Windows, That Escalated Quickly
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 30. 05. 2024
- Today we talk about some failed Windows updates and rolling those back, but also that the ads in the start menu we mentioned a few weeks ago are now a reality in production Windows!
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00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Broken VPNs
02:40 - Option Update Issues
05:25 - Ads in the Start Menu
06:35 - Ads Ads Everywhere
08:26 - Linux Means Control
09:45 - Getting Started with Linux
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Windows is the best advertisement for Linux imaginable.
No one is listening
@@M167A1 I listened, switched and its far superior
â@@M167A1 I've been using Linux for a good few years now, and I can't remember a time in recent history where the average computer user expressed much interest in Linux at all... A few techies here and there asking "So what's the deal with Linux?" or "So how's Linux compare to Windows these days?" That's about it... Until Windows 11 came along.
Since then, Linux-related forums have seen an astronomical surge of Windows 10 users exploring the possibility of jumping to Linux. And I'm not just talking tech bros and computer geeks. I'm talking regular, every-day folk who aren't very computer-literate at all, moms, dads, grandparents... People who have been using Windows operating systems as long as they've owned a computer. _That's_ who's inquiring about Linux. And they're not asking because they're particularly interested in Linux. Many enjoy Windows 10 and would like to keep using it, but Microsoft flipped them the bird and told them to buy a new PC.
I, for one, am happy to welcome any curious computer users to the Linux community.
â@@M167A1 I tried Windows 11 when it first came out and hated it. It wasn't even made well, no clock on the second monitor? To think they have 1,000s of paid devs.
Since then I've been on Mint and Kubuntu and never looked back.
@@M167A1 I listened. Been running Linux full time for over 5 years.đ
There are no excuses to add ads into the operation system.
Agreed, & not even Google does that with ChromeOS, & serving ads is most of their business model đ
There is! Money.
Of course there is. It raises money. That's why operating systems exist
@@M167A1 That's why we buy the license. You should not forcefully put ads in our computer
@@M167A1 Unless you buy a prebuilt/laptop, or a dodgie grey market Windows Key then a license for Windows is upwards of $200, there is zero excuse for MS to do this other than greed, when Google has no ads in ChromeOS even on $99 Hisense Chromebooks(I had one I would know).
a $130 operating system has ads in the menu lol
Unbelievable.
Instead of calling them ads, I call them boycott notices.
Notices of eviction
Microsoft told one too many times* that they want me to use Windows 11 instead of 10 now, so I decided to make the Linux community my new landlord. XD
*(that's 1 time(s) in total đ)
Microsoft's contempt for its users is palpable. They're not doing any of this for business reasons so much as because they can. The thinking behind it is probably some variation of, "What are ya gonna do, switch to Linux?".
Yup đ
Endless growth.
They have market saturation. They now need to continue to grow by extracting as much value out of their customers as possible. Meaning more and more ads, subscription services, etc
They're the tech embodiment of late stage capitalism. I'm no communist, but Marx was right that capitalism has some serious flaws baked into the system. No system can operate on endless exponential growth. It's simply not possible, except for in the case of Linux.
cf. IBM
Yes
if you stay on windows DO NOT update to 11
And get no security updates since Win10 and older are EOL now which means that's not an option.
â@@michaelcummings7246 it's always an option, especially when MS is telling you to buy a new laptop. It just isn't secure but that's why we switch.
@@michaelcummings7246 That's not true. Win10 Enterprise LTSC will get updates until 2027 and Win10 IoT Enterprise LTSC, until 2032.
@michaelcummings7246 If you using it with common sense, nothing bad gonna happen, even if you stuck at win 7. Thrust me, i know it :)
Thrust? â@@Foga001
I switched to Linux six months ago and never going back.
Let's see... đ
Why would anyone in their right mind think that a VPN would make for increased privacy when Windows 11 is essentially an OS with built in spyware/data miners via telemetry?
Thats funny! I didnt even think of that hahaha
@@somethingelse401 That was pretty much the first thing I thought.
Generally VPNs do not increase privacy for most users, despite the rain of CZcams sponsorships telling you otherwise. All they do is change your IP endpoint. But that' connection is no less important if, say, you need to be able to connect to your work network outside the office.
Windows has been a surveillance conduit since at lease Windows 98.
A lot of people use VPNs for remote access to local resources such as a NAS. While a reverse proxy is the main method for that these days, legacy organizations might not have made the switch.
how come a windows update is more unstable than an arch linux update
Pajeet coders has shitted up their software
â@@sean7221 Wrong. Windows updates were always a slow, painful, buggy and potentialy boot breaking process.
Why is everyone harping on Arch? I have been using it for almost two years and have only had a problem with the Grub bug. I haven't even needed to use one of my snapper snapshots. My Debian server on the other hand... What am I doing wrong?
What does that have to do with pajeet coders ? I mean arch is literally 27 times better than windows â@@sean7221
I enjoy the freedom of Linux. You can make it your own. Don't wanna use a mouse, don't wanna use a GUI, wanna do everything in the terminal? You can do any or all of it using any distro. I'm an Arch user and love using a mix of terminal and GUI for various things. My 67 year old mom uses mint and has no idea what a terminal is.
