As much as I hate advocating FOR subscriptions. If Microsoft told me for $10 a month I could just have windows with all the options for me to run it HOW I FUCKING WANT as opposed to how they think I should. Id pay it.
I mean you can install Revi with Windows 11 and that makes Microsoft essentially stay out of the picture while you do what you want. If I were to go back to Windows I wouldn’t do it without installing it with Revi.
Don’t expect a MASSIVE increase in performance though. Just keep that in mind. But it will remove Edge, copilot, onedrive, ads, manditory updates, and a lot of microsoft bloatware.
I dont want to have to use what limited spare time I have to learn how to use Linux, I dont have the time its that simple. I have a pc, it just WORKS. Literally everything I want to do just works. I just want to have the start menu do exactly what I want, stop recommending me onedrive, stop showing me advertisements in outlook and stop giving us privacy invading features nobody wants.
just works. I just want to have the start menu do exactly what I want, stop recommending me onedrive, stop showing me advertisements in outlook and stop giving us privacy invading features nobody wants.
I have to set up my pc for dual boot, choose a distro, install it, get it to work if theres any issues, then sort out whats different then try and install all my apps and games to figure out what does and doesnt work from those.
Its not that I dislike Linux or have anything against it but Ive been running Windows since 1996, I know how to do things already. I just want MS to just stop being “helpful” and fuck off. The quest for ongoing revenue means that is unlikely though.
I might give Linux a try when my daughter is a bit older and I have some free time. I like the IDEA of it, but I know Windows now and already.
As much as I hate advocating FOR subscriptions. If Microsoft told me for $10 a month I could just have windows with all the options for me to run it HOW I FUCKING WANT as opposed to how they think I should. Id pay it.
I mean you can install Revi with Windows 11 and that makes Microsoft essentially stay out of the picture while you do what you want. If I were to go back to Windows I wouldn’t do it without installing it with Revi.
I will be looking into this further, thanks for the tip.
Don’t expect a MASSIVE increase in performance though. Just keep that in mind. But it will remove Edge, copilot, onedrive, ads, manditory updates, and a lot of microsoft bloatware.
Just install win7
Out of support
Though a subscription for Windows to just be Linux is a silly premise
I dont want to have to use what limited spare time I have to learn how to use Linux, I dont have the time its that simple. I have a pc, it just WORKS. Literally everything I want to do just works. I just want to have the start menu do exactly what I want, stop recommending me onedrive, stop showing me advertisements in outlook and stop giving us privacy invading features nobody wants.
You just described Linux
What does not just work on mint, that you need?
I have to set up my pc for dual boot, choose a distro, install it, get it to work if theres any issues, then sort out whats different then try and install all my apps and games to figure out what does and doesnt work from those.
Its not that I dislike Linux or have anything against it but Ive been running Windows since 1996, I know how to do things already. I just want MS to just stop being “helpful” and fuck off. The quest for ongoing revenue means that is unlikely though.
I might give Linux a try when my daughter is a bit older and I have some free time. I like the IDEA of it, but I know Windows now and already.
Depending on the distro there really isn’t to much to learn, at least not for basic use
Personally after I switched it meant less time futzing with my computer, it just does what I want when I want
And when I want to install software 99% of the time it just involves searching discover (the KDE software manager) and clicking a button to install
I do not miss the complexity of doing things in Windows