I find this mildly infuriating, I only use Windows for work, I even personally purchased Windows 11. Local account and disabled as much as I could. I personally do not like Windows or Windows in general.

Well, now I do an update and they throw this up like I need to walk thru these steps (again). Not even a “Skip”/“Don’t remind me again”. Windows is not what it used to be and after disabling half the Microsoft stuff I’d expect not to be bothered again. It’s really a built in ad more then anything.

2023-08 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5029351)

  • dan@upvote.auEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m really considering switching back to Linux. I don’t really play PC games any more - I don’t have time for many games and just use my Xbox now. I do often use Visual Studio, and occasionally use LaunchBox’s “BigBox” on my TV, but I could always just dual-boot. Most of the other things I do are available on Linux.

    The last time I used Linux on desktop was around 2007-2008, when I dual-booted Windows XP and Ubuntu 6.06. It’d be interesting to see how much it’s improved since then. I’ve been using Debian on servers for over 20 years though, so I’m familiar with Linux administration.

    • faith@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Vast majority of games work just fine on linux, can’t say for launchbox (looks like just a game launcher, if so, you can use Steam Big Picture mode, even for non-steam games, emulators etc.)

      Visual Studio does not work, but if you’re a C# developer, there are cross-platform alternatives like VSCode and Rider.

      Note: probably don’t use Ubuntu if you’re trying to escape a corproation dictacting how to use your computer though

      • dan@upvote.auEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Note: probably don’t use Ubuntu if you’re trying to escape a corproation dictacting how to use your computer though

        Honestly I’d probably just run Debian. All the hardware on my desktop PC is a few years old now so I’m not too worried about compatibility issues. I’ve heard that Linux Mint is good too?

        Visual Studio does not work, but if you’re a C# developer, there are cross-platform alternatives like VSCode and Rider.

        I’m considering trying Rider. I really like ReSharper and know that a lot of its refactorings are included in Rider too.

        VS Code is great too. For personal projects, I actually use VS Code and Visual Studio at the same time - VS Code for frontend JS, and Visual Studio for backend C#.

        can’t say for launchbox (looks like just a game launcher, if so, you can use Steam Big Picture mode, even for non-steam games, emulators etc.)

        I have a bunch of games in it, for example the whole library of NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, etc. games. It’s a nice interface for launching them. Maybe there’s an equivalent that runs on Linux, otherwise I could add just the emulators to Steam.

        • faith@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          There’s also RetroArch, though can be a little pain to setup.

    • speaker_hat@lemmy.oneEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Congrats on the consideration pal.

      I use Ubuntu for my personal desktop and work desktop, and it works smoothly without “Microsoft surprises” like this post. I also don’t game in PC.

      Want to make an easier move? If your Windows is EUFI boot, shrink your Windows partition in half, and on the other half install Ubuntu.

      Then you can slowly, in your own pase, start doing more things in the Ubuntu partition, until you’ll find yourself not using the Windows partition anymore.

      Not happy? Just remove the Ubuntu partition afterwards, and go back to Windows.