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Got a new rog recently. The included bloatware, I think it was antivirus but I don't remember, made games (the thing it was designed for) basically unplayable. There would be random MASSIVE keyboard lag, like I would stop holding W and my character would keep running for several seconds. The mouse had no such issue so I could turn to mitigate, but fuck me it took a while to find the answer. And they're SHIPPING that shit.
Man, this is genuinely painful to watch unfold... Yeah, yeah, Linux, I know, already started migrating, but let your feelings speak for a second, sib!
Think back to how much joy and sheer functionality Windows used to encompass. Even Vista, I swear! It was a poorly optimised mess bloated to hell and back with overlapping features, but it was bursting with a genuine desire to innovate. I honestly don't remember ever having as bad a time with Vista as I do with 10, even when I used to run it on an overheating MSI.
Not to mention XP and 7, which were, I dare say, the best operating systems I've ever used, almost interchangeably if we go for XP SP3 with more unofficial tweaks. I'm not trying to diminish the improvements brought on by 8 and 10, they did have some much needed upgrades for vital features and functionalities, that's undeniable. But everything good came wrapped up (or, rather, jumbled up like 10 sets of wired earbuds you just found in a pocket of the coat you pulled out of the washing machine) with sooo much intrusive crap, that it defeats the purpose...
Gotta grieve that shit...
Switching from Windows to Linux about 25 years or so ago was when I finally realized that computers actually behave in deterministic ways so no, Windows was never really a joy to use.
I'd been a Windows user for around 30 years and I'd probably qualify as a fanboy. I'm sure I hit all seven stages of grief to some extent over Windows' enshittification.
But switching to Linux has given me all the good feelings about my computer. So I'm good now.
This is how I mourn https://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma/
Uuu, shiny! Thank you!
You're welcome!
This is why I run MAGA Linux with the Kristi Gnome desktop. Problem is my Java imports cost more.
Oh shit if you have a dog you need to shut down the computer right now no time to explain
i dont even know this comment can be called. Politically-online? that Doesnt integrate the linux bit though only the irony and the politics 😭 you've created art today jaybone.
Better than Python import tarrifs.
Horrendously racist term aside, I feel for this dude. I've logged into Microsoft's support forums more than a few times specifically to call out and report the mindless idiots who keep marking their own unhelpful comments as "solutions."
Help me, which term is racist?
Windows is largely an Indian product, jeets is racist against Indians.
I think 'jeets' means Indian from the contexts of other greentexts I've seen. But I'm not sure why
it's short for Pajeet, which is a somewhat common Indian first name. I associate it with UK racism more than US racism for some reason.
That lines up. I'm in my fourth decade of life, always lived in the US, and this is the first time I've ever seen that word.
Though I don't make a habit out of socializing with racists, so I can't rule out that some people here might use it.
Oh, TIL - thanks!
Just use an enterprise edition and then CTT cleanup tool.
Where does one just use such edition?
May I also recommend dusting off the old pirate hat?
Oh, and group policies. I could not work on a system without turning all sorts of shit off in gpedit.
In Germany you just purchase an OEM volume license on eBay for 8€. That's why I don't give a shit about all this drama, lol. I'm still switching to Linux once I find the time to do so, because I don't want to support American companies any further.
In Germany you just purchase an OEM volume license on eBay for 8€
[X]Doubt
Having purchased $8 keys on eBay, they're more than likely either data center or MAK activation keys that are being resold against the license agreement.
Not that I care, mind, but there's very little likelihood that a real/legit key being sold for that little that's actually OEM.
Edit: IMHO, there isn't much difference in buying a grey market key vs just using the activation script.
The license agreement doesn't mean shit here though. Its perfectly legal. They're perfectly valid and official keys.
It's not entirely clear from the post, but allow me to provide some further context as I received this same pop-up myself.
I had purchased a legit Windows 10 Pro license with my own money for a custom built PC. Was always a trim installation because that's how I roll. Still got this out of nowhere when I booted back into my Windows partition the other day, was unclear what app or process pushed it. Some update either added a new app responsible for pushing these desktop level ads or enabled a pre-existing notification feature I had previously disabled. Just a typical Win10 toast notification a few moments after logging in. Dismissed it quickly and did not care to investigate, but that's about as bad as you can really get, IMHO. They've slowly been pushing the bounds, but here we are: ads straight to the desktop.
Multiple full screen intrusive ads for win 11, one during a fucking interview, pushed me to finally install Linux last weekend. No regrets, I'm loving it
"Pay hundreds of dollars for a new computer"?
Forget this guy's struggles with Windows, I want to know where they're buying sub-1K PCs in 2025. I'll debloat Windows 8 for that deal if I have to.
Let me open a random online computer shop here in Central Europe, and I am greeted with this:
Ranging from shit-tier 300€ office and youtube machine to 1k€ entry-level macbook. Sure, it's no thinkpad carbon pro ultra leet, but face it, most people don't buy that (or buy that used)
And that is laptops, desktop PCs usually tend to be a bit cheaper for the same performance level.
"New" can also mean "new to me".
You haven't looked at all. There's zillions of them everywhere
Windows peaked at XP. Vista was the plateau on the other side, followed by the sheer cliff of windows 7.
10 introduced a bunch of cool stuff that made it seem like it was going places: WSL, the new terminal, multiple desktops. If you're able to ignore the sad state of the control panel and settings apps, 10 was peak windows experience (feature-wise).
Then 11 came around and fucked everything up. As someone who subscribed to MS Insider to run beta builds of windows and get updates earlier, win 11 was the first iteration that really felt like there was just no upside to it. It was exactly the same as win10, but with some features removed and a much heavier hardware requirement. Even Vista (microsoft's most successful OS) had some cool stuff going for it back in the day, but win11 was nothing but one disappointment after another. Shit it wouldn't even let you keep a clock on the second screen until like a year after release.
Windows 7 was pretty damn good.
What? Windows 7 was probably the best version of windows ever just ahead of 2000.
Windows 8 was where the cliff was.
People look back at XP through rose tinted glasses. It was incredibly insecure in every way. Vista made the security architecture changes needed. Windows 7 was polish on top.
Windows 8 was where metro, start menu ads, auto installing unwanted apps, and ruining Windows control panel / settings happened.
XP was just 2000 with a teletubby desktop. I absolutely hated it.
you take that back!
Bliss is beautiful >:c
Whatever Windows you matured with is the best Windows. Mine was Windows 2000. Thanks, Dad 😂
Except ME. We don't talk about that one...
Prolly, I don't really remember tbh.
That makes sense. Lol.