Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron
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Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.

Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron | Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.::Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.

    • ngons@feddit.nuEnglish
      431·
      1 year ago

      A clean windows install is when you clean windows off your hard drive and install Linux

          • andrai@feddit.deEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            The word “distribute” refers to the act of distributing or spreading something out among a group of people or things. It can also refer to the way in which something is distributed or arranged. For example, a company may distribute its products to different retailers, or a teacher may distribute assignments to students. Additionally, it can mean to give out something in an orderly way, such as distributing flyers or pamphlets.

    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been running Linux on my laptop for ages, because I really only use a web browser on it anyway.

      It was the bloat and bullshit in Windows that made me switch my desktop gaming machine to Linux back in 2018. I was regularly spending time fiddling with settings, removing things Microsoft wanted to push, using third party tools to disable telemetry, etc and it occurred to me if I was going to spend all that time fixing and changing things, I might as well be running Linux.

      In 2018 there was a bunch of games that didn’t work without a fair amount of work, but I was already spending time wrestling with my computer anyway and on Linux I didn’t also have the feeling that my OS was actively resisting me and trying to force me to do what it wanted.

      If something on Linux didn’t work, it was because it hadn’t been built or fixed yet. It wasn’t because Corporate decided to use their OS to force their app store or cloud services onto people.

      • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nlEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        It wasn’t because Corporate decided to use their OS to force their app store or cloud services onto people.

        Ubuntu and the snap store say hi!

          • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Good on you, I was a long time slackware user myself. I just wanted to make the point that just using any Linux doesn’t suffice to escape these shennanigans, the choice of distro matters as well.

    • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Until I can play competitive shooters on Linux this isn’t an option.

      Unfortunately there’s still a lot of major blocks to using Linux when most of what you do requires windows only software. Between CoD, Destiny 2, Apex Legends (bans Linux players falsely), Lightroom and Photoshop I’m basically stuck on windows. There’s still too many important things that still don’t work on Linux for it to be viable.

      Don’t even get me started on hardware. My GoXLR mini has no support either, so I’d need to buy a new audio interface to use Linux, while losing a lot of functionality.

      Don’t mind me, still salty that I can’t make the switch. But if 85% of what I do on the daily can’t be done in Linux then it’s a non-starter.