It's getting to be about time that I replace the PC on my desk, the main one I use every single day. But Windows 10 is just SO frigging annoying! No control over updates, constantly sending telemetry, and the ads! My god, the ads!
But I figured, hey, I could just fix all that stuff, right? I know the updates can be, at best, deferred, but I generally want updates anyway, although I trust Windows 10 updates to be in my best interest a WHOLE LOT LESS than I did with any previous version of Windows. So I thought I'd start with the ads. A Google search took me to this page: https://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to-disable-all-of-windows-10s-built-in-advertising/
I started browsing through it. TWELVE SECTIONS! There are TWELVE SECTIONS to remove ads from different parts of Windows. And that's just the FIRST annoying thing I had to fix!
I don't think I can do it. I don't think I can use Windows 10 without rage-quitting computers altogether. I have been known to rage-quit Linux before too, but at least with Linux I know that I can change ANYTHING I don't like. I may have to learn to code to do it, but it can be done. And since Windows 7 won't work with 7th (or 8th) gen processors, it's Windows 8.1 (which I hate even worse, but which can at least be tamed a little), Windows 10 or "not Windows". I think I'm going to have to go with "not Windows".
The thing is, I actually hate Linux. Can't stand it. It is the dumbest OS I've ever used. You have to use the command prompt for EVERYTHING and that is stupid in the 21st century. Computers aren't made from rocks and twigs any more. The command prompt should be dead. But Linux geeks who actually write the software can't get enough of it. And I understand. It's powerful. But how about a frigging context menu here and there? That is JUST as powerful for most common things. But I think I actually hate Linux less than Windows 10, and by a LOT. Maybe at first I'll do a second HD with Windows 8.1 or something. I have a code for that I never used. That way I don't spend 2 days Googleing the sixteen-mile-long command to do something which should be stupid-simple, like mounting a drive or changing the screen resolution when I really need to get it done so that I can move forward in the day's work.
Definitely won't do a dual boot. Only 3 things in the world can remove the Linux bootloader. They are the Linux installer, writing 0s to the hard drive and Windows Updates.
Ah, thinking of Linux takes me back. Dual boot system, first Linux install, wanted to mount the Windows partition. Did you know that the command "mkdosfs" not only is NOT the command you use to mount a DOS partition, it will also DESTROY a DOS partition in less time than it takes the neurons in your brain to say, "Wait...Should I have pressed Enter before thinking about that a little longer?"
But I figured, hey, I could just fix all that stuff, right? I know the updates can be, at best, deferred, but I generally want updates anyway, although I trust Windows 10 updates to be in my best interest a WHOLE LOT LESS than I did with any previous version of Windows. So I thought I'd start with the ads. A Google search took me to this page: https://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to-disable-all-of-windows-10s-built-in-advertising/
I started browsing through it. TWELVE SECTIONS! There are TWELVE SECTIONS to remove ads from different parts of Windows. And that's just the FIRST annoying thing I had to fix!
I don't think I can do it. I don't think I can use Windows 10 without rage-quitting computers altogether. I have been known to rage-quit Linux before too, but at least with Linux I know that I can change ANYTHING I don't like. I may have to learn to code to do it, but it can be done. And since Windows 7 won't work with 7th (or 8th) gen processors, it's Windows 8.1 (which I hate even worse, but which can at least be tamed a little), Windows 10 or "not Windows". I think I'm going to have to go with "not Windows".
The thing is, I actually hate Linux. Can't stand it. It is the dumbest OS I've ever used. You have to use the command prompt for EVERYTHING and that is stupid in the 21st century. Computers aren't made from rocks and twigs any more. The command prompt should be dead. But Linux geeks who actually write the software can't get enough of it. And I understand. It's powerful. But how about a frigging context menu here and there? That is JUST as powerful for most common things. But I think I actually hate Linux less than Windows 10, and by a LOT. Maybe at first I'll do a second HD with Windows 8.1 or something. I have a code for that I never used. That way I don't spend 2 days Googleing the sixteen-mile-long command to do something which should be stupid-simple, like mounting a drive or changing the screen resolution when I really need to get it done so that I can move forward in the day's work.
Definitely won't do a dual boot. Only 3 things in the world can remove the Linux bootloader. They are the Linux installer, writing 0s to the hard drive and Windows Updates.
Ah, thinking of Linux takes me back. Dual boot system, first Linux install, wanted to mount the Windows partition. Did you know that the command "mkdosfs" not only is NOT the command you use to mount a DOS partition, it will also DESTROY a DOS partition in less time than it takes the neurons in your brain to say, "Wait...Should I have pressed Enter before thinking about that a little longer?"
However there are games and stuff pinned by default in the start menu but I never see that since I using Classic shell or startisback. I think I want to buy another startisback license since its start menu looks native.
