Quick MX Linux vs W11 setup....(bit of a rant)

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lizby
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Posted: 03:13pm 12 May 2025      

  Grogster said  I hope you see MY point.  


I think I see your point. I also like to be economical--frugal--maybe even stingy by some lights. But the question can be, what are we economizing on?

  Quote  But also, at the same time, bloat for the sake of bloat, just cos space is cheap.....to me, is false logic.


But it's not (mostly) "for the sake of bloat". Microsoft (like seemingly everybody else on the web now), wants to advertise. On my new refurbed Win11 laptop I went through the de-bloating process which I think you (or maybe someone else) recommended above. We all now unfortunately have to work to avoid being swamped with "slop".

But it's also true that it may not be worth taking the time to clean up. Here's a bit of a list from a folder I have:
Directory of C:\bin

07/31/1985  08:24 PM               512 VTREE.COM
01/07/1986  12:11 AM                11 FF.COM
01/14/1986  01:59 AM            43,520 SE.EXE
06/05/1986  01:59 PM               591 SWEEP.COM
08/13/1986  01:37 PM               204 SEE.MAC
09/13/1987  01:57 PM            11,210 CALENDAR.EXE
11/10/1987  04:23 PM             1,386 PRN2FILE.COM
08/29/1988  05:00 AM             6,979 GREP.COM
08/29/1988  05:00 AM             6,979 grep0.com
08/29/1988  05:00 AM             6,979 GREP_old.COM
08/29/1988  05:00 AM             3,992 TOUCH.COM


Programs from 1985 and 1986--most or all of which won't run now. But I don't see that I gain anything by finding and deleting them. And they remind me of what computing once was like.

It's not that I dislike Linux. I've had dozens of Linux devices--a few desktop but mostly little boxes running openWrt. I bought my first Seagate Dockstars in 2010, and