>The majority of /g/ still uses Windows
Why?
There is no reason to use the Windows operating system in 2016. If your employer is forcing you to use proprietary software, you should seek an alternative or find a new job; they are oppressing your individual freedoms.
Further reading:
Microsoft is part of NSA's mass surveillance program "PRISM":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
Microsoft informs the NSA about bugs before fixing them:
https://archive.is/OBGB1
Microsoft openly offeres cloud data to support PRISM:
https://archive.is/tW6fu
Microsoft has backdoored its disk encryption:
https://archive.is/2XIvX · https://archive.is/qLRZx
Windows snoops on the users' files, text input, voice input, location, contacts, calendar records and web browsing history, even after related settings are turned off:
https://archive.is/Zny36 · https://archive.is/sz1nt
https://archive.is/g3QdQ · https://archive.is/ko469
A Traffic Analysis of Windows 10:
Keypoints: Windows 10 has a keylogger and uploads all your keystrokes every 5 minutes. Everything you type in Edge or Cortana is sent to Microsoft, along with any media files it finds. When webcam is enabled, 35MB of data goes to Microsoft. Even with Cortana disabled/uninstalled, Windows 10 sends all microphone audio to Microsoft, when the computer is idle.
https://archive.is/QnTTA
https://archive.is/eZKc9
Windows 10 sends desktop screenshots straight to Microsoft:
https://d2.maxfile.ro/rwspylwbwo.webm
Windows 10 scans for illegal/pirated software:
https://archive.is/vhjwm
https://archive.is/2jehd
Microsoft proudly presents surveillance statistics:
https://archive.is/MB0Yy
>Over 82 billion photos viewed.
>Gamers spent over 4 billion hours playing PC games.
>44.5 billion minutes/month spent in Microsoft Edge.
>Over 2.5 billion questions asked of Cortana since launch.
>Windows 10 now active on over 200 million devices.
Face it, Windows is nothing but proprietary malware.
>Why?
because i gave linux a try. it runs like fucking dog shit.
most of /g/ are manchildren who play vidya gaymes
you wont change their mind
>>53795323
What distro on what hardware?
They're not all the same, you know.
I use daily games + Adobe CS collection (Photoshop etc.) + Office
Tried linux it was nice,tried to install a driver and all hell broke loose after trying ot fix it so just deleted the partition. Maybe I'll try again on VM but for now windows(7) is fine.
I'm not a paranoid neckbeard.
Office + Autodesk suite + some adobe programs + I don't give a shit about your tinfoil hattery
>>53795417
>LE NOTHING TO HIDE MEME
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1827982
TL;DR You're full of shit.
I don't feel like buying obscure hardware just so i can run less software
>>53795458
protip, you are just being a special snowflake using your niche distros if that's your only reasoning for using it.
If you use the internet you are being spied on. The same ones having autism attacks about Win10 are the same people that log into chrome and use droid. Pick your poison.
>>53795528
>The same ones having autism attacks about Win10 are the same people that log into chrome and use droid.
Uh, what?
Anyone with half a brain knows that Chrome is a giant botnet.
>>53795412
You need to search the repo for drivers. If they don't have it then you basically SOL. This is problem with Linux. The lack of driver support from manufactures. I had issues with my GTX 950, but the repo driver fixed it.
>>53795573
Maybe I'm lumping everyone together but every browser thread here ends up being anons bitching about mozilla going "SJW" so they give up privacy to use chrome.
>>53795528
>believing that you know people that you never met
>defending a company that's been unethical from the start
>insulting people for enjoying things you don't like
How old are you? 12?
>>53795250
You cannot get around that Microsoft is insecure. Security on Windows is fat joke. You can disable stuff without the user ever knowing. Ransomware is so popular that I rarely use my Win8. other than for a few games.
>>53795703
>>believing that you know people that you never met
How am I believing I know them?
>>defending a company that's been unethical from the start
how did I defend them? I never said what they where doing was Good.
>>insulting people for enjoying things you don't like
Where did I say I didn't like it?
>>53795250
>Microsoft is part of NSA's mass surveillance program "PRISM"
Like many other companies. And the NSA only spies potential terrorists.
>Windows snoops on the users' files, text input, voice input, location, contacts, calendar records and web browsing history, even after related settings are turned off:
All this is from the Technical Preview, and it has a different ToS and privacy policy than the stable version.
>Microsoft proudly presents surveillance statistics:
And? it's just telemetry.
Damn freetards and their paranoid.
>>53795825
>And the NSA only spies potential terrorists.
You are classified as potential terrorist by the NSA if you do simple stuff as lets say using encryption...
I agree with you on the other points.
Other than you being OK with M$ using all your data that is just some telemetry bro
>>53795825
"potential terrorists". you do know the NSA is collecting data on everyone right? you do know about this whole thing that happened a year or two ago right?
>>53795816
Your shit posting has gone on long enough. Go home to your mother.
