I installed Linux mint on an old computer about a year ago and have been getting along well with it. I really need to get away from globohomo software. I just found that Microsoft changes your privacy settings back to default after major updates. I don't suppose this should be a surprise for a company that wanted to bring us the clot shot.
@SamHarris i ripped out all the guts related to windows defender and i have a firewall that blocks the background services(like windows update) so i update only when "I" want. so far no problems. but i will definitely not be going to w11. i will either survive until w12 and see how it fares or move to linux as well. gaming is now possible, i no longer need adobe sw so i should be fine. i think that microsoft windows will lose its prime one day, just like google will lose the android market.
@Justicar I don't see how W12 will be any better regards privacy. It's only going to get worse with anything globohomo related.
@SamHarris there is a chance they will get too much backlash about the spying and technical issue whilst also seeing plummeting sales, which might prompt them to take a different direction and turn w11 into another windows millennium, windows 8, windows longhorn, windows vista. it's not like all their windows verisons were a success. actually it is the opposite - win95, win95, win2k(servers), win xp, win 7, win 10 were only successful windows. so their success rate is about 50:50.
@Justicar Some governments have stopped using it
@SamHarris i know there is a bit of push away from microsoft in the east due to sanctions. i know linus has banned russian programmers from kernel and that chinese are making their own OSs, harmony seems to be the most advanced right now. but i think the days of windows monopoly are over. though i do not expect Linux to be the winner as it is the gnu principle that makes is unusable for the masses. there needs to be centralisation and one driving force. which there never will be.
@SamHarris actually i would like if FreeBSD would become the new alt OS as that is a full system("distribution"), unlike linux. so everything is included and works flawlessly. there is a ton of money being poured into server versions(netflix for example) and sony uses it in playstation and they too sponsor a lot of money.
@SamHarris https://www.ghacks.net/2025/08/27/your-word-documents-will-be-saved-to-the-cloud-automatically-on-windows-going-forward/ they just keep digging the hole deeper and deeper