I frequently use the terminal in Mint. Every installation of Arch, just like Windows, will eventually break after updates. It took me seven years to realise that. Arch fanboyism is as misplaced as Toyota fanboyism.
@@Noyota2 nobody said anything about arch not ever breaking but u can just say it's too hard đ
@@Noyota2 all fanboyism is misplaced. If something was truly the best, it would have no competitors.
Well that tells me what I'll be switching my boomer relatives to in the next few months.
I had problems recently where i couldn't eject a removable drive, because the process "System" had it locked. Then the "Safe to remove" notification stopped working. I found over a dozen separate forum post from people asking for help with that issue, Nobody had a solution. My Wife's Laptop gets a BSOD every time there's an update. It's just one stupid annoying thing after another with Windows. I've deleted all my Windows partitions. I'm just done with it. Seeing videos like this one, help reassure me that I've made the right decision by leaving it behind.
I know right! My bluetooth, usb's, printer and network adapter all work flawlessly now I have ditched winblows.
Use Open Shell! It's a free Start menu replacement for Windows 7 thru 11. Has a ton of customization options. I used it a lot in the 8.1 days. Or, you could do what I do and run a super hacked version of Windows 10, with no updates ever!
â@@BennettWenger How to get that super hacked version though? And does it remove telemetry too?
@@AbsurdScandal Does remove telemetry, that's one of the wonders!
I feel you! I haven't been able to print from my Windows 10 desktop anymore after an update over a year ago and backup and restore never worked on Windows 10 for me! đ€Š
Then I got the dreaded full screen "upgrade to Windows 11/ your hardware is incompat with Windows 11" ad and decided I've had enough. I'm on Kubuntu Linux now and I haven't had so much fun using my computer, playing around on it, playing games on it and tinkering with it since the Windows 7 when I got my first own computer! đ
I still have Windows 10 on an old Surface pro 4 that I currently don't use much anyway. Buying it was the biggest blunder I ever made, it worked for half a year and then a firmware update came that broke the type cover port and caused the battery to completely drain within a day, even if the tablet is shut down. Apparently this update has been on their server for two years already and they haven't bothered removing or fixing it despite numerous complaints about issues, probably because the tablet has already reached end of support by then. Folks, NEVER BUY HARDWARE FROM MICROSOFT (in fact, I'm not gonna buy anything from them anymore), turns out they test their firmware just as poorly as they test their OS updates!
But when the firmware is f@cked, you can't just install an alternative, open source firmware!
June 2023 deleted all Windows based software products from my PCs. Linux is the best. Switched to Linux was very helpful to the process.
Linux takes a bit to get down, but windows does, also.
Besides, there is NO bloatware . Now theyâre putting ads in?
A week after I switched to Linux and it's been really easy. So glad I switched. Very grateful to the community for giving me an alternative.
What distribution did you decide?
@@Chin-Hwa I've been using Mint. Had it on an old laptop for a week or so and then switched my desktop too. Desktop now boots literally five times faster.
i want too, but i have problems and issues with sound and lenovo elan touchpad.. make me back to windows.. đą
You get used to the repository and when you have to use windows you realize it's more effort.
@@RedaHaskouri I just decided I was never going to use windows again and that I'd learn whatever necessary to steer clear. I know that doesn't work for everyone. If I were you I'd keep searching on the forums for a solution, its a bit of a pain but I'm sure it would be worth it. Best of luck
From crashing and hanging on Windows to putting ads into the start menu and taking away features I liked, I think it's time to switch.
Absolutely!
I switched two weeks ago, I recommend you use your favorite Ubuntu or Mint flavor and stick to tutorials and forum posts on how to setup and do things, rather than figuring it out on your own. _"Don't stray from the beaten path if you don't know these woods",_ so to speak.
Also, I highly recommend manually partitioning your Linux boot drive with a separate /home partition, so you can keep all your settings in case you need to reinstall Linux or want to install a different version/flavor and make a generous swap partition, so you can run a powerful Windows VM in case there is one important thing you still need to use Windows for. It's much better and safer than dual booting. I didn't do that on my initial install and VMware player complained about not enough swap (even though it shouldn't need any) and the VM was barely usable due to copious lag. If you're not using any creative software, you probably won't need a Windows VM for anything, but it's a good idea to keep the option open, especially in the beginning of your OS transition. Again, google a good guide on how best to format your Linux boot drive. It should be easy to find.
I'm using Kubuntu 22.04 btw. KDE feels quite familiar when coming from Windows.
@@LRM12o8Yeah, as soon as Iâm sure the main software I use can be run on Linux, Iâm switching. That will probably be in the next few days. (Steam, Firefox, VS or really any decent code editor, and Unity.) Any tips specifically for those things?
Left windows in 2017. I have Never regretted it.
2018 for me. I would never have their spyware on one of my computers again.
@@JCO2002 I mostly left Windows behind in 2006. I have tried using it several times since then, and none of them have been good since Windows 7. I got a laptop off of eBay and tried using the Windows that came on it for a few days, web browsing, watching CZcams videos without being logged in, and running updates for Windows. It didn't seem to matter what I was doing, there was always some annoying notification. Since I never logged into anything, I wasn't too concerned about that Micro$oft saw.
