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Steven Reedsrtcd424@mas.to
May 22, 2023, 4:47 PM
@robparsons
Hell, I'm in my 40s and I find it slows *me* down significantly. On my desktop/laptop I put a fair amount of energy into making new versions of things look like the old ones, but that's usually hard or impossible on mobile :(
@jmjm
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robrobparsons@mastodon.social
May 22, 2023, 4:48 PM
@srtcd424 @jmjm yup. Like Windows 11. They will have to prise W10 from my cold dead hands. (I am making detailed plans to migrate to Linux.)
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rastilinrastilin@aus.social
May 22, 2023, 5:14 PM
@robparsons @srtcd424 @jmjm
Me too. I've started running it on one of the older machines to get used to it. It feels that with Windows 11 you're effectively using a terminal that you're renting.
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robrobparsons@mastodon.social
May 22, 2023, 5:16 PM
@rastilin @srtcd424 @jmjm I'd kinda like to do that, but I fear my "dealing with stuff that isn't out of the box" skills are not quite up to it.
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Steven Reedsrtcd424@mas.to
May 22, 2023, 5:20 PM
@robparsons
Could use WSL or Linux in a VM and gradually move functions/ tasks over one by one? Not sure what X servers are available for Windows these days but I bet there are some.
@rastilin
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robrobparsons@mastodon.social
May 22, 2023, 5:35 PM
@srtcd424 @rastilin those are nice ideas; they really are. But my brain fries with very little work these days. Sigh.
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rastilinrastilin@aus.social
May 22, 2023, 5:35 PM
@srtcd424 @robparsons
My Windows 10 machine is a cut down AME version that doesn't have the windows store and never will.
The Windows store, aside from being generally terrible, undermines the Windows system as a general OS that you own, as do automatic updates. If they can force push software to your machine, it's no longer your machine. You can wake up on any morning to find out that some business critical software no longer works, or the machine doesn't boot, or some other problem.
I've never tried WSL, but I don't see the point to it as long as cygwin exists. Except that cygwin is not controlled by Microsoft.
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rastilinrastilin@aus.social
May 22, 2023, 5:37 PM
@robparsons @srtcd424 @jmjm
I recommend trying a Live USB made with Rufus. You can tick a box to give it permanent storage and then any changes you make in livecd mode will stick between reboots. All the Ubuntu versions should support this mode.
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robrobparsons@mastodon.social
May 22, 2023, 5:41 PM
@rastilin @srtcd424 @jmjm you're going to have to break that down for me - if you're willing to spend the time on my behalf.
LiveUSB?
Rufus?
livecd?
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rastilinrastilin@aus.social
May 22, 2023, 5:53 PM
@robparsons @srtcd424 @jmjm
Gladly. Rufus is https://rufus.ie/en/ , it can write a linux disk to a USB. A lot of Linux DVD images have the option to just run off the disk (LiveCD), as if you had it installed, but since it runs in memory, nothing is saved permanently. If you select the option in Rufus to make a permanent partition it lets the LiveCD functionality save to the USB as it's C: drive, or /home/user/ on linux, so it can store bookmarks, installed software, updates, whatever.
It actually works as a layer ontop of the disk image, so you can install updates and make other lower level changes as well.
Does that make sense?
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robrobparsons@mastodon.social
May 22, 2023, 5:59 PM
@rastilin @srtcd424 @jmjm you are a gem. It does make sense. I need to get the mental energy together to actually do it. That may take some time. 🙂
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