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It came on the laptop, but I shrunk the partition, added partitions for /MX /home & swap and now run MX almost exclusively since taking it out of the box it came in. Keep Win10 up to date for family technical support info.

PhilH wrote:It came on the laptop, but I shrunk the partition, added partitions for /MX /home & swap and now run MX almost exclusively since taking it out of the box it came in. Keep Win10 up to date for family technical support info.

My wife's business desktop mobo died last week. It's been replaced with an i7 Dell from Costco. I stripped the win10 that came on it and loaded MX 16 straight up. I've also got a win7 virtual machine on it as well so she can still run her MS stuff. She has an ipod that needs itunes but I haven't been able to get that to go on wine yet. Another reason for the VM.

PhilH wrote:It came on the laptop, but I shrunk the partition, added partitions for /MX /home & swap and now run MX almost exclusively since taking it out of the box it came in. Keep Win10 up to date for family technical support info.

I used to use Windows 7 ,but yesterday I upgraded to Windows10 from Windows since i forgot Windows 7 password , But Windows 10 is less stable than Windows7, i'm going to downgrade to Windows7 ,

I went about 4 years without using Windows, and I do not trust MS even though they have tried to act more friendly to Linux. Having said that, I bought a T420 Thinkpad this summer that has Windows 10 pro on it. Despite wanting to hate it the OS is nicer than Win7, feels more polished. Privacy is probably about the same as a Chromebook if everything possible is shut off. Yet who really knows what MS is collecting? Since it is pro edition I can delay updates for 6 mos. But Debian 9 runs like a champ on it. I've become a big fan of Thinkpads. Wonderful to have brightness and volume keys and suspend work OOTB. Also recently picked up a X201 Thinkpad, nice little machine but Win7 is heavy on it. Moving it to Linux soon.

Ransker wrote:[I used to use Windows 7 ,but yesterday I upgraded to Windows10 from Windows since i forgot Windows 7 password , But Windows10 is less stable than Windows7, i'm going to downgrade to Windows7 ,

I hope you didn't actually pay for that upgrade.

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None that I have kept. Started switching to Linux when they were developing Vista. I used to boot into Windows once a year to do my taxes. Now I let AARP do my taxes. I don't need Widows for anything. It was just too frustrating to install drivers and fuss with virus removal. So glad I switched. When I get a used machine I wipe Windows off immediately.

Gates hasnt built anything decent since XP - with all their HIB emoji-engineers having stirred
the W10 cauldron , its an unmitigated disaster - use W7 occasionally - a steroid version of XP
on a remote mosheen to root iPhones, etc - do not touch giggle, fakebook, or icloud anything

Jack

since win-10 gets an face-lift every six months, or so,
then at that point, there seems to be another crowd of folks, who are dissatisfied, by that recent update.
& then they do start looking for an alternative - - Hello Linux

I will be installing win10 on my new system, next to mx18. I need windows to update the tomtom and the mio cyclo, and playing games in steam.

And nope. VB doesn't do as good a job, because it continuously spits out the connected device. Not something you'd want when updating maps.

I have win7 right now, but considering that one will have no more support soon, I've bitten the bullet and purchased the 10 thing already.

I use it for games and recording from Digico UB MADI 48 channel audio interface which doesn't have a Linux driver. Works OK but I've stripped out as much telemetry and annoying unwanted programs as I could.
Highly recommend Win10Privacy which is a magic program to whip Win10 into shape - https://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/