Advice For The Unfortunate Windows User? (lemmy.zip)

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Long story short here: I tried making Linux my main OS on my PC. I had it dual booted with Win 11 on a separate SSD. Win 11 was going to be solely for work purposes since it was crucial.

However I noticed that I had begun to migrate slowly back to Win 11 because I'm a gamer and Linux just doesn't get along with my graphics card, so games are almost impossible to play well.

I've succumbed to the idea that my PC will just solely run on Win 11. (I do use Linux on a laptop tho). So I got some debloat tools to shut off most of Microsoft's annoying spy shit and manually uninstalled the rest like Cortana. I also have pihole running on my raspi5 so my PC is connected to that, plus I use ProtonVPN. I use Firefox with plugins like ublock, privacy badger, etc.

I want to try to make Windows as private and away from Microsoft's prying eyes as much as possible. Got any other recommendations?

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[-] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Do you need to be actively connected to the internet? Most passive spying (ie spying that is not specifically targeted at you, but rather just big tech corpos trying to gather data in general) can be blocked by just disconnecting the device from the internet. You can download installers for games and the like on other devices and transfer them over with a usb drive.

[-] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Yea unfortunately, a lot of what I do both job and hobby-wise has me leashed to the internet. But I do appreciate the idea of going offline whenever I can

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