maybe you can block port numbers instead?
is m$ using 80/81 or something else?
So blocking every port but 53, 80 and 443 is not good enough. I need a better router.
Where's that $450 stripped version of Windows 10 I am hearing about???
Sounds like you need to run windows in a virtual machine on a Linux box. Use the EDA tools on the VM and all the communication stuff on the host machine.
I wont get the gaming performance of my 1080ti then.
I actually WANT to like windows 10, because 8 was so terrible, but the more I have to work with 10 the more I hate it and the more I'm glad I switched to Linux for my own stuff.
I actually WANT to like windows 10, because 8 was so terrible, but the more I have to work with 10 the more I hate it and the more I'm glad I switched to Linux for my own stuff.They are all frustrating.
I love Linux, but I have never once been able to successfully been ably to do a version upgrade to an Ubuntu derivative without a non-working result. Quite often, the GUI never starts properly after updating. I am sure it works for some people - particularly if they are only using standard applications, but I now have to just clean install for a version upgrade. If you do not update the Linux versions, it usually means you cannot run the latest versions of applications unless you compile them yourself. That could mean you are not getting the latest security updates and bug fixes for applications.
For this reason, I love the idea of the rolling updates - like Arch Linux derivatives - but at some point, the rolling updates will break things. No good for ordinary users. For example, a year or two ago, Samba (Windows network file sharing in Linux) decided to remove functionality from one of their services because they really wanted you to be using a different service to do that job. All of a sudden, perfectly working Windows shares stopped working.
I did suspect that Windows 10 was going to be a 100% rolling update, but now we have discovered that Windows 10 is actually a new Windows version every year. This year, it is TWO new versions (the Fall Creators Edition is coming out this Tuesday I think). I like using WSUSoffline so I can update PC's offline, but with Windows 10, the updates seem to be largely combined in 12 massive files (many 1Gbyte in size), so downloading the latest Windows 10 updates for 32 and 64 bit involves 5 to 10GBytes of downloads.
Why can't Microsoft sell us what we really want - a stable and lean OS that can run programs? Have a much cleaner and faster update process - say like Arch Linux's Pacman. It would be great to have a Windows OS that can be simply set to never talk to anyone on its own accord. I would pay real money for that, but just once. Microsoft no longer want to tolerate users who pay them $100 for an OS and then never give them anything for the next 10 years.
I am still using Windows 8.1. It is better then Windows 7 as long as you configure it right so I don't have to use Metro (except for 1 window). If you like the Windows 7 interface, then the Windows 8.1 desktop is mostly the same, but the differences mostly improve it. I could not use Windows 8.1 "out of the box". Windows 8.1 will be supported until Jan 2023, but Microsoft have killed my ability to recommend it as they will end non-security updates next year on current Intel processors. 8.1 has over 5 years of life. They are crippling it!
Just as a guide, here are the current sizes of the WSUSoffline updates (for Win32 and Win64 together):
Windows 7: 5.9Gbytes
Windows 8.1: 7.1Gbytes
Windows 10: 12.2Gbytes
The Windows 7 updates are for 8 years of updates.
The Windows 10 updates are for just over 2 years of updates.
Most of the Windows 10 updates is for functionality that most of us do not need or want.
Remember Win10 also will use your internet connection as part of a form of bittorrent network to distribute patches and updates ( and who knows what else as well either way) to other machines. Thus best to say the network connection is metered, as that does turn it down a lot.
Remember Win10 also will use your internet connection as part of a form of bittorrent network to distribute patches and updates ( and who knows what else as well either way) to other machines. Thus best to say the network connection is metered, as that does turn it down a lot.You can turn this off, although I do believe it is on by default.
Why can't Microsoft sell us what we really want - a stable and lean OS that can run programs? Have a much cleaner and faster update process - say like Arch Linux's Pacman. It would be great to have a Windows OS that can be simply set to never talk to anyone on its own accord. I would pay real money for that, but just once. Microsoft no longer want to tolerate users who pay them $100 for an OS and then never give them anything for the next 10 years.
Why can't Microsoft sell us what we really want - a stable and lean OS that can run programs? Have a much cleaner and faster update process - say like Arch Linux's Pacman. It would be great to have a Windows OS that can be simply set to never talk to anyone on its own accord. I would pay real money for that, but just once. Microsoft no longer want to tolerate users who pay them $100 for an OS and then never give them anything for the next 10 years.
They don't want money. They've got money. They want data. Your data.
It turns out you can have enough money, but you can never have enough data. Who knew?
For the Windows 10 Pro haters, here are 2 ways to get Windows 10 Enterprise:
1. Get a license key here: https://digitalsguru.myshopify.com/products/windows-10-enterprise-product-key-code-32-64bit-full-version?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=36370201296
It's technically not compliant with EULA since you don't have SA agreement, but from MS activation server's perspective, there's no difference, so as long as you can keep your employees' mouth shut, it should be okay.
2. MS sells a Windows 10 Enterprise as service offering, called Windows 10 Enterprise E3/E5, managed by a MS "trusted" cloud service partner (so the CDP serves as domain controller, and your client computer runs Windows 10 Enterprise client version). This starts from $84 per year.
1. For $20 I may buy one just to see if it actually works.
Sorry to hear Joe. I use Veracrypt with 1607 and all is well. WinPE or WinRE don't recognize the Veracrypt bootloader to load 1703 so it falls back on 1607 and prevents the Win10 "upgrade" .
I still get periodic fixes for 1607 layered on Veracrypt. I would hope by the expiration of support for 1607, 1703 would have all bugs worked out.
Why can't Microsoft sell us what we really want - a stable and lean OS that can run programs? Have a much cleaner and faster update process - say like Arch Linux's Pacman. It would be great to have a Windows OS that can be simply set to never talk to anyone on its own accord. I would pay real money for that, but just once. Microsoft no longer want to tolerate users who pay them $100 for an OS and then never give them anything for the next 10 years.
They don't want money. They've got money. They want data. Your data.
It turns out you can have enough money, but you can never have enough data. Who knew?
Pretty much this, data is now worth more than anything now days. And they know they have most people by the throat and most people are not going to switch to Linux, so they don't really care if they piss off people. What makes it worse is that the majority of people don't even care and just say "I have nothing to hide" and accept it.