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Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news

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1725 points taubek | 16 comments | 27 Mar 23 05:20 UTC | HN request time: 1.563s | source | bottom
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PrimeMcFly ◴[27 Mar 23 06:33 UTC] No.35323525[source]▶
I don't want anything, any type of news being pushed by my OS. It simply isn't it's job. Maybe, as an option or optional add-on, but not the way MS does it.

I use 10 now, as locked down and 'fixed' as I was able to make it (custom ISO via NTLite with a bunch of crap removed and some fixes steamrolled in), but really I look forward to ditching it altogether - which is a shame. For all the MS hate in the OSS community, I always thought Windows did a lot of stuff well (when it was good at least).

The telemetry, changing things for the sake of changing things and forced crap constantly being added is enough. I'm so in love with awesomewm at this point, and the fact that I can customize and program every part of my UI, allowing me to have something absolutely perfect and tailor made.

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jgaa ◴[27 Mar 23 10:10 UTC] No.35324818[source]▶
> I don't want anything, any type of news being pushed by my OS.

Then, how is Microsoft supposed to properly track your interests and sell that information to their "partners"?

It's been a long time since Microsoft made an operating system. What they make today is basically a spyware-platform where you can run applications if you are really disciplined and persistent. I don't understand how people keep up with it.

I've used Linux on my desktops and laptops for decades now.

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4ggr0 ◴[27 Mar 23 11:07 UTC] No.35325173[source]▶
The only reason I don't use Linux on my personal PC is that I use it for gaming.

My homeserver runs linux and at work I use Linux, shrug.

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1. ilyt ◴[27 Mar 23 12:30 UTC] No.35325823[source]▶
I just dual-boot, altought I usually try the game via Proton and it often "just works" on Linux.

Way too many of my hobby stuff is better dealt with on Linux

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2. 4ggr0 ◴[27 Mar 23 12:43 UTC] No.35325934[source]▶
> dual-boot

Don't know why I never considered this... Should try it :D

Then I could use Windows for video editing and windows-only games and Linux for everything else.

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3. bombolo ◴[27 Mar 23 12:54 UTC] No.35326044[source]▶
what's wrong with kdenlive?
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4. red-iron-pine ◴[27 Mar 23 12:55 UTC] No.35326070[source]▶
WINE is pretty good, and Proton is basically pre-polished WINE. Works basically just out of the box, and anything that doesn't work perfectly can usually be addressed with posts in the WineDB or ProtonDB
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5. 4ggr0 ◴[27 Mar 23 12:59 UTC] No.35326117{3}[source]▶
I could try it out again. Tried to use it like 5 years ago and wasn't that happy, but don't remember why. I think the video playback was very laggy and I had more crashes than tolerable.

Saw that it's even usable on Windows, so I could try the workflow before having to switch the OS completely. Currently I'm using Davinci Resolve but I'm not really a power-user anyways.

Thanks for the tip!

6. 4ggr0 ◴[27 Mar 23 14:06 UTC] No.35326825[source]▶
Unfortunately Gaming on Windows is "basically flawless", compared to Proton being "pretty good". I just got sick of debugging games because I didn't want to do the same thing during my free-time which I'm doing during the day at work.

Now, I love Linux and don't really like Windows that much, but when I want to game I just want the experience to be as smooth and easy as possible. And if I spend thousands of dollars on hardware I want it to be used as effectively as possible.

Maybe the problem with gaming on Linux is my own laziness...

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7. trinsic2 ◴[27 Mar 23 14:33 UTC] No.35327160[source]▶
> video editing

Yes I recently switched from windows to PopOS[1] and this is one thing that I haven't found a solution for. There doesn't seem to be any good video editing software for Linux other than blender and in my experience video editing on blender isn't that great.

[1]: https://www.scottrlarson.com/publications/publication-transi...

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8. trinsic2 ◴[27 Mar 23 14:35 UTC] No.35327193{3}[source]▶
When's the last time you gamed on Linux?

In the past few years protons come a long way in my humble opinion.

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9. xxs ◴[27 Mar 23 14:58 UTC] No.35327531{3}[source]▶
Gaming on Windows is quite broken for ultrawide screen, or dual/triple screens. Other than that shader compilation is the bane of many (depends on the CPU) - resulting into 'random' stutters. The latter issues are a poster child of the fact most games are just console ports. So calling 'flawless' is an overstatement.
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10. tracker1 ◴[27 Mar 23 15:11 UTC] No.35327727{3}[source]▶
Most seem to prefer KdenlLive or Davinci Resolve (which has a free version, but many pony up for the paid version, get the hardware key). A lot of the YouTubers I follow have started using Davinci, even those sticking to Mac and Windows.
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11. ilyt ◴[27 Mar 23 15:44 UTC] No.35328162{3}[source]▶
I generally go "try with proton" -> "Switch to experimental branch and try again" -> "reboot and play in windows".

Only if game is on Steam, got no patience to fuck with wine/proton manually

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12. 4ggr0 ◴[27 Mar 23 15:51 UTC] No.35328243{4}[source]▶
> or Davinci Resolve

AFAIK Proprietary codecs(H.264/265, AAC) are not supported on Davinci Resolve on Linux. Maybe they fixed it since I last checked.

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13. 4ggr0 ◴[27 Mar 23 15:53 UTC] No.35328263{4}[source]▶
> ultrawide screen, or dual/triple screens

Well, you know, if you have to take an edge-case which doesn't apply to my situation to tell me that windows isn't flawless for gaming...

Does ultrawide/triple screen work better on Linux?

14. 4ggr0 ◴[27 Mar 23 15:58 UTC] No.35328327{4}[source]▶
Beginning of last year. But then I wanted to 1) game in VR again and 2) play games with friends which contained anti-cheat software which wasn't compatible with Windows, so I spontaneously went back to Windows for these two things.

I'm someone who switches games pretty fast, I'm not one to play the same multiplayer game for a long time. So each time I started a new game, I had to debug in Linux to get it working.

Since January I've played Planet Crafter, Steep, Back 4 Blood, Bioshock Infinite, Atomic Heart, Hogwarts Legacy and now Elden Ring. No idea what percentage of these games "just work" on Linux, but I doubt that the experience would be the same as on Windows.

15. 4ggr0 ◴[27 Mar 23 15:58 UTC] No.35328331{4}[source]▶
> I generally go "try with proton" -> "Switch to experimental branch and try again" -> "reboot and play in windows".

Yeah, I think the best tip I got is to try dual booting to make it easier.

16. tracker1 ◴[27 Mar 23 16:01 UTC] No.35328358{5}[source]▶
I guess not, which is surprising... maybe Davinci uses OS provided codecs in Windows and Mac? From a thread I looked at...

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Did you try the Linux appimage of "Shutter Encoder" shutterencoder.com/en/, it works fine for me to convert H.265 to DNxHD or DNxHR (a better format than h.@265 for editing in Davinci) and I can use these files in the free version of Davinci Resolve 17 & 18. But I'm just a hobbyist and I'm using Davinci only for basic things, I'm at the beginning of my learning path... So I hope I'm not giving you a bad advice !

I'm on Arch Linux with ffmpeg4.4