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I booted up Windows this weekend, and immediately was forced to login to my MS account, and it attempted to change my default browser. The solution was to reboot, pick Ubuntu from the Grub menu and to then delete the Windows partition and give the space to Ubuntu. I'm tired of fighting with computers I own that don't work for me.

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This has been my response as well. I now understand why it's so important to contribute to free culture--whether operating systems or hardware. (Related aside: I'm very excited to be installing Pop!_OS on a frame.work laptop in a couple of weeks. I know it won't be perfect, but as a software engineer I intend to contribute to making things closer to perfect).

I’ve been using PopOS for work and leisure and I’d say it’s closer to (my version of) perfect than mac or windows! Firstly, it’s super fast and snappy compared to windows on the same hardware (or the best Intel MBP available). And secondly, software support is really good these days, at least for my use case! (Web dev + gaming)

Have you tried LTSC? It's a feature-stripped version of windows 10, which is far more user-friendly simply because it doesn't try to do much at all, while still providing security updates. I'm no expert and licensing is a bit complicated, but if you want a workable windows 10 environment I couldn't recommend it more highly.

As soon as enough of you switch to LTSC, Microsoft will start doing his there. The only way to win is not to play.

I don't think so. MS documentation references this article -https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/l...

which states "The Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) is designed for Windows 10 devices and use cases where the key requirement is that functionality and features don’t change over time. Examples include medical systems (such as those used for MRI and CAT scans), industrial process controllers, and air traffic control devices."

I know MS can behave like the bad guy at times, but "disabled hospital and air traffic control equipment" isn't the kind of bad any company intentionally aims for.

If it caught on, and everyone started using it?

They absolutely would.

It’s not going to catch on. Everyone in HN could switch and MS wouldn’t notice. Normal consumers don’t care enough to not submit to normal windows.

Depends on how valuable that grouo becomes. Regular users maybe dont influence as strongly? Maybe educated users are a bigger threat to other parts of their market?

Better to switch to something that respects your time.

> Have you tried LTSC?

No, I haven't. Sounds like an improvement. Regular Windows 10 is trying way too hard, and I think somewhere lots it's compass. The P in PC stands for something really important.

Is that available to for private use without monthly or yearly fees?

The only reason I use Windows is to play games. So I don't mind any BS microsoft throws at me, because it is just ignored

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