I switched in 2006. Never missed Windoze. 7 Ultimate 64-bit was incompatible with everything including itself. None of my peripherals could work as no drivers existed.
I left in about 2012. Had a look at a Windows computer the other day - installing Mint on a spare drive - what a mess! I could hardly use it.
â@@Noyota2Buddy, I'm sorry to Say b. Windows 7 Is the last good version of windows Is in my opinion for numerous Reasons, but I respect your opinion.
I use linux Is anyway And have been for ten months
I am glad i am officially done with Windows
I was close to putting Linux on my home theatre PC, but there's one thing that is stopping me in my tracks: Unified Remote server doesn't work at all under Wayland. That's a deal-breaker for me because I use it all time time. I run Linux on the other PCs I don't need for that.
@@SecretAgentBartFargo Yeah i have to use X11 under Arch in order to have global hotkeys between applications such as OBS while gaming. I would use Wayland if this wasn't the problem
@@SecretAgentBartFargo then don't use wayland, im still on x
Me too! đ
The water is so nice and warm in the Linux pool!
In the Microsoft pool, I'm not even sure if it IS water anymore, or if it's what comes out after you drank a lot of water... đ„¶
@@khhnator I'm okay with Windows on that PC. I run Linux on my main day to day PC.
I was a Windows user since Windows 95a, and I played around with Linux since the late 90's. I finally split from the MS ecosystem & ditched Windows because of all the time I wasted just trying to fix problems that MS themselves created through forced updates, telemetry, and shoddy security...etc. Now I spend my time more productively doing work & having fun online, not constantly reinstalling, rescuing, updating, scanning for malware, and just messing about with the OS. So good to be able to spend/invest my time doing what I really love. Good riddance Windows, hello freedom!
This has been the year I finally switched to Linux. Honestly have not missed windows at all.
Same. Microsoft's nagging about switching to Windows 11 pushed me over the Edge, so I switched to Kubuntu instead! đ
"Miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality" sounds like a backdoor to me.
"Miscellaneous back doors for three letter agencies, improvements to internal OS functionality"
I switched exclusively to Linux a little over two years ago (for the second time, I ran Linux exclusively for 5 or 6 years back in the 2000s) . It seems every video I see about Windows now is just cementing my decision into permanence.
I keep one Windows SSD stick around, just in case I absolutely need Windows for some task. I swap the Windows stick back into one of my cheap mini PCs, perform the task, then switch back to the Linux stick. In two years, I've needed it once. Talking about you Nikon and your firmware update software - way past time to support Linux.
Advert has the same Latin root as adverse - which means contrary or hostile. I consider all adverts to be distracting, manipulating and hostile. I purchase based on my preferences and priorities and mistrust advertising generally.
Exactly. And when ads for something are constantly shoved in my face, I will go out of my way to avoid whatever crap they are trying to get me to buy.
Boom! I feel COMPLETELY vindicated in my hate for EVERYTHING Microsoft.
Switched to Linux 2 days ago. Can play my steam games no problem on it
Pretty much if there's no anti-cheat then it works (usually). I've been pretty happy gaming!
Which distro you using? I'm going to do the same on my Nitro 5, but I haven't made a choice yet.
@@k.b.tidwell if you havenât tried Linux before, try Linux Mint
If you want stability use an Ubuntu or debian based distro. If you want the latest and greatest and don't mind the occasional breakage, Arch is the way to go.â@@k.b.tidwell
@@k.b.tidwell Imo the best novice distro is Mint. Depends a bit on how new is the hardware.
One of the last things they do before retiring windows 10 - forced updates introduce ads displayed right there in the OS
At this point using windows is more of a hostage situation
Ha! (After backing up files,) Windows to Linux cold-turkey! Anything worth doing is worth doing well!
I'm reminded of this scene in Tron Legacy...
"Excuse me" - Alan Bradley
"Yes, Alan" - Richard Mackey
"Given the prices that we charge to students and schools, what sort of improvements have been made in Flynn - I mean umm, Encom OS 12?" - Alan Bradley
"Ahh, This year we put a 12 on the box" - Richard Mackey
Thirty years ago, Linux was very difficult, not anymore!
It was impractical (for me) when I last tried using Linux in 2017. But Linux software and hardware compatibility has come a long way since 2017.
So glad I switched to Linux
Started with Manjaro Linux and have not missed windows in 2 years
I look forward to the day where all games are compatible for Linux. That would be a perfect world scenario.
I never turn on notifications for CZcams videos. Instead, I use an RSS feed reader, like Feedbro, that directly fetches the videos. This puts me in control of what I get notified about, and how. Whether that's updating every 5 minutes or every 6 hours, whether I want a notification or a sound, and whether I want to just not see videos with certain keywords.
that's how yt is supposed to work
Putting ads in an Operating System is just WRONG! An OS should be software required to effectively and easily use the computer itself, along with whatever software the user of that computer chooses to install. OEM's have taken advantage of this and pushed their "free" software, which often causes lots of problems, and the "Free" software typically only works for a short period before requiring a license. An Operating system company forcing you to watch ads, and starting the installation of software THEY recommend in their Operating System is just wrong! The Operating system should be just what's required to use the computer. Everything else should be up to the user/owner of the computer to choose. Microsoft really needs to stop this and stick with what they used to be good at - making easy-to-use and maintain Operating Systems.
