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> Windows force-updated my If you don't like how your OS works, pick a different one.
by nik282000 4y ago
> Windows force-updated my
If you don't like how your OS works, pick a different one.
- lmm 4y agoIt's a monopoly.
- nik282000 4y agoUnless you are in a REALLY specific field (programming PLCs, interacting with weird hardware), everything is in a browser, an office suite or dev. You can stay corporate and run MacOS, or you could run Linux or BSD.
- mike741 4y agoThere are also bash scripts to stop Windows from force-updating. Its a lot less work than switching to an entirely new OS and doesn't require giving up video games. But if someone can afford to learn Linux, or any OS that doesn't force updates, then its probably better to do so in the long run.
- nik282000 4y agoWith Proton you can run a hell of a lot of your Steam library. It's far enough along that you don't need to be terminal guru any more.
- mike741 4y agoI've heard of Proton a few times but last time I checked only 600 out of Steam's 50,000+ games are compatible with it. Not bad by any means but using an older Windows version still seems to offer more at the moment.
- nik282000 4y agoUsing an older Windows version to run Steam is a really bad idea. Steam requires an internet connection, old versions of Windows, are by definition, not up to date.
- mike741 4y agoIf the first 19,000 updates weren't secure, I don't have much confidence the next one will be. Is Linux any different in this regard?
- thefz 4y agoI have 400+ titles in my Steam library and play most of them on a Linux machine. Nowadays it's very rare to find one that does not work out of the box, and in those rare cases, there's always glorious eggroll to try. Check by yourself on protondb.