• shininghero@pawb.social
    69·
    7 days ago

    Okay, I can play this game.
    Opens control panel and uninstalls onedrive
    Opens Appdata and Program Files folders and removes leftover onedrive bits
    Opens Regedit and wipes out any remnants from there

    Wonderful. All set up now.

  • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    34·
    7 days ago

    I happily had one note for 8 years. One note 2017. Used it offline. All my notes.

    Windows 10 put Microsoft 365 on my computer. Tried to sync a bunch of stuff too OneDrive. I said no. Still it made my desktop on one drive. It kept trying to sync documents. A constant nuisance.

    This year I tried to save my taxes to my One Note files. I was told they were erased. I couldn’t imagine what was going on. They were on my computer, local and private. But no I would have to log into OneDrive and rebuild them if I wanted to use my files. I could see them. But I couldn’t open them, I couldn’t save new things, I couldn’t do anything, unless I logged into OneDrive.

    I uninstalled Windows and installed Linux Mint 22.1. I ain’t going back no more.

      • maniclucky@lemmy.world
        7·
        7 days ago

        Just finally made the jump this week. Keeping the dual boot to finish my masters in a known stable environment with all the only-necessary-for-school-programs and then gleefully deleting it as part of my graduation celebration.

        • Regdok@lemmy.world
          4·
          7 days ago

          Same here! I’ve been dabbling with various linux distros a week here and a week there over the past decade. Now that I’ve finally given up on the few games that need kernel-level anticheats (like LoL and Battlefield), I’m staying permanently as all my other games work great. I probably wouldn’t have jumped ship yet if steam (proton) wasn’t where it’s at now, though.

          Since windows is on my smallest and slowest SSD I figured I’ll just keep the dual-boot option indefinitely, mainly for helping friends and family troubleshoot windows-bullshit, or for the (now very) rare moments I need an app that doesn’t exist or have an equivalent on linux.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        7 days ago

        I turned it off permanently. There are hacks around the web if it becomes a problem. Apple has been doing this for years too. Are you saying Linux?

        • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
          4·
          7 days ago

          The amount of time needed and potential for malicious software makes it a nonstarter for business applications.

          Of course I’m talking about Linux. Over 100 customers so far have migrated to proper software this year. I earn less because I can’t bill as many hours of support but it’s worth to see customers happy and they bring on new customers due to a good experience.

          • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            7 days ago

            I’m in a creative field, Linux isn’t really an option. This isn’t black and white.

            The amount of time needed and potential for malicious software makes it a nonstarter for business application

            • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
              1·
              7 days ago

              I have customers in the creative field. It is an option, just not for everyone, yet.

              I suggest we agree on Linux being the better option for a variety of reasons with some exceptions which still need to be fixed.

              Out of curiosity: which programs/hardware would you like to see working on Linux?

              • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                7 days ago

                I’m not techy enough to do Linux either. If I had someone set it up for me, I use Blender, Affinity and Davinci Resolve (paid) on a regular basis. I think there’s a Blender for Linux, right?

                • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  1·
                  7 days ago

                  Blender installs natively from Steam and works without any emulation of windows’ stuff. I noticed the download size is different for Linux, so I guess they cared to pack everything needed for it to work smoothly.

                  Some distro claimed they did everything to make UX with Resolve one of their targets, I believe it’s Nobara or maybe Bazzite. It’s not emulated either and installers are also provided by the devs of Resolve themselves.

                  Affinity have no plans to make a Linux version, so it’s always emulated and has workarounds like that (github) but I haven’t used their software even on Windows so Idk how the experience of using their products is. Coming to Linux, I got used to Inkscape for my vector needs and Krita\Photopea for raster gfx. I heard Darktable is a good Lightroom alternative if it’s up your valley.

                • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
                  1·
                  7 days ago

                  I think the biggest hurdle one needs to overcome is prejudice. “Linux is for nerds”, " Linux is unstable", “Linux is slow”, " Linux is for hackers."

                  Its all BS. Of course, if you run hype Linux like arch, nix or the like you’ll most likely suffer. But mint or Ubuntu just work.

                  Blender has always been faster and better on Linux, affinity I don’t know and resolve I think also works well on Linux.

                  But please don’t believe me. Just get a USB stick, download Linux mint iso and use balena etcher to make a live system. Stick in, reboot, try it non destructively.

    • jetsetdorito@lemm.ee
      3·
      7 days ago

      I liked that it was easy to find on sale for like $30 a year, cheap 1tb backup. I’m getting more annoyed with Microsoft in general now though.

    • 0ops@lemm.ee
      11·
      7 days ago

      I used to think it was decent too before they started moving my files off my PC into the cloud without consent