Regarding Linux as a "daily driver" replacement OS, most games are optimized for Windows, with ports of Playstation and Xbox in there. Optimizing games that you do manage to get installed and running on Linux is very likely going to be a nightmare in itself. For people that don't do much gaming, those like content creators, business users, and those that use their computers for watching movies, CZcams, would be fine with Linux... Until they get their first system crash during an update/upgrade cycle... Full brakes, confusion and frustration will follow...
Linux today is more stable than Windows, just don't pick a distro that has rolling updates. Give LMDE 6 a shot, it's essentially what Windows should be except it just works
Why is Windows the only OS you need to pay for now and itâs the only OS that keeps getting worse?
I just love how these videos keep telling me I made the right choice by sticking with Arch Linux. Only use Windows at work and that's for using apps they need. Don't mess with that system other than what's absolutely needed anymore.
Windows 10 and 11 have become so bad that, when I want to be productive and get work done, I know I HAVE to boot Linux and not Windows, because with Windows 10/11 I will lose time.
How I miss Windows Vista...đȘ (I never had Windows 7)
I have Windows on a laptop for video editing, and I haven't seen any ads. I don't think most people would care, we're talking about people that don't know that you don't have to put up with ads and the people that addicted to watch hours of low quality vertical short videos rather than real entertainment.
Yea.. As Linux keeps getting better, they keep pulling stuff like this... It's really gonna backfire on em' one of these days..
Made the switch on Saturday to Zorin 17 on my laptop. Once I get things backed up on my desktop, I'll be switching over on there as well. Ads in my OS was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
LMDE6 here but Zorin is very, very nice. I'm upgrading an older Thinkpad for my son that I've got Zorin on. Smooth and beautiful.
Some people should stay on Windows, simply because they deserve it. As for myself, Tumbleweed.
Regarding the VPN issue: I'm not trying to suggest, that this 'all supported VPN has broken due to an unknown issue with one of the updates' was 'on purpose', BUT it's a bit strange that in the past 3-4 days I had more and more notifications by windows which tries to advertise its own Microsoft Global Secure VPN (which launched 2-3 months ago)đ€đ€
I think they way I said it was a little confusing and needed some clarification. It was a bug that impacted all supported Windows systems, but only some VPNs.
It is amazing to me how many people are running their VPN on a per-client level, rather than at the router level.
@@ewenchan1239 Why on earth would you have control of the router everywhere you are connecting to the internet?
â@@ewenchan1239 For work VPNs it might actually make sense, you can have a work pc to do remote tasks on corporate servers, and personal devices on the global network.
For my needs, the only way to run Windows is in a Virtual Machine. I take snapshots after updates and normally roll back to the latest snapshot (which takes literally seconds) after each use.
I use Virtualbox on Linux Mint and run Windows 10, but other virtualization solutions could accomplish the same result. (FWIW, Virtualbox lets you do a lot of other cool things like creating clones of existing VM's and branches which tie back to a parent base image state.)
For those who are curious, I primarily use it to access my employer's network using their particular VPN software configuration. I have another one I use for the odd Windows app which does not have a equivalent solution on Linux.
Paying 150 USD for a Windows retail license to get adds!!! đ€Ł
Microsoft is probably thinking that people will be held hostage by their cloud services, AI, and automation tools (power automate)
No, people are held hostage by Office. If you absolutely have to have Microsoft Office (I have used several online office suites and open source. They are not good enough for a small segment of people of which I happen to belong.) then you are a slave to running Windows or Mac.
Appleâs hardware is simply not there anymore. Their âProâ products are a joke.
I am really toying with making my next computer Linux and keep my Windows computer for the few Windows only programs that I have to have.
Logitech, elgato, and Logitech dont support linux. So id have to buy all new peripherals to switch to linux. I think its often overlooked that people are trapped on windows by their peripheral manufacturers.
It wouldn't surprise me if future versions of Windows have permanent ads, or if they block all local accounts and require you to have a Microsoft account. Microsoft makes money the same way many companies do today, namely selling our data. Ads bring revenue, and a Microsoft account means that tiny bit they don't already know about you gets added to the data pot.
I finally made the switch a couple weeks ago. Even having changed operating systems completely, the biggest differences by far are 1) My computer doesn't annoy me anymore, and 2) I don't feel like I'm constantly being disrespected by a corporation via the medium of the software running on my hardware that I bought and paid for.
I tried dual booting for a while but my gaming PC runs Nvidia and I don't care what anyone says, Linux + Nvidia + mutli-monitor (especially with different resolution, scaling, and refresh rates) is unusable. The nicest thing I can say about it is that sometimes it boots into a desktop environment. I blame Nvidia for this, just to be clear.
