- A new patch is being quietly pushed to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs
- It’ll force upgrades in certain circumstances to keep the PC in support
- This update will mean more nag prompts coming to your PC
Why are they pushing so hard for people to upgrade? I don’t understand
How is it gonna nag me to upgrade to Windows 11 when I don’t have a TPM?
I’d love to upgrade, the system is completely capable of running it, but because it doesn’t have a useless bit of hardware I can’t. Fuck em.
as per usual, Microsoft remains the biggest advertiser to Linux
And when you try to install, they’ll say “no you can’t, get a new computer”
Microsoft is really in to the Year of Linux Desktop thing
Anyone know where I can buy a gaming PC with linux preinstalled instead of windows?
I have a system76 machine. It’s been really good with steam. Or a steam deck, it’s just a PC.
Their laptops are not worth it if I’m honest. They have issues with the hinges. I had two of them give out. They use a very cheap plastic. But you are guaranteed no driver issues if you use PoPOS on their own machines.
Just build one, cheaper to boot.
Yeah, you buy a gaming PC with Windows and you insert a USB stick and install Linux. Otherwise, you’ll be paying a high premium for a company that does basically the same thing. Things to look out for are try to find a PC with Intel networking and bluetooth adapters. Realtek is relatively well supported, but has been known to have issues.
If gaming is top priority. Go all amd, disregard Nvidia. AMD has extraordinary linux support and if it runs on the steam deck it will run on any all AMD machine.
True, but Nvidia has come a long way and I believe announced support in the recent months, but don’t quote me on the last part. I have a desk and laptop both with Nvidia GPUs, and I don’t have any issues. Wayland did not work until 4-6 months ago, but everything is pretty stable now.
My biggest fear is that so far Nvidia has a track record of introducing regressions and new bugs with each new driver version. Just a week ago all my flatpaks weren’t working on Wayland, again. It happens almost with every single update. Some games that are native or platinum randomly stop working and it takes several updates before they start working again. While on AMD everything just works all the time and regressions are solved in a day not weeks. It’s just annoying.
That’s fair. My next build will be AMD. I only switched to Linux the past December, and I already had my gear, so it is what it is for now. Further, my case is too small for new GPUs, so I’m riding my 2080ti to the end.
Build one!
I built one — took about 4 hours once all the parts arrived. My first build. Installed Linux Mint from a flash drive and it worked perfectly. Ended up switching to Zorin OS later — also works fine.
I have been able to play every game I wanted, except one requiring a VR headset.
System76, tuxedo computers or for handheld a steam deck
Steam deck maybe
System76, Dell, HP.
That said, I feel it’s very worth taking an evening to backup and install yourself
Is there anyway to permanently stop windows from updating? I tried few methods off YT but updates do not stop.
(No, don’t recommend me Linux. I have tried it(Mint and Manjaro) and it is way out of my skillset)
I’m glad to see someone not downvoted for refusing to use Linux on Lemmy. The environment here is getting better for even non-linux users.
No, don’t recommend me Linux
Ok, ok… Get a mac 🤣
Brb ordering a big mac
Get a royal with cheese instead.
Absolutely, yes, I’ve had it disabled since the first W10 feature update. It gets harder with every new release, but it is doable.
You need to manually disable these services with Regedit
-Update Orchestrator (UsoSvc)
-Windows Update Medic Service (WaaSMedicSvc)
-Windows Update (wuauserv)
-Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate + edgeupdatem)
-Microsoft Edge Elevation Service (MicrosoftEdgeElevationService)
Then you need to go into Task Scheduler and disable all the tasks under the services listed above. I’d also suggest not using Edge, as it will now aggressively repair Windows Update, even with all this stuff disabled.
Thanks man, will try these out.
you could always just find the folder windows update lives in and change the permissions so the system can’t access it.
If they keep this up when are they going to offer to buy me a new PC for the new OS?
Yes, it’ll be part of the subscription package. Similar to your phone.
I actually had a nightmare last night that my computer updated itself to some horrid version of windows and I spent it all frantically looking for my windows 7 ISO and keygen among old backups to blow it away and start again.
We’ll see. I’ve set the Group policy to limit feature updates to Win 10 22H2. I will be unhappy if they over-ride or reset a GPO.
I’m going to upgrade to Ubuntu
its bad enough i have to constantly kill the oobe crap every few minutes. glad i dont have that to pile on
Until the AI stuff I would have loved to get an upgrade. Now… Not so much. And good thing my computer doesn’t qualify due to their arbitrary standards.
Genuine question: why not try Linux? You’ll continue to get updates without the nagware. There are very few games I play that cant run on proton at this point.
Multiplayer gaming. I love games like Foxhole and they usually have a bit of trouble on Linux.
Took me a second to realize she wasn’t incarcerated.
Glad I switched to fedora
