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MS is offering it

Massgravel my friend

I just built a desktop for Windows 11, unfortunately I need a Windows desktop in the house even though Debian is my main OS. Last desktop was 13 years old and just wasn't working for my needs anymore. Default 11 install is horribly bloated but I actually like the desktop environment now. Here's some stuff I did:

Customized USB image to bypass Microsoft account with easily found steps if you Google. Used Chris Titus Tech's tool to remove a bunch of shit, install apps, disable telemetry, configure windows update to security only. Used "Reclaim windows" script from github and customized for my purposes. After that I confirmed if all the shit was gone and did a remove-appxpackage for anything left, like widgets etc.

So I have a bare bones install, no Microsoft account, no Microsoft store, no "apps," no default associations to builtin tools, and a bunch of common foss utilities and all my favorite windows-dependent apps working. Can't believe it took the amount of effort it did but I like it now, given what my expectations were it definitely exceeded them.

Even easier in powershell:

Get-NetAdapter

Disable-NetAdapter

Enable-NetAdapter

tbf I don't have this one, I know where everything is at all times to an insane level of detail, unless of course anything is moved or I'm trying to get things together to actually use them LOL

I wish home and pro version influenced the setting panes. I get what they're trying to do with making it look like OSX and Linux and why the "network interface and adapters" probably isn't helpful for many home users, but I just wanna manage my interfaces here.

Yeah I've been a mixed environment sysadmin for many years and still to keep need a Windows desktop at home and powershell makes it all happen. I basically do a complete debloat of my install and and all that. I actually like the overall Windows 11 desktop environment but omg the bloatware is insane I don't know how people use it without knowing how to clean it up.

It's more like how Trump being in jail or not won't affect the overall political situation in the US. It's like the years of fixating on a potential mugshot of Trump as some magic spell that will finally break his support, they'd finally see him as the criminal he is and poof no more Trump. Then it finally happened and here we are.

My only affect towards Trump right now is not caring and if he went to prison it probably wouldn't register emotionally in any way. It's like I'm already bored of him going to prison before it happens. The internet has memed every lame "Trump in prison" joke into the ground for years, and the idea of him going to prison has been kept on edge since 2016. There's nothing to say about Trump that hasn't been said and no joke about him that hasn't been overdone to the point it's cringe. Every "make fun of Trump" post is the exact same thing for years, and when I see a pic of Trump my brain basically treats it like it's an advertisement or spam.

I long for the day "Trump says" is no longer newsworthy.

It's like the weed version of Iceland's sheep

Basically moved on from youth novels with both Dean Koontz and Stephen King. The Odd Thomas series was a fun read at that age.

Win/lose isn't even a thing in these debates, it's a meaningless political spectacle which by it's nature benefits Trump because he is the political embodiment of this.