Linux + AMD on the other hand is a first-class computing experience. The solution I finally came to was leaving my gaming PC on Windows (and turned off 95% of the time) and buying an old low-power tiny Lenovo PC off of ebay and throwing in a cheap Radeon 6400. Combined with Debian 12 and KDE Plasma, this handles most of my daily computing needs. This has the added benefit of not having a power hungry heat generating PC running all the time sucking up electricity and spitting out tons of heat.
With all the work that Valve has put into making gaming on Linux a viable option, I suspect that if/when I upgrade my gaming PC with an AMD card it'll also get the Linux treatment. But what I'm doing now is a nice stop-gap solution.
No matter what platform it is I will NEVER buy anything advertised and never have done. When support for 10 stops, and it stops running what I need to use, then Linux will be the way. I'm just trying to find out which distro suits me best, particularly to play Fallout 76 and 7 Days to Die. I recently upgraded to 10 because Steam stopped supporting 7 but I won't be doing that again. I know some of my productivity software, such as Corel Draw, may not work on Linux but I'm still using my Windows 7 machine for that and MS Office.
Not just what you said about Linux is right, but here's something i wiuld recommend:
TRY IT for some time first BEFORE fully committing to it, this applies for any Software or tool you're using.
And most importantly, if you're moving to Linux, MAKE A BACK UP OF YOUR FILES, NOT THE PROGRAMS.
i used to daily drive linux for gaming but went back to windows. As i purchased more and more games outside of steam it became a nightmare trying to manage my library so i went back to windows because all the other launchers are only there. And sometimes, even with lutris, some of my launchers would stop working. It really wasn't an ideal experience for me.
I miss linux so much but want to keep playing all my games without too much hassle, so now i use windows 11 from an iso i made myself using NTlite. I debloated all the modern apps, ads, telemetry etc and only kept the essentials. it even allowed me to have apps like vlc, firefox, 7zip pre-installed.
hopefully, one day windows pisses me off so much i go back to linux but right now i can still endure a little more BS
đ Getting any offline windows game from disc (so no launchers) to run on linux at all, has become very difficult. Whereas it used to just take a bunch of tinkering in wine.
@@kpcraftster6580 I have about 140 games on GOG and this is what pushed me back to Windows. Heroic doesn't always work well and among my games, many just don't run so well in proton.
might I ask what launchers?
@@user-us6ft2sj5q Same boat here. You should add Lutris to your places to "try" to run the game. Lutris has customised per game installation scripts written by the community. If all else fails, I try Lutris. If it doesn't work there, then boot windows. An example of this was Blasphemous 1. In Heroic I don't think the game would run. Running with Proton (via Steam with Add a Game exe), the in game cinematics would not work and instead would show an anologue TV test pattern as a place holder. Finally, some comment on YT put me onto Lutris (which I always had anyway, but never considered since Heroic) - and it all worked fine there. The issue in this case was a MS proprietary video codec "Windows Media Foundation" which was not present for Heroic or Steam, but the Lutris installer had a customised install script written by someone out there which did include the missing codec installation. So there is another option for you.
@@iplyrunescape305 Ubisoft connect, EA app and GOG. for GOG I had heroic it was fine but it's not as automated as steam+proton, especially when using the offline installers. Ubisoft and EA were the ones giving me headaches at times.
Using Linux presents significant challenges, including the difficulty in configuring color printing, particularly with printers like HP, and the absence of a comprehensive office suite similar to Microsoft Office. Furthermore, the multitude of Linux distributions leads to excessive fragmentation and a lack of consistent software support. Moreover, the absence of game support for integrated GPUs from AMD and Intel processors makes problem-solving more difficult. Setting up WineHQ and its binaries is also a daunting task for many users. Ultimately, people seek the level of abstraction that Windows provides.
I can't comment on the color issue, but LibreOffice is MORE comprehensive than Office. On the technical level, Office actually sucks. There are a dozen options for office suites.
Fragmentation is not an issue. Just pick a ditro and stick with it, but do a little research. Many distros have very good support.
Some gaming (AAA Titles) will not work, but most gaming works fine.
@@SwitchedtoLinux
"but LibreOffice is MORE comprehensive than Office. On the technical level, Office actually sucks. "
PATENTLY false.
There is no OneNote alternative within the LibreOffice suite.
Your statement that "LibreOffice is MORE comprehensive than Office" is bullshit.
"On a technical level, Office actually sucks."
ALSO PATENTLY bullshit.
The equation editor in LibreOffice SUCKS.
I tried writing my undergrad thesis with LibreOffice and the fact that you need to start a SEPARATE program to be able to produce math equations (math equations that NEVER rendered correctly) vs. it being built-in to your word processor, is stupid.
Word's equation editor is FARRRR superior compare to LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice Math.
So, no, LibreOffice is NOT more comprehensive than Office.
If you pay for Office 365, you can actually live-edit Office docs from within the Office 365 suite (via browser accessed OneDrive, etc.).
To be able to live-edit LibreOffice documents, you will need to rely on a separate solution like NextCloud (which you can self-host for free), or FileCloud, which charges you $20/month/person, with a 6-person minimum for to get access to the live-edit feature, i.e. $1440/year, just so that you can live-edit your LibreOffice documents.
