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How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11
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Author : mariuz
Score : 13 points
Date : 2025-11-08 21:36 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| frameset wrote:
| Whilst I appreciate you _can_ do this, and some people have
| programs they need Windows for, I am sick of fighting my OS.
|
| One thing I realised when I switched to desktop Linux was just
| how quiet it was.
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| It just sits there until I want to do something. It doesn't try
| and trick me into changing my default browser, or put adverts in
| my program launcher, or harvest my data.
|
| It just runs my programs when I ask it to.
| ryandrake wrote:
| I'm tired of fighting my software in general, not just my OS. I
| only _wish_ it was as easy to "declutter, quiet down, and take
| the AI out of" my other software as it apparently is to do with
| Windows. I'm tired of all the pushiness, nudging, pressuring,
| and coercion. Software products should not be trying to change
| my behavior.
| exe34 wrote:
| I feel like that also happens on Linux tbh. Gnome has very
| specific ideas of how everything should be, and anything they
| let you do through plugins today, they will take away
| tomorrow.
|
| Of course, you have the option of not using gnome. I myself
| use xmonad and don't bother with desktop environments
| anymore.
| sharts wrote:
| Probably better by now to just drop windows. Other ecosystems
| seem fairly mature by now and running the one off windows
| application when necessary seems to be getting easier all the
| time.
| moepstar wrote:
| Indeed, leaving Windows behind for the odd application is easy.
|
| With the depreciation of my late 2017 Intel iMac 5k incoming, i
| however wonder how to ditch macOS for Linux and keep the one
| odd Mac App I kinda depend on - ideas welcome!
|
| If you're wondering, the App is MoneyMoney and keeps track of
| all bank accounts automatically, sorts all spendings into
| categories etc.
|
| There simply seems to be no equivalent, and running Mac Apps on
| Linux just doesn't seem to be a thing yet (at least in a half-
| viable way I know of, and yes, I at least read about Darling).
|
| Again, if anyone does have a pointer (running macOS
| virtualized? What's the status there?) would be much
| appreciated..
| doublerabbit wrote:
| I've used Revision [0] which tightly strips Microsoft rubbish out
| of the OS on my mother's new build. Rather then relying on GitHub
| PowerShell scripts
|
| I was skeptical at first but after having a phone call with her
| today and telling me it just works. That made me happy
|
| [0] https://www.revi.cc/
| awesomeusername wrote:
| I've been Linux only for around 15 years personally, but I don't
| push it on others.
|
| A few weeks ago I told the company our few Windows machines are
| going to be sunset-ted. No push back (other than a request to
| have one for the odd thing - but will do that in a VM. Even the
| devs who have always been on Windows are up for it.
|
| At home my kids use computers for playing and making games.
| Windows was the path of least resistance. I realized it'll make
| essentially no difference to them to switch to Linux. And boy do
| kids adapt quickly.
|
| So thanks MS, sincerely. I've never both worked and lived
| completely Windows free, but your encouragement to drop Windows
| has made me realize how painless it is, and I should have done it
| years ago.
|
| Edit: One guy is on mac. And always will be. No issue there IMHO
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