So tired of companies telling me they know what I want more than I do. It's all over the place in big ways like this and smaller annoyance ways too. My work mac just did a security update and it decided to change my desktop background
this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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It's weird that CCleaner is trash but it's still better than what MS suggests.
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PC Manager sounds exactly like one of those garbageware "PC tune up" apps I used to clean off of customer computers back when I worked at a repair shop. Right down to changing your homepage/search engine. But at least the other guys would give you a snazzy coupon toolbar or three.
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So trashy
I see that anti trust / Internet Explorer investigation had no effect at all.
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Obligatory "install Linux" post.
Obligatory "I was a Windows user for decades until a couple months ago but Microsoft's enshittification drove me to Linux and I have no regrets" post.
Do you by chance have a link to what to install for a non tech user without linux knowledge?
https://www.linuxmint.com/ is an excellent place to start. If you have bleeding edge hardware there are better options though, as Linux Mint prioritizes stability over newer packages and drivers. Not a bad thing, just not the OS if your hardware is so new it needs a very new set of packages or kernel to work properly.
I eventually landed on https://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/ which has been very good to me over the last couple months.
There are instructions on the sites for how to use Linux from a USB drive, so you don't even have to install them or overwrite your current OS to give them a whirl.
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Obligatory "Way ahead of you" post.
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Obligatory “I lustrated it in favor of nixos” post
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You know how many times I’ve had to remove a spyware/adware browser, extensions, and homepage from a family members computer? Too many.
This is a product you pay for and it doesn't respect your choices....
Probably closer to renting the OS lol