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This reads like dealing with a hardware compromised machine. At some point, why even bother?

encryptluks2 5y ago
From what I gather, Microsoft gets OEM info from UEFI and lets OEM manufacturers use that to provide software/drivers via Windows Update. In this instance, it kept rolling back the integrated Radeon driver directly from AMD to one that the OEM provided that was over a year old.
KronisLV 5y ago
> At some point, why even bother? Because a lot of people: - don't care about their privacy and spyware (a non-insignificant chunk of the populace, even i'm growing weary after decades of surveillance attempts) - don't know any better (perhaps the majority of the consumerbase) - only have certain software available on Windows (e.g. MobaXTerm, or have something like Sony Vegas fit their workflow and don't have the desire to change) - don't know how to use the alternative OSes well, or have bad experiences with them (Linux driver installation, anyone?) - feel like that's a fair tradeoff to make for being able to run their favourite entertainment software or video games (Proton will probably eventually be good enough, but yet doesn't have 100% coverage, which currently isn't enough to sway everyone) Personally, i just run a dual boot setup with Windows 10 (since it seems marginally less horrible than 11 for the time being) for playing legacy games and using the software that i like, and Linux Mint (or Ubuntu, or Debian, depending on the mood/year) for development stuff. Honestly, Linux is probably the better platform for many other things, everything from privacy to development (how it works with Docker and other *nix software is especially nice, no need for weird mapping, WSL/WSL2, MinGW or any other weirdness on Windows), but for a variety of reasons the adoption remains low. That said, i actually recently wrote about some of my frustrations as a part of my blog article, "On technological illiteracy", which ended up talking a bit more about the driver issues and hardware support: https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/on-technological-illiteracy https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/on-technological-illiteracy Let's just hope that things continue improving in the coming decades!
brnt 5y ago
Thats how I treat any new device: compromised, by the manufacturer.

From what I gather, Microsoft gets OEM info from UEFI and lets OEM manufacturers use that to provide software/drivers via Windows Update. In this instance, it kept rolling back the integrated Radeon driver directly from AMD to one that the OEM provided that was over a year old.

KronisLV 5y ago

> At some point, why even bother? Because a lot of people: - don't care about their privacy and spyware (a non-insignificant chunk of the populace, even i'm growing weary after decades of surveillance attempts) - don't know any better (perhaps the majority of the consumerbase) - only have certain software available on Windows (e.g. MobaXTerm, or have something like Sony Vegas fit their workflow and don't have the desire to change) - don't know how to use the alternative OSes well, or have bad experiences with them (Linux driver installation, anyone?) - feel like that's a fair tradeoff to make for being able to run their favourite entertainment software or video games (Proton will probably eventually be good enough, but yet doesn't have 100% coverage, which currently isn't enough to sway everyone) Personally, i just run a dual boot setup with Windows 10 (since it seems marginally less horrible than 11 for the time being) for playing legacy games and using the software that i like, and Linux Mint (or Ubuntu, or Debian, depending on the mood/year) for development stuff. Honestly, Linux is probably the better platform for many other things, everything from privacy to development (how it works with Docker and other *nix software is especially nice, no need for weird mapping, WSL/WSL2, MinGW or any other weirdness on Windows), but for a variety of reasons the adoption remains low. That said, i actually recently wrote about some of my frustrations as a part of my blog article, "On technological illiteracy", which ended up talking a bit more about the driver issues and hardware support: https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/on-technological-illiteracy https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/on-technological-illiteracy Let's just hope that things continue improving in the coming decades!

brnt 5y ago

Thats how I treat any new device: compromised, by the manufacturer.