Posted on 03/17/2022 10:38:46 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Actually, Show or Hide Updates Tool will block unwanted Windows Updates in Windows 11/10
Where Windows 10 took much individual control away from XP is that of colors in personalization
Well, browsers also engage in constant updates, for good reason in regards to security, but besides modern browsers, I still use Firefox 53.9 ESR due to greater functionality. Thank God for such options.
“I should just ignore the updates- every day there seems to be new updates- none of which I even need- likely-”
Now I have to be honest, that is one thing that did bother me when I first got Linux. They do indeed spam and promote packages and apps that you DO NOT need. It is in house marketing pushing optional stuff they are just promoting. “We recommend you try and support this app too!”. But at least they do not try and force you to install it or else like MS does.
But those can be turned off with the “just keep my computer safe” option in the update manager. But I have noticed even there they still throw a few of those in as “recommended”. Even Mint themselves once made a comment that if everything you are using is working well then there is no need to update anything. Don’t fix what isn’t broken.
But the system doesn’t completely ignore important changes even with updates turned off. Because as you know one of the fantastic features of Linux is how all the app installer options work. Whether you use the software manager app, Synaptic, or the terminal, every time you install an app it takes inventory of what you already have to determine if that app is going to need any extra dependencies you do not already have. And if you do need extra dependencies for that app to work right, it will also go and fetch those for you along with the app as one combined install action. So in this way it is minimally updating it’s self all along each time you add an app.
But once in awhile I read about new features or improvements that have been added to certain apps. That is when I go out of the way to update or upgrade that one particular app. With my newer 20.0 install I do once in awhile turn the update manager back on, propagate a new list, and let it install only the security updates. If everything else is working fine I leave everything else alone and just turn the update manger off again so it doesn’t bug me. And so far, this has never caused any issues at all. A linux user has to drop the “must constantly update” frame of mind. That is a hangover from the MS constantly forced updates ball and chain. :)
And other areas, like you can’t really control the ‘phone home’ aspects of windows. You can turn each one off individually, but they get turned back on with updates, and efen the ones you do turn on I read aren’t wholly turned off in some cases.
I just got sic, of fighting with windows and how much it took to keep it the way I liked it, and to keep it virus free. I’m not real into operating systems, so I only need basics really, and Linux fits the bill for me- Hassel free (so far anyways- that could change though).
[[But those can be turned off with the “just keep my computer safe”]]
Yep,I forgot about that setting. Will have to click that option. Thanks for reminding me about it.
I always giggle at these lists. Cause they always start off saying “regular folks should use Linux” and then list all these super dweeby things you can do with Linux and regular folks wouldn’t know how to want to do them. These articles probably do more to keep regular folks away from Linux than anything else. Cause regular folks look at lists like this and they get scared, what they see it “I could totally screw up my computer by doing something I don’t understand”. If you want normies using your OS explain how they can get on the internet checking email and playing solitaire in under 20 minutes. That’s what they want.
rm -r -f
From root /
Seriously is this list a joke?
I mean 1 and 2 are just plain silly to even mention. There is no need to test a windows distro. Windows doesn’t have various distros. Unless you want to talk about release candidate beta software, which that’s apples to oranges.
#3 is legit.
#4 is legit for those that can do it and for those that can they already know this.
#5 this is a lie. Linux gets more viruses than Windows.
#6 Not always the case with Windows either, but it does occur more often with windows. But it’s a desktop environment we are talking about here, so it’s not that big of a deal. This is a bigger issue in server environments where downtime = money.
#7 Run an older version of windows to keep your old PC going. Nothing is forcing you to upgrade ATM. Yes eventually when the hardware is obsolete and you need some specific function you can do that, but with the cost of hardware being pretty cheap and energy costs rising. By the time it’s obsolete it will probably be cheaper to buy something specific for that purpose.
#8 Maybe. But good luck if you’re not a developer.
#9 Ok this is a joke list.
#10 Windows has other shells you can use. Just not many people do it.
Correction on the virus comment. I mean to say has more security issues than windows.