>>53795900
>gets called out
>hurrdurr better insult
nice meme'ing new friend :^)
>>53795639
>linux
you need to search through yahoo finance source code to get drivers
have to go on deep web for microsoft office 1998
must invest $1.3 million into hardware to run any program without consuming the entirety of your processing power
need an additional $160,000 for graphics processing so you can run team fortress classic at a framerate higher than 9fps
have to download all your anime from newgrounds.edu and order body pillows from silk road while using the combined power of 12 satellite and 35 cable internet connections because browsers don't know how do
have to know how to hack into the nsa mainframe to play music
must have prior knowledge of rocket science and have cracked the mystery of cicada 3301 singlehandedly before the invention of the internet to run a photo viewing app
need an infinitely consumable period of time to get the os into a barely tolerable state
need neckbeard
need fedora
need to be a complete and utter faggot
>>53795965
Boy, you better pack those dank memes into the bong as tight as you can.
>>53795338
This. :::raises hand:::
>>53795930
>has nothing to reply.
>pretends to win argument
>%100 trolling level
>I'm so super fucking awesome
>>53795965
>writes garbage on the Internet
>life feels a little less empty now
>>53796091
>makes far stretching accusations
>gets really butthurt when asked simple questions
>autism level 5000
>>53795338
>says the pre-op tranny with domesticated ptsd and who watches anime
![snapshot_24.45_[2014.11.09_14.09.14].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/KEtH8X3.jpg "snapshot_24.45_[2014.11.09_14.09.14].jpg")
>>53795250
spamming/advertising isn't allowed here
thank you
>>53796184
What the fuck is he advertising?
I guess you're too stuck inside the world of School Days to learn basic reading comprehension.
I'm switching back to windows because arch has too many packages that are necessary for me, but do not actually work and noone planning to fix them because arch linux is unprofessional. Because I only want to use a minimal install, but my only way to connect to internet is wireless, so I can't install debian. I don't want to use gnome or kde because I don't like them. But the only way I can install a new linux distro on this machine is to choose ubuntu or fedora. I could install gentoo but I don't want to compile everything it takes too long. I don't really want to switch back to windows but I don't see another option. I could just buckle down and use gnome anyway, but it wouldn't make me very happy. Windows would give me more games and be able to use all the packages I need.
>>53796248
>doesn't understand that a slash can mean "and" "or"
I guess you're too stuck inside the world of School Days to learn basic reading comprehension.
>caring about being spied on by the U.S. government.
Grow the fuck up, Jesus. You sound like children.
>>53795457
Why would want to install Malware and virus bundled with most commercial software cracks
Are you computer illiterate?
![Scream.Queens.2015.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS[EtHD].mkv_snapshot_24.21_[2016.03.15_10.40.59].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/3toMvFy.jpg "Scream.Queens.2015.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS[EtHD].mkv_snapshot_24.21_[2016.03.15_10.40.59].jpg")
I use Windows because:
a. it's free for me, and
b. all my games don't run on Linux
If the NSA wants to eavesdrop on me, I won't be able to stop them regardless of my OS. They could've just break into my house and install hidden cameras.
The only reason anyone would use Windows on their own machine is if they play video games or they're too stupid to install anything else. And it just so happens that /g/ is filled with /v/ermin and "tech enthusiasts" who actually don't give a shit about the fundamentals and just come to /g/ because it's the consumerism board.
>>53795250
>majority
Vocal minority of trolls from /v/ and paid shills from /m$/
Am I the only one who instead of using cracks or other potential spy-ware tools - uses trail and close to its expiration day I just reset the registry key it used, then re-activate it?
It works with anti-viruses, visual studio.. etc.
For adobe suite you just have to block hosts and manually add keys - so no risk involved ( many softwares work this way ).
For office and windows you can use KMspico as it was confirmed tens of times being safe.
>>53796461
would people that really cared about privacy visit a Tibetan cartoon board that uses google captcha? A majority of threads are flame war baiting, riced desktop threads or I bent the pins on my AMD how fix?.
>>53796527
Lainchan, 8ch
>>53796250
>can't install debian with non-free firmware
Confirmed for retard.
>>53795250
I run 8.1 enterprise in a VM. No networking is enabled though.
>>53795250
The majority of /g/ is from normies who likes to use PCs to play games that requires a video card. Windows is better to this function.
But i need my games OP and steam for linux includes none of them
millions of different obscure config files i have to edit to customize it
dont want to fuck everything up by running a command incorrectly or doing something else
i do care about privacy and i would switch if I could find a way to address these two points
the big privacy concern isnt really the breaking point of win10, what about the auto updates and ugly inconsistent ui.
It's too much hassle to change and there are so many variants of nix it's too long winded to try them all to find one that works OK. Plus some of my hardware don't work on it like my DJ controller.
If windows is spying on me then how come the fbi isn't knocking on my door for all the bad stuff on my drives?
This is like that God argument.
do people believe x is good because i made x look good linking the word freedom to it?
Games
But if I get a new laptop I'll try OS X and Ubuntu/Kubuntu
>>53797682
Government databases.
>>53795323
It's retarded Web dev tier faggots like you that need to stick with simple shit.
