that not supporting the same software means it supports less software. I couldn't move to Windows right now because there is a ton of stuff I use Linux for that Windows has no alternative, or the alternatives are terrible. It works both ways.
Go install Linux Mint and you might just realize that line is already way behind microsoft.
Yank the cord
Looks like we are going back to the old days of the big switch
I can hear this picture
VVVVRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmwhhhhhuuuu
It made the most satisfying "clunk" sound 🤤
I remember the switch was red, but that might be some sort of false memory.
Some, indeed, were red. I had more than one with a red switch.
Be hard for it to stay on with no power cord/battery…
Same as when my computer refuses to finish writing to a flash drive. When I press that "safely remove hardware" button, it is not a request, it is a warning. If the data is corrupted after I yank the stupid thing, so be it
the key is, from microsoft's perspective, you don't own your computer
I just want to know why my Windows 10 laptop is waking up by itself in the middle of the night to apply updates it isn't supposed to have? What the fuck?!
Have a look at "wake timers", they might be at fault and need disabling
You know, when an OS out of the box needs hours of disabling invasive bullshit on first boot, maybe the OS is kind of a problem.
I know switching isn't an alternative for all, hell, even disabling bullshit isn't possible for everyone but for those who can here's a script to manage the most blatant fuckery:
https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat.git
From the description: "A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve your Windows experience. Win11Debloat works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11."
HOW TO:
Go to link.
Click green download button > download .ZIP
Right click the downloaded file: choose extract all.
Open folder, double click Win11Debloat.ps1
Follow instructions.
Lord over family and friends about being a l33t h4ck3r.
It's well used and vetted. If you need help with instructions let me know in comments.
Thanks. It was set to Allow Important Only when plugged in, I've disabled it. This prevents me from using Wake-On-Lan, though, which is shitty. I fucking hate Windows.
You can enable hibernate in power settings too. I had to do that when "sleep" would literally just shut off my monitor and nothing else. Didn't even log out.
You don't own proprietary software. When you allow it access to your computing resources, you can just hope it does what you want it to do, the way you want it to.
Sounds like a bonkers extremist position, and in a way it is, but it's also true.
