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My recommendation is to completely avoid Windows 10, unless you are a heavy PC gamer. In which case you'll need it eventually for DirectX 12. If you are a PC g
by ionised 11y ago
My recommendation is to completely avoid Windows 10, unless you are a heavy PC gamer. In which case you'll need it eventually for DirectX 12.
If you are a PC gamer then install Windows 10 and use only a local account, disable all of its cloud integration, disable all the telemetry and logging and use a third party firewall to block anything else that the OS options do not let you disable.
Then use another machine with another operating system like Linux that doesn't behave like it owns you and your entire system, for all your other personal/professional computing needs.
- MichaelGG 11y agoI'll end up on W10 as it seems inevitable. Mostly I want it as a VMware "KVM mode" (fullscreen, takes over all input) host, due to Windows having better driver, power, and suspend/resume support. I'd love to run VMware directly on Linux but don't like the idea of dicking with drivers for even two hours.
- ossreality 11y agoOh come off of it. I have installed Linux on dozens of different hardware SKUs in the last three years and never spent a second thinking about drivers other than whether to install xf86-video-intel or xf86-video-ati Besides, you can choose your hardware for both battery life and linux hardware compatibility. Both my Chromebook Pixel 2015 and Thinkpad Carbon X1 (3rd gen) have equal Linux/Windows battery life. The Pixel regularly lasts 6 hours even when doing dev work. Runs windows perfectly under libvirtd. It's so strange and annoying to keep hearing these 10 year old Linux memes repeated all the damn time.
- bostonvaulter2 11y agoAre there any good guides for this?