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Windows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linux (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use 11 and don't see any ads and have telemetry turned off. I'm not sure where this is coming from, but I keep hearing it, and it doesn't mesh with my experience.

I've personally thought about going back to Linux, and I still might next time I upgrade my MOBO, but the thought of all the effort it will take to get all of my hardware working again is exhausting. That was the greatest struggle before I even approached software issues. I've heard it is better these days, but I'm not an expert or a programmer, so I'm essentially relying that someone else has had my use case, solved it, and made it publicly available which is not always the case.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it's any consolation, and maybe just luck, but I almost have better luck with hardware not with windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That could very well be the case. I was on a beater laptop previously that was no longer functioning with windows and I needed something for school. I remember I that I wasn't able to get the wifi card to work with Linux so I ended up getting an external card. It likely is different now and I have a proper desktop, but the experience was rough and I'm not eager to repeat it, lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh I remember those days. Having to find an extracted windows driver and using ndiswrapper to patch it in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That, and I'm just proficient enough with computers to fuck shit up.