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Turn it all off then. It took me about 20 minutes of configuring Windows to turn off every single thing you mentioned. You do have search without Cortana. You

Turn it all off then. It took me about 20 minutes of configuring Windows to turn off every single thing you mentioned. You do have search without Cortana. You are incorrect. I use it every day. Stop spreading false information. Honestly, I would hate my Mac and Linux boxes too if I had no clue how to configure them the way that I want. Perhaps you should learn how to configure things properly. Then you can stop complaining.

shakna 10y ago
It takes me less. But after every update, it's back. How would you feel if every security update wiped your crontab? To revert to legacy search functionality, you need to disable search indexing as well as Cortana's services and regkeys. So, possible, if difficult. Sorry I got it wrong. Neither OSX nor any Linux distro I've used intentially bypasses my config by reactivating disabled services, or modifying my rc files any time I update.
- WayneBro 10y ago
  Sounds like you did something wrong. All the things I configured did not come back. Maybe you should just learn how to do it properly.
  - shakna 10y ago
    First, stating that others are doing wrong, is kinda a dick move. You're screwing over a large proportion of users who can't configure, even if it's in control panel. Ignoring them, is just bad practice. Secondly, if there is such a great way of configuring things, where is it documented? SysV, systemd, cron, and every other utility that arrives with a Linux distro has some decent documentation. Apple hosts their own as well. Where is Microsoft's guide to permanently disabling Cortana?
    - WayneBro 10y ago
      > First, stating that others are doing wrong, is kinda a dick move. Oh give me a break. It does sound like you did something wrong. And that's exactly what I said: "Sounds like you did something wrong". Stop taking offense at things that are not offensive. I'd love to see users that can't figure out the control panel try to use Linux. I'd also pay to see them try to do anything on their Mac that Apple didn't want to let them do. Haha good one.
    - ac29 10y ago
      I've never seen anything I disabled turn itself back on after updates (major or minor) either, but in addition to turning things off during the initial Win10 install/upgrade, I also used ShutUp10 [0]. [0] https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
Yetanfou 10y ago
Turn it all off then. It took me about 20 minutes of configuring Windows to turn off every single thing you mentioned. It takes me less time to install and configure Linux (Debian/*buntu/Mint/etc, some take longer due to their intentionally sparse design). Once configured they tend to be rather trouble-free. OK, I had to edit some lines in APT's sources.list when Ubuntu relegated 10.04 to the archives, but that was it - two lines to edit for a distribution which has been running for more than 6.5 years. The machines are used by children, by computer-hostile veterinarians, by pensioners... so I think Linux can be declared ready for the desktop. Windows 10 on the other hand should go back to school to learn some manners.
- WayneBro 10y ago
  > It takes me less time to install and configure Linux...Once configured they tend to be rather trouble-free. Lies. > ...so I think Linux can be declared ready for the desktop. The rest of the world disagrees with you.
  - Yetanfou 10y ago
    Lies What an insightful comment. Why would this be a lie? Instead of uttering a single word may I suggest you try it out for yourself first? The rest of the world disagrees with you. No, only those who are still stuck in the past. That does not mean that the whole world suddenly will start to use Linux (even though the whole world, or at least those who use anything remotely computer-related actually _do_ use Linux in some way or another but that is besides the point) but what it does mean is that Linux - in some of its many guises - is actually as 'ready for the desktop' (a vague term if anything) as the commercial alternatives. Maybe not for your specific desktop? Could be, but that does not negate the fact that it is ready.

shakna 10y ago

It takes me less. But after every update, it's back. How would you feel if every security update wiped your crontab? To revert to legacy search functionality, you need to disable search indexing as well as Cortana's services and regkeys. So, possible, if difficult. Sorry I got it wrong. Neither OSX nor any Linux distro I've used intentially bypasses my config by reactivating disabled services, or modifying my rc files any time I update.

WayneBro 10y ago
Sounds like you did something wrong. All the things I configured did not come back. Maybe you should just learn how to do it properly.
- shakna 10y ago
  First, stating that others are doing wrong, is kinda a dick move. You're screwing over a large proportion of users who can't configure, even if it's in control panel. Ignoring them, is just bad practice. Secondly, if there is such a great way of configuring things, where is it documented? SysV, systemd, cron, and every other utility that arrives with a Linux distro has some decent documentation. Apple hosts their own as well. Where is Microsoft's guide to permanently disabling Cortana?
  - WayneBro 10y ago
    > First, stating that others are doing wrong, is kinda a dick move. Oh give me a break. It does sound like you did something wrong. And that's exactly what I said: "Sounds like you did something wrong". Stop taking offense at things that are not offensive. I'd love to see users that can't figure out the control panel try to use Linux. I'd also pay to see them try to do anything on their Mac that Apple didn't want to let them do. Haha good one.
  - ac29 10y ago
    I've never seen anything I disabled turn itself back on after updates (major or minor) either, but in addition to turning things off during the initial Win10 install/upgrade, I also used ShutUp10 [0]. [0] https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

Yetanfou 10y ago

Turn it all off then. It took me about 20 minutes of configuring Windows to turn off every single thing you mentioned. It takes me less time to install and configure Linux (Debian/*buntu/Mint/etc, some take longer due to their intentionally sparse design). Once configured they tend to be rather trouble-free. OK, I had to edit some lines in APT's sources.list when Ubuntu relegated 10.04 to the archives, but that was it - two lines to edit for a distribution which has been running for more than 6.5 years. The machines are used by children, by computer-hostile veterinarians, by pensioners... so I think Linux can be declared ready for the desktop. Windows 10 on the other hand should go back to school to learn some manners.

WayneBro 10y ago
> It takes me less time to install and configure Linux...Once configured they tend to be rather trouble-free. Lies. > ...so I think Linux can be declared ready for the desktop. The rest of the world disagrees with you.
- Yetanfou 10y ago
  Lies What an insightful comment. Why would this be a lie? Instead of uttering a single word may I suggest you try it out for yourself first? The rest of the world disagrees with you. No, only those who are still stuck in the past. That does not mean that the whole world suddenly will start to use Linux (even though the whole world, or at least those who use anything remotely computer-related actually _do_ use Linux in some way or another but that is besides the point) but what it does mean is that Linux - in some of its many guises - is actually as 'ready for the desktop' (a vague term if anything) as the commercial alternatives. Maybe not for your specific desktop? Could be, but that does not negate the fact that it is ready.