• @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
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    62 years ago

    Computer manufacturers often distributed buggy, pointless, or redundant third-party software (“bloatware” or “crapware”) to help subsidize the cost of the hardware.

    To make more profit for the manufacturer, I think you mean. Until the cryptocurrency scammers came along and started stripping store shelves bare, you could build a computer from parts, it’d be cheaper than buying a pre-built computer, and it would be free of crapware.

  • TWeaK
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    12 years ago

    A clean Windows 11 install is a Windows 10 install.

  • @conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    02 years ago

    The only thing holding me back from diving headlong into Linux is gaming support. I’ve been a windows user since W98. XP was the shit, 7 was rock solid, ten was pretty good, but it seems like Microsoft is dead set on speedrunning enshittification with 11.

    • @Punctum@feddit.de
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      12 years ago

      True. Gaming is extremely awesome on Linux compared to a few years ago right now, though. Anti-cheat holding you back?