How many people using Windows 10 in here?

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jackdanielsesq
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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#41 Post by jackdanielsesq »

Spoken like a real man .... :number1:

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Jack


Mauser wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 6:36 am Not me. It was because of Windows 10 that I switch from using Windows to using Linux 100% of the time back in September 2015.

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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#42 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

I've just bought a new ThinkPad E485 (Ryzen ftw!) and it has Win10 preinstalled, Lenovo didn't give me the option not to.

I was going to keep it because I've already paid for it and I'm using this machine for games but I've run the benchmark map for CS:GO[1], Windows averaged 56 frames per second but Debian buster managed 70 FPS :happy:

Using the operating system for even a brief period frustrates me massively and the EULA is scary — you basically have to agree that Microsoft has access to any data and any input on the machine :eek:

So I think I will wipe it soon...
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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#43 Post by jackdanielsesq »

More real-men here .... :number1:

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Jack
Head_on_a_Stick wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 12:15 pm

.......

Using the operating system for even a brief period frustrates me massively and the EULA is scary — you basically have to agree that Microsoft has access to any data and any input on the machine :eek:

So I think I will wipe it soon...

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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#44 Post by wulf »

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The only reason I have Win10 is to update my Garmin and one other thing I do for the DW (that's Dear Wife) that I've done once a while back and can not, now, remember what it was.

The Server (it's actually 2016, not 2012) is because I'm working on my Server 2016 MCSA and I downloaded the ISO from MS to build a lab environment the work through issues I don't understand - there's a lot of those!

So, 99+% of my time at home (time at work doesn't count - I have no control over that) is spent in MX.
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That was the only thing I missed having windows for, so when I wiped it from the hard drive, I was having to use a friends laptop to update the Garmin. Then I downloaded "Here" maps to my mobile / cell phone, and never looked back. The phone is about the same size as the Garmin screen, the maps are better and download much quicker, ( at least for the UK ), the navigation voice clearer, and the phone display is sharper and better overall, so a good solution for me, and no further need for reliance on Windows..

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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#45 Post by rs55 »

Bought a couple of Thinkpad x230s off ebay for $90/each. Needed some cleaning , replaced keyboard on one ( $35) and put in a beautiful IPS screen($70) on the one without IPS .
They came with win 10 pro installed.
Before doing anything else - I ran a windows update - with all the usual multiple failed updates etc etc - but it seemed to ultimately update itself to March 2018 level. And man was the GUI uggggllly!!
Then I disabled all updates, ran a script ( debloater) to get rid of all the bloatware ( there is plenty), installed classicshell ( so the start-menu looks like in win 7).
Then I ran O&O shutup - that further disables a bunch of telemetry and other crap.
Then I installed a few of the windows apps I have used for 20 years.
Then I put the thing in airplane mode - so it does'nt connect to the internet automatically.
I plan to leave win 10 in that state. To use in the rare ocassion I need windows for something ( most recently TurboTax).
It is a debloated, crippled windows 10 - Just the way I like it. It is strapped to a chair with its hands tied behind its back!!

Then I installed MX, as a dual boot. This is what I use 99% of the time.

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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#46 Post by KBD »

I do use Windows 10 at times. I have some writing software licenses for Windows. But it is slow, even with plenty of ram and an SSD it crawls compared to MX. I went for about 5 years Windows free, easy to do as Windows 8 was truly horrible. Windows 7 never interested me much. I moved to Linux during XP, which had some good points, but was a virus magnet. Linux gives you much more control of your hardware.

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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#47 Post by turtlebay777 »

I stopped using Windows when I bought a laptop with Win 7 pre-installed. Within five minutes (literally) Windows was history and Linux had replaced it (Mint back then!)

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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#48 Post by rootetsy »

I know this doesn't help you with the password problem but I thought I would answer the question in the title. Lol.

I haven't really used Windows in at least 10 years. Except for the occasional fixing of things on my Wife's computer that is.

Fortunately, I have a job that allows me to run Linux on my desktop and my job is managing Linux servers. Desktop has been MX for about 1 year now and most of the servers I manage are Centos. I prefer Debian myself but everyone wants to either use Centos/RHEL or Ubuntu ( UGH ).

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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#49 Post by NotTheUnsub »

I do use Windows 10 as my main computer. Main reasons due to familiarity and there are some programs (Garmin GPS updates, Turbotax Desktop version) which aren't in Linux. I do avoid using the tiles in Windows 10 start menu via a third party program that suppresses they tiles. Otherwise, they would drive me bonkers.

I use Linux on my laptops and there are certain programs work better than a Windows versioned program. One that comes to mind is SimpleScreenRecorder. I use that sometimes record livestreams and my Windows user friends think I have a magic touch of sort ;) .

As the saying goes. Whether Windows or Linux or some of both, "The right tool for the job".
Desktop: Win 10 Pro, Dell Optiplex 980 MT, i5 670, 3.45 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB SSHD
Laptop #1: MX-19(x64), Dell E5430, i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHZ, 8 GB RAM, 1TB Firecuda SSHD
Laptop #2: MX-19 (x64): Thinkpad T420s, i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 8GB RAM, 320 GB HDD

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Re: How many people using Windows 10 in here?

#50 Post by Gordon Cooper »

Never used Win 10. Have a copy 7 on my backup desktop, looked at it a couple of times but do not use it.
Backup: Dell9010, MX-19_B2, Win7, 120 SSD, WD 232GIB HD, 4GB RAM
Primary :Homebrew64 bit Intel duo core 2 GB RAM, 120 GB Kingston SSD, Seagate1TB.
MX-18.2 64bit. Also MX17, Kubuntu14.04 & Puppy 6.3.

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