So far, my success rate for being able to open an ODS spreadsheet from a self-hosted NextCloud server is approximately 16-25%, which means that I will have to attempt opening my LibreOffice files multiple times before it will actually open for me.
"Furthermore, the multitude of Linux distributions leads to excessive fragmentation and a lack of consistent software support."
Fragmentation is ABSOLUTELY an issue with Linux.
There are things that work REALLY well on Redhat and Redhat-derived distros just as there are things that work really well on Debian and Debian-derived distros. (Arch, Alpine, and SLES work in their own unique way.)
As such, what works for one distro (or branch of distros) is NOT guaranteed to work on an entirely separate branch of distros.
So yes, fragmentation is ABSOLUTELY an issue with Linux.
(As I mentioned, I am running into that right now where I LITERALLY cannot run a rpm package, from Debian.)
"Just pick a ditro and stick with it, but do a little research."
Can't.
IBM killed CentOS.
So now, Ansys runs in Ubuntu and CentOS (but not certified to run in Rocky Linux yet) whilst StarCCM+ runs in Rocky Linux but not CentOS nor Ubuntu. As a result, I have to run all three, moving forward because IBM killed CentOS because they want RHEL users to be locked into RHEL, because money.
@@ewenchan1239
If it wasn't for games and some software that only runs on Windows, I would drop Windows quickly.
Windows 7 was the last version I used. I've been on Linux since then and haven't looked back, and I even run 2 Steam games without issue. No Microsoft account needed!
2 whole games? Sounds like Linux has doubled the amount of compatible games since I last checked.
@kintustis I have a whole Steam library of about 90 games and any old random game I tried out of it so far has worked flawlessly, including Hogwarts Legacy (which I heard supports Linux natively), Life Is Strange: True Colors, Cyberpunk 2077, NfS Hot Pursuit remastered, The Last of Us remastered and Lego 2K Drive. Plus Linux flawlessly runs my collection of CD/DVD based games from my childhood, most of which were impossible to play on Windows (10 and 11) due to a long defunct, kernel level DRM called "Securom Safedisc", for which Microsoft removed the support in Windows 10 (as well as 7 and 8 through an update) without replacement, despite using that DRM in some of their OWN games, like Age of Empires 2.
Microsoft's answer to customers complaining on their forum that M$ deliberately broke compatibility with a game they bought from M$ was legitimately: "just buy a new digital copy" (aka, why should we fix the problem we caused when you can just pay us a second time for the same product?)! Screw that company!
Oh, and also Linux has SuperTuxKart! â€ïž Forget Mario Kart, SuperTuxKart is where the Fun's at! đ
(Jk, but it is a surprisingly fun game, for being made by two or three hobbyists. Beats the classic Moorhuhn Kart, actually)
@@kintustis Keep coping mate. Steam Deck plays the majority of Steam library. Cry more.
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Last i checked, maybe a third of my steam library was playable. Maybe you have the resolve to just cross your arms and say "well I guess I just won't play all those games then," and for that, I'm proud of you. But I do like to enjoy conveniences of life.
@@kintustis That's why I have Win7 partition and Steam in Offline mode and out of support. Still means I can play my games if (in linux) all of: Heroic, Steam, Lutris cannot run a game there. With the exception of any games that require Win10 and greater that linux won't run - I refuse anything greater than requiring Win7. I just flatly refuse on that point personally. Seems rare though. There are still exceptions. And for those exceptions that will still run on Win7, well - my partition is still there to boot from if the need arises. I'd say "why not both" linux and Windows (7 in my case). My main is linux.
i was a Windows Insider in beta channel but when i heard that MS is planning to add ads in Windows i diched Windows enirely and switched to ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS.
8:26 - Is there an actual reason where Windows on 'bare metal' would be preferred over a VM?
I mean, between Proton for games that don't use Anti-Cheat and either a WINE emulation or a VM environment for other apps, I really can't see where Windows would need to be a 'bare metal' install.
**laughs while having StartAllback** My Win11 start menu looks exactly like the condensed version of Win10s which looks a lot like 7's start menu.
Have been a Linux user since around 2016 and I never go back to Windows
My rules for PC happiness:
1. Use Linux.
2. Then use Timeshift. Too many updates will take you down in an instant.
Casual mobile phone users won't care or notice but Microsoft is committing suicide against power users on the desktop, sure you can do your cute little tweaks with debloaters but Microsoft is going in the wrong direction. I fully committed to using Linux this year.
The best option is to disable/remove Windows Update. I donât need automatic malware on my system.
You can't though. It's a "loss of control" issue.
Yeah that's about the same as saying the best option for any country in any world just to remove corrupt politicians. Good luck with that. But on to a more applicable point, unless you have editing access to the windows core AKA kernel, you're not changing or fixing anything because the ads are literally built into the Telemetry engine which is built into the kernel
@@bobmcbob4399 I have a Win 10 and a Win 11 machine. Both have Windows Update completely and permanently disabled.
Windows IS malware, though.....
@@commietube_censorship_sucks Agreed. I use Qubes btw. And your comment is censored.
I'm running Linux all the time. My job tries to make me switch to Windows, but that would make me improductive for months. I can see why a computer un-savy person might like Microsoft program like Teams, but if you are experienced, Windows is just a straight-jacket on your productivity.
