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Re:Creating my awesome Windows 10 dev setup by temporallobe on Saturday January 30, 2021 @09:30AM (#25969339)
I will never willingly use Windows 10 as my primary OS. Forced updates killed it for me. Don’t get me wrong, I actually prefer Windows as an OS over macOS in some ways, but the update policies do not leave you in control of your own system. The nail in the coffin was around 3 years ago when right in the middle of a recording session, Windows forced an update despite my best attempts at delaying and stopping it. The next day I backed up all my data and installed Mint and never looked back. Perhaps this was an overreaction, but I don’t regret it. I am glad I did this because I bought a macbook and discovered the word of mac-based DAWs and I am extremely thrilled, though I am fearful that one day macOS will become Windows-like in its system policies. And then life will suck.
Re:Creating my awesome Windows 10 dev setup by temeritatis on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:59PM (#25971264)
Best thing i ever did; https://udse.de/reboot-blocker The website is in German, but it really works, in contrast to a hundred other hacks to achieve this. Truthfully tho, Windows 10 is IMHO a joke. They could just have continued polishing windows 7 and i would personally have been pretty happy. I suspect i'm not alone in thinking this way.
Re:Creating my awesome Windows 10 dev setup by pacamara619 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @09:41AM (#25969428)
Inb4 "you can disable automatic updates with these simple 4327 registry hacks and 322 group policies"
Re:Creating my awesome Windows 10 dev setup by doublerabbit on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:40AM (#25970493)
Until that one update you do install reverts all those changes...