“And other areas, like you can’t really control the ‘phone home’ aspects of windows.”
THIS IS A HUGE ONE that MS apologists do not want to talk about... The backdoors. You can even hard power off Linux with the button, even during a boot up, and it will still just boot up again fresh without “Linux was not shut down properly”. Why does MS do this? Because it didn’t get to package and phone home with an info dump about your last session. So it has to go back and gather that and get that info packaged for a “catch up” dump to MS next time you make an internet connection. And absolutely, a computer should belong to you not perpetually to Microsoft. Any settings you make should stay as you make them period. I don’t like sneaky backdoor crap. And MS is all about sneaky backdoor crap as a built in feature.
Just this alone is HUGE and absolutely worth any and all extra efforts you may encounter using Linux. It is now YOURS and no longer anyone else’s business what you do with it.
Wow I didn’t realize that the windows ‘didn’t boot correctly’ was doing that. Egads!
“Correction on the virus comment. I mean to say has more security issues than windows.”
Still... Only from a threat that has physical local access... Don’t let anyone you do not trust touch your machine. That is why it has been adopted as a universal standard for shared web server hosting worldwide. Unless it is a proprietary server, it will be running Linux.
Yep, been doing it it all along. So long folks forgot about this “feature” and take it for granted all Operating Systems do this. No... Linux does not do this unless you choose to allow it for bug reports and future development purposes. It will ask you if you want to play along to help the distro developers or not. It allows YOU to make that decision. MS just does it hidden whether you like it or not, because in their mind it does not belong to you, it will always belong to them to administrate the way THEY want to.
I have hated this MS arrogance since the day I drove my first computer with MS. Since the first 286. And it has only grown and got worse and worse since. When Win 10 came out and I was being forced to adopt it, I made the decision to change my lifestyle and dump computers altogether before I would use it. Then I pulled the trigger with Linux and haven’t looked back since. Just the self ownership is more than enough reason alone. I am no longer a slave to MS.
Lost me already. WTH is a Distro? Why do I need to test one?
I was broke at one time. We were using cheap, broken, patched up used laptops for homeschooling, and couldn’t afford a license for every machine. That’s when I got annoyed and started exploring Linux. I ended up on PCLinuxOS which I LOVED. It just worked, solid as a rock.
I got into Mac when I could afford it. I have ONE windows machine specifically for flight simming. My windows machine can take 20 minutes to boot. Sometimes it’ll do it in two minutes. My Mac laptop I just close the lid and sleep it. Reboot maybe monthly, just for kicks, I guess. Mac is solid as a rock.
I kind of forgot about Linux, basically.
But my kids resurrected one of those laptops recently, and have been playing the games on it! They have zero acclimation issues switching from one OS to another. That’s normal for them.
It’s like test driving new cars, for free. You get to see which ones you alike and don’t like. All without installing. You run it from a disk or USB thumb drive. And can run it anytime you like as long as you run it off disk and don’t install it.
Agreed- thay really irked me when we lost control of setting and updates and such in windows. Glad it spurred me to try another of. I had tried Linux way back when and it was super,hard, and nothing seemed to work on it without major Hassles, but Linux today is way way better/easier, and haven’t run into any real issues with hardware with it. Infects it’s just gotten easieri used to have a little issue with nvidia drivers, but no more- the system just has all the right drivers and such, or will find it. I also used to have an issue with xorg- which really messed things up when something went wonky, but that is also a thing of the past it seems.
All in all, for a free os, this linux mint cinnamon just rocks
I did it using PCManFM file manager, heh!
I’m actuslly greatful that microsoft went all power drunk on us, as it moved me to Linux. And eased my mind a ton about viruses and messing up,the system, and a other huge boost is that it’s so easy to reinstall and get back up and running just how I like it. With windows it takes me several days of looking stuff up, getting updates, programs,,customizing the look etc. With Linux it’s a bit over an hour after the install. I,have everything written down now, so,that really speeds up.th3 personal settings and where to find them all as I forget lol
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