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Re:The woes of Windows 10 by nisa on Thursday February 02, 2017 @05:52PM (#13555724)
I'm most of the time using Linux but Windows 10 is quite fast and usable if you are willing to do the dance to check all privacy settings and clean the Start Menu of the spam.

I don't use an online id for logging in and use this tool to fix privacy settings: https://modzero.github.io/fix-windows-privacy/ (read the fine print, it's quite invasive!) there are powershell scripts for cleaning the start menu - I don't have a link handy, sorry.

After doing this it's a great system! Even Edge is somewhat usable if you install uBlock Origin (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/ublock-origin/9nblgg...)

However most regular users are stuck with the shiny and annonying defaults that make you feel you handed over your machine to Microsoft to show you annoying ads.

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Re:The woes of Windows 10 by windows10rules on Thursday February 02, 2017 @07:50PM (#13556629)
After neutering all the new "features" it's a GREAT system!

Really!

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Re:The woes of Windows 10 by SCdF on Thursday February 02, 2017 @08:57PM (#13556991)
Shrug. I have to do the same thing in OSX. Every major update I google what's changed and then disable 90% of it. In what world do I want Siri on my laptop…
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Re:The woes of Windows 10 by peatmoss on Thursday February 02, 2017 @09:08PM (#13557032)
Same here, a couple years back I decided the effort needed to build linux up was less than the effort to tear OS X, Windows down. The end state is a little more customized to my prefs too.
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