Important Fact: Linux is best for both newcomers to PCs and advanced users/nerds. Their UI is logically arranged, not much cluttered that is perfect for not so tech savvy people, and at the same time, allows you to configure every aspect of the OS to optimize it around your hardware just like a Linux guru would want. Even after loading tons of packages and extensions, my machine consumes 800-900 MB RAM (Ubuntu 23.10, I am just a new user) and the Windows at startup consumes 5GB RAM even after disabling many processes and purging "some" bloats and confuguring "Appearance and Performance"
ads being integrated into windows basic functions unfortunately isnt a new concept - it was pushed during windows 8 pretty hard and actually became the norm with windows10
I have to use Windows for work... Honestly, the start bar in win11 has become unusable. It's pretty much pointless as I can't find anything through it.
Beta testing with windows reminds me of the failed windows phone
I actually liked the windows phone in principle...but it did feel like a beta project.
Most people don't know adblockers for browsers exist, so I guess they'll be fine if now there are also more ads in their system.
It doesn't matter if you use a browser extension or plug-in in an internet browser in Windows to block ads when the damn ads are built into the operating system itself. Those plugins are a browser extensions are going to block ads that are built into Windows operating system
@@motoryzen And that's when you run a script to block ads at the system level.
DO *NOT* QUOTE ME ON THIS, but I believe ChrisTitusTech has a video on how to run an adblocker script at the system level.
Been learning LM off an ssd, dual boot from the bios. It's not difficult, in fact if I look at it the way I used to in the late 90's & early 2000's the os is a fun alternative.
The companies I worked for in San Jose would beta test within the company. When the number of assassination attempts reached a very low level we'd push it to the customers. I guess that's too much to ask since the urinal attendants have now taken charge in the business.
Surprised they donât have a splash screen every time you turn your computer on that says âTodays Sponsor isâ, and then let you log in.
I was on Windows 10 but after finding the ublue Linux project I think Linux might be a viable option for people wanting something stable and doesn't need a ton of tweaking out of the box. I think the Linux desktop is finally going to shine.
We are the enlightened! It it is 4 years now not that I not only switched, but moved my mother and father onto Linux, the next challenge is my sister, she's a university professor, unfortunately, so the community and the traditional stack of technologies are pulling her towards Windows...
I thought they introduced start menu ads when windows 10 came.
Not sure thought, disabled the stuff immediately.
I don't think that corporate IT management would like their users responding to ads. Looks like a new interface for spyware to enter systems.
I actually had that update yesterday... i spent half of the day trying to fix the problem and then ended up having to restore my pc with a rsstore point.
Im getting ready to make the total switch to Linux.
Can you help me make sound driver works. There is no sound whatever linux distros i use. it is intel smart sound tech. I rsearch that with this driver, user installing linux is having this issue.
6:18 - I had to rewatch this 3 times, then turn on CC to hear this clearly as "recommendations." It sounded like something much filthier, and more appropriate.
I've been primarily Linux for decades (and I primarily use the terminal đ). But I cannot be 100% Linux because I need some 3rd party software with support. That software is only supported for Windows and MacOS. It is time to ask again if it is supported in a Windows VM...
I was just about to argue that if they want to show me ads, the OS should be free. Then I remembered that the world has moved beyond "free with ads." Now it is "pay more for no (or fewer) ads." I think the first on this "pay more" model was Amazon Kindle. But now it is prevalent in video streaming such as Netflix and Amazon Prime (of course), and nearly every "pay for access" web service. Welcome to our future, where ads are everywhere, in everything, for everyone.
If you really, really must run Windows, run Windows 8.1. Its a better alternative to having ads forced on YOUR machine.
But the real alternative in Linux!
I jumped ship and tried Mint and still use it today. I have not missed Windows one bit and the bonus is the Terminal! Give it the right set of instructions and it`ll do it so easily you`ll wonder why you didn't install Linux before.
Recently migrated to Ubuntu, and I haven't regretted
this here is the reason i've debloated my windows. i only push security updates and i vet every single one of them (i can roll them back with those... third party aplications. bad, but hey, it's an option i got...).
this week windows decided to be weird and suddenly turn off one of my SSDs for no reason, the only thing that stoped that gremlin from doing that was, backing up the data, wiping the drive with 00 on all sectors with parted magic. then restoring by hand the data. the drive was fine and healthy and working without any problem at all at linux, even working for hours in the parted magic fork, but windows straight out REFUSED to read the thing. i mean... just... wtf microsoft...
Adding all that ad stuff is inevitably slowing down your system. I find it pretty funny considering many people stick to windows ONLY because of gaming.
I know about adobe and couple of other programs but many people don't even need them at all. And if there were less problems with setting up games or portable software installs on linux so that even a dumb person could do it, Microsoft would be waaay more careful with their decisions.
Good thing that Proton is developing so fast
i reeealy hope proton can read any win-exe program from 2000 - present with aviation standard redundancies. if it manages to do that, i guarantee that a LOT of people would switch in a heartbeat.
@@marcossonicracer WINE 9 is running some programs now for me that I never could get to go on previous versions. It's getting better and better.
@@k.b.tidwell Conversely, wine is no longer running games for me that it did run ten to fifteen years ago.
I use Windows 10 only for gaming. For everything else I use Linux.
Windows is not an OS, Windows is a Vector.
If youâre serious about Linux, you MUST get rid of Windows. If you donât, you will never make the switch.
Wow what you stated does make sense and is a fact at the core of human behavior, you really need to add some items in your post such as quote and you do it with some sense taking baby steps not just cannonball into the Linux Star Ocean.
List all the programs and games you use daily or weekly in Windows and see if those will work natively or have native Linux versions. For those that don't have native Linux versions, look up cross-platform Alternatives and practice using them in windows. Once you become comfy and competent using those and know that you can use those full-time as a real replacement for the former proprietary windows or Microsoft versions, that's over half the battle of being able to live comfortably in the Linux world."
Before long we have windows 12, and it's rumored to be saas and the server program has paid unlocks to use the full power of the processor (you buy a 3 ghz but unless you pay a monthly subscription it only uses 1.2ghz, otherwise drivers that can utilize it fully are locked out đ)
I always had an issue with Linux which is easily fixable but I can't find the fix. My hardware manufacturer provides some special adjustments to my system for speakers. I want to copy those adjustments from windows to Linux. Windows uses realtek audio drivers. How do I copy those settings over?
Another issue that is distro agnostic. My internet speed is always capped at 3MB/s when I connect to my personal hotspot. I have 5g data and unlimited data. It was 11-12MB/s on windows. This same issue doesn't occur if I connect to my cousin's router (both 5ghz and 2.4ghz)(his house is besides mine and he allows me to). It lets me use upto 30-35MB/s. More than windows even.
How long before MS fucks up robot/assembly control systems and visual presentations for employees and managerial toolsets with ads popping up? đź
I can see a manufacturing like frozen as MS plays a 45 second ad for a competing manufacturer - and that the ad interrupts at a critical time sensitive point: like pooring liquid alumimum stops for an ad.đźđĄ
Or a Navy ship fires Aegis Defense missiles only to be halted by an ad to use MS Edge for the best experi... (BOOM)đźđą
And that is why they do not want you to install alternative shells any more.
Unfortunately we never thought we would see the day our televisions constantly have ads baked right into the menus everything seems to be geared towards data harvesting in Mass then selling our data to tons of third-party organizations sick of it
I gave up on the propaganda box before that started happening. The garbage programming wasn't worth sitting through endless commercials.
I think the problem with the MS recommendations isn't what they're doing at the moment - recommending apps from their store (that could actually be a good thing). They're probably just setting up to give unwanted ad's in the very near future
While i havent moved to linux yet. i have had it recommended to me a few times and told that its come a LONG way from its early days.
It has!
Just switch to a Linux host. There's not much you can do in Windows that cannot be accomplished by using a VM. At least that way you can do your Windows things there but you're not assaulted by ads constantly. These companies and their ads are really getting to me. I got rid of Rokus because of it, got rid of Google Chrome, got rid of Windows, use adblockers for CZcams to get rid of them... Wonder how long until phone calls start forcing you to listen to a 30-second ad before you can call anyone.
im going to try and dual boot windows 10 for vr, photoshop and stuff with ubuntu for vr, gaming and everything else
wish me luck
Good luck! I keep Win 10 on a VM just in case but I pretty much stopped using it now. I don't have VR though.....
If you're dual booting use 2 separate hard drives for each OS. Windows updates can break GRUB
@@tylerdean980 If you are using separate hard drives for each os, you can just boot using a first-stage bootloader (e.g. bios, uefi) and don't need to use grub (a second-stage bootloader) for both drives.
Oh, and of course, good luck @goxlr36!
update : ive been using ubuntu studio for basically everything and windows 10 for vr. Vr isnt the best on linux quite yet but everything else is pretty neat
I keep Windows around for a few things, but I'm pretty much never aware of their crap, because I run mine heavily modified, and without any of the telemetry or bloat ware. I haven't even used their start menu since Windows 7, because it's gotten worse over time.
The EU needs to backhand Microsoft for this
I'm so happy that Linux is my daily driver. I only go on windows to play 2 games when I get the itch for those games but that is getting so much less and less.
What distro of Linux do you use?
Linux Mint, Endeavous OS, MX Linux, Manjaro
@@SwitchedtoLinux thanks for the last reply, which one was in this video? I like the idea of Linux mint but don't like it's default green aesthetic, can it be themed?
Moved permanently to Linux. One 14 year upgraded old laptop remains on Windows 10, for now, i.e. as a backup. If M$ screw that over it will be full stop BYE BYE M$.
That's enough for me. I'm installing Zorin on my laptop to trial. If it works out desktop will be next.
Good questions, other than the occasional m.s. botched releases it's normally not a problem( few times a year) Yes having a router level VPN for clients that are in office is always a better idea. I'm not sure how everyone else does it but it's also my preferred way of deploying VPN service and then have custom VPN rules for any devices that may not need the service for what ever reason. In the end yes use your VPN on your router instead of each device if that works for you but I doubt that will stop m.s from breaking things a few times every year.