Paint now has built-in AI image bullshit.
Death to Microsoft.
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Can’t get rid of Bing web search.
Can’t get rid of recommendations in start menu.
You have to install so much third-party shit to make it borderline usable.
God I’m so glad I switched to Fedora. I’ll be putting it on my work laptop soon. I loved Windows 10, you could really to some good modification and it was a lot easier to do so. Then my laptop came with W11 and I can’t find shit, it keeps trying to push AI garbo etc on me. Fedora 40 feels as familiar as W10 with wildly more customization. Plug and play just works on pretty much everything.
If I ever work for another place that provides a computer, I may die.
What mods did you do to your win10 install?
Some registry editing to remove cortana, one drive, x box, other bloatware. Turning off resource hogs to only load if I need the related software… Which is pretty much never.
IMO the app Everything is necessary if you want to search through your files on Windows 11. Typing in the name of a program I know I have and the first item being “web search” drove me nuts.
Everything is incredibly useful, however, let me further recommend everything toolbar. It allows for even easier integration into Windows 10/11. The standalone “everything” is relegated to the little notifications area in the bottom right (whatever that’s called. And no I don’t care enough to look it up).
I’ve just started using Linux as my daily OS for non-gaming purposes. MX Linux specifically. It’s Debian with some minimal packages added with the idea being speed and low resource usage from the OS. I was using antiX (I think is the name) but it lacked full support for some of the stuff I needed when doing (light) dev stuff. I work with docker engine, re-writing python code, etc. I like MX Linux though. I also like Debian just generally. If you’re sick of windows, person who may be reading this, try out Linux. It’s come a long way! And there’s a billion flavors of it to offer something for anyone.
Is there an idiot-proof version that doesn’t require hours of troubleshooting to figure out why my Webcam isn’t turning on?
Pop OS is worth trying. It has a lot of “just works” stuff built in.
Since Linux lets you try it out before you actually install, you can check whether the webcam works before you commit to it.
I’ve never had a problem with webcam on any of my computers FWIW.
We did a while back as well
Apparently, Win 11 managed to make File Browser unstable, so occasionally your right click will stop working when clicking inside a folder; the only quick fix I’ve found is to just reboot File Browser itself from the task manager. And when I say ‘stop working’, I mean you’ll still be able to right click, but you will be unable to select/use any of the options. Apparently this is a fairly common issue
I don’t like Windows 11.
