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In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

You can also use a post-install “Playbook” to rip all the adware and spyware out of Windows

Does that actually persist across forced updates? I know they've been known to re-install things on updates before.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Most disable Windows Updates for that reason, afaik? You can manually patch security updates without getting automatic updates, I think.

    I don't really care about Windows Updates for my use case since it's just a VM and I know how to prevent most virus vectors anyway, but yes; there are major trade-offs to "debloating" Windows.

    In the longer term, I want to try getting all my must-have apps for work running in browser apps or compatibility layers so I can just stay in Linux.

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