I mean, 10 minutes is pretty optimistic even for a relatively savy user. It took me somewhere around an hour to find and fix everything. On the other hand, it took me and a bunch of people on the Linux support subreddit around 20 hours of troubleshooting to get Linux into a mostly functional state on my PC, at which point I and everyone else had given up, so…
Its been nearly two years since then though, and given what a nightmare Windows 11 is, I guess I’ll have to give it another shot.
That is like saying 10 minutes isn’t even enough to read all the different distros names, let alone pick one. It misses the point.
I can debloat a computer in less than 10 minutes because I do it often when installing a computer for a user. Just run a script that completely removes packages that aren’t needed on work computers.
2 weeks? More like 10 mins…
I mean, 10 minutes is pretty optimistic even for a relatively savy user. It took me somewhere around an hour to find and fix everything. On the other hand, it took me and a bunch of people on the Linux support subreddit around 20 hours of troubleshooting to get Linux into a mostly functional state on my PC, at which point I and everyone else had given up, so…
Its been nearly two years since then though, and given what a nightmare Windows 11 is, I guess I’ll have to give it another shot.
Nah, it isn’t optimistic.
If you install Windows enough, you just get yourself an install script that disables all the things you don’t want.
Running that script takes less than 10 minutes. I know because I use it often.
Until the next re-bloating update where your settings get reverted and services re-installed.
Being good at de-bloating (as you may very well be to do that in a few minutes!) is an anti-skill that shouldn’t have to exist.
Nowadays there are several tools where you tick options and do it in one click.
Too bad I forgot which tool did which debloat and couldn’t re-enable the firewall service to get Windows update working again
Reinstalling Windows is a generations-honored ritual.
As a Windows user, I’ve had this problem with Firefox browser a number of times, and never with Widows.
LibreWolf to the rescue
Let their devs do the work for you
I’m not sure if these devs have the same priorities as me D:
@antonim by default this file manager wipes $HOME when it is closed.
I’ve no idea what that means but ok
10 minutes is enough only for “Oh, that’s too difficult, let’s pretend that I’m content with Windows as it is”
That is like saying 10 minutes isn’t even enough to read all the different distros names, let alone pick one. It misses the point.
I can debloat a computer in less than 10 minutes because I do it often when installing a computer for a user. Just run a script that completely removes packages that aren’t needed on work computers.