>>53795323
I doubt you even know what linux is.
>>53799458
Something in Redstone update isn't it?
windows works great. also it has bash.
why you mad?
I dual boot personally. but never had any issues with windows
>>53795250
>you should seek an alternative or find a new job
fuck off fucking piece of shit neet
>>53795250
>There is no reason to use the Windows operating system in 2016.
Well that's a bit of an exaggeration. If you'd said 'no good reason', I might agree.
>If your employer is forcing you to use proprietary software, you should seek an alternative or find a new job[...]
Uhh... Isn't that what work is about? Having your 'individual freedoms' repressed on a regular basis? If I'm not in the IT dept I will not give a second thought to the operating system my work makes me use, it's really a dumb thing to worry about.
>>53795250
Works fine on my machine :'3
Also I'm not a terrorist, so I'm not afraid of the NSA looking through my degenerate porn habits.
Maybe when they put thumbnails in the file upload dialog I'll use Linux.
>skeleton.jpg
Leenux can't into games sadly.
>>53795323
>tries to run Unity DE on 10+ year old hardware
>"it runs like poo"
My roommate did the same thing, but when I pointed out his mistake, he just gave me more bs arguments.
>>53796432
>I have nothing to hide
It's not about what you might be hiding, it's about what they decide to observe.
>>53796250
>but my only way to connect to internet is wireless, so I can't install debian.
The Debian installer supports installing non-free drivers off of a USB stick.
>>53795250
>majority
Multiple non-scientific surveys were taken about a year ago and it was about 40% Win vs Linux with the last 20% being taken up by OSX and other anal sex-based OSs.
>>53795639
What repo? I have a 950 as well and it breaks any Linux distro
>>53800353
>run windows 10 on 10+ year old hardware
>it works better than ever
Why should he have yo put up with a shitter experience just because some freetards decided they needed people to buy new hardware every 3 seconds?
Microsoft is trying to keep old hardware viable (since they only care about windows store and enterprise profits) where freetards have a vested interest in making old hardware run like dogshit since most of devs work for hardware companies whose profit relies on people buying new things every fucking minute.
>>53795250
Because enterprise versions of 7 and 8.1 are kinda fine if you blacklist certain updates.
When game developers support linux in mass, then and only then will I switch. I'd love to switch off windows, but maybe one out of every hundred games made has linux support and those games are usually little niche games that are fun but rather unlasting.
>>53801224
>>53800322
>>>/v/
Either that or ideally commit suicide
>>53801260
>>53800900
>thinking Windows is lighter on an old computer than Linux is
>being so new that he doesn't know that the /g/ computer is an old, used Thinkpad with Linux in it
There are options between Unity and pure terminal. You can make everything look nice and still be faster, since Linux itself is faster. Monolithic kernel is the fastest one.
>>53801318
>being so new that you actually think people on /g/ really use old thinkpads
You're an idiot m8 and a newfag to boot.
>>53801269
who's this semen demon?
>>53795250
your right and i know your right, but i like playing mainstream games, the only reason
>>53801341
http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Yotsugi_Ononoki
>>53801335
>what is
>>53800610
>>53801431
2 posters bouncing off each other...
>>53795250
We use Windows 10 because it's the most secure and supported OS.
If you don't want to be spied on then disconnect from internet. Your placebo hacks won't hide you from ISP.
I currently dual boot Debian and Windows 8.1 for some gayms. What should I do with W8?
a) Disable all updates.
b) Disable all updates, except the security ones.
c) Enable all updates, but remove the ones that are marked as spyware (e.g. in the /g/ wiki).
All previous options include using the Aegis script.
Please, call me a faggot and tell me what should I do.
voat dot co/v/technology/comments/459263
>>53803042
b) if you're paranoid or c) in combination with the gwx control panel
>>53795250
>>The majority of /g/ still uses Windows
not even true
>>53795502
I've never needed different hardware for GNU/Linux, it has better hardware support than Windows
>>53803042
Disable updates, firewall up, peerblock with microsoft list on. All you do is game anyway on 8.1, right?
>>53795502
You kidding me? About the only thing gnu/linux is bad at is modern GPU drivers and that's slowly being fixed with AMD and Nvidia pouring effort into Vulkan.
>>53803069
b) for now then.
>>53803101
Yes, but I alt+tab sometimes while playing turn based games, so let's consider I use it daily.
>>53803129
>b) for now then.
good choice
>>53795250
Photoshop
Illustrator
After effects
Premiere
Light room
Not paying stupid prices for fucked mac operating systems
Tell me a viable software suite to do serious 3D parametric CAD/CAE on linux. Literally protip: it doesn't exist.
>>53795250
Games and Adobe programs.
>>53803147
>>53803199
>the company responsible for two more-than-a-decade-long security disasters - Acrobat Reader and Flash
Yeah, great quality code those guys produce there.
>>53803278
Nobody is arguing about the quality of the code here.
People just happen to need the programs adobe makes because they're the best available and many need them for their job.
