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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by llm_trw on Saturday June 22, 2024 @05:24AM (#40757622)
Or you can just use Linux.
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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by speff on Saturday June 22, 2024 @05:52AM (#40757730)
I love fighting my libinput drivers every time I update. And lately the driver for my laptop keyboard is suddenly crashing without warning prompting a hard reboot every time. This was not an issue prior to a few months ago.

Linux software is not immune to frustrating changes

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by bitcharmer on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:11AM (#40758109)
It's amazing how I've been running Linux as my daily driver for 20+ years and never had problems other people raise about Linux drivers.
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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by sseagull on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:44AM (#40757952)
The upgrade to KDE 6 (and switching to Wayland) has been particularly painful for me lately. Lots of bugs and stuff not working correctly (like zoom).

So yeah, Linux is not a refuge either.

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by mixmastamyk on Sunday June 23, 2024 @11:01PM (#40772380)
It's not a refuge from issues, true. But it's a refuge from deliberate issues.
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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by sneak on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:30AM (#40758214)
You still have to turn off ads and tracking in firefox.
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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by llm_trw on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:44AM (#40758307)
I don't since I use debian.
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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by sneak on Saturday June 22, 2024 @08:37AM (#40758687)
AIUI Firefox on debian still has telemetry and phone-home on by default.
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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by matthews2 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @10:43AM (#40759458)
The Debian Firefox package ships a config with most of that disabled by default: https://wiki.debian.org/Firefox#Disabling_automatic_connecti...
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