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Windows 11 inserts more ads in the start menu with latest update
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I can't say with certainty, but I'm pretty sure my pi-hole (insert big-boned joke here) is the reason I never see that garbage.
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are you running 11 on your home computer? That'd be interesting if it really is blocking that
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You still running Win7?
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uhhh windows vista for life?? or should I say mac osx? Win7 wasn't bad. I have a laptop on 10... nothing on 11.You still running Win7?
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@webby - Ever heard of/ran Atlas on any machine of yours?
https://atlasos.net/
Linus talked about it in his video upload from today (should start at the 15:14 mark)
View: https://youtu.be/dc7CIkZcWYE?t=914
https://atlasos.net/
Linus talked about it in his video upload from today (should start at the 15:14 mark)
View: https://youtu.be/dc7CIkZcWYE?t=914
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This is the first I've heard of that program. Seems like it ran on that setup he had really well. Everything looked really responsive for the age of the machine/hardware.
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saw that too. looks interesting.
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My wife has an older laptop that she just uses for the budget spreadsheet and a few other things since she's too lazy to transfer it over to her new LG Gram laptop.. But when she finally does that maybe I'll wipe it and put AtlasOS on it. Hmmm
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Or Linux?My wife has an older laptop that she just uses for the budget spreadsheet and a few other things since she's too lazy to transfer it over to her new LG Gram laptop.. But when she finally does that maybe I'll wipe it and put AtlasOS on it. Hmmm
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I had Linux on a machine WAY back in the day.
But I'd like to try this AtlasOS
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Yes, I am. I use a separate raspberry pi with Pi-hole installed to act as my DNS server. Pi-hole is software that aggregates lists of known advertising/spam/etc domains and sends them to a "black hole" when any website attempts to access them; hence the name. The result is that I practically never see ads on any device I use at home, and website browsing overall is sped up as a result.
It's an absolute dream and I will never go without one. My assumption is that the domains being used for their form of advertising are blocked entirely, which is why I never see them. I can't confirm for sure without knowing which domains Microsoft is using to serve the ads and comparing them to the logs on the server.
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Don't ask me how much it cost. It was a lot.
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4090! What’s in the system currently that you’re upgrading from?
Janz3n
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I refuse to pay the same amount of money for a graphics card as I would for a used car.
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Rich!
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...a 3090...
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...a 3090...
What did you do with that? Collecting dust...
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The "old" computer replaced the one in my bedroom, which replaced a 1080.
In my defense, the game I play the most, Eve Online, did a recent graphics overhaul and the 3090 wasn't cutting it anymore on three 2K monitors ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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