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PrimeMcFly ◴[] 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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1. xnx ◴[] No.35327165[source]
Are Fortune 500 companies installing current versions of Windows? How do they disable all this junk (and how do I do it myself)?
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2. gorkish ◴[] No.35327553[source]
Windows Enterprise LTSB with some GPOs
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3. themadturk ◴[] No.35328969[source]
This. It doesn't stop the crap in Edge (which is easy to turn off once you know where the magic button is), but I never see any of this stuff at the OS level on my work machine. (My home machine is a Mac, so I don't see it there either.)
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4. gorkish ◴[] No.35376180{3}[source]
Downside is having to use LTSB which often hangs onto its bugs a lot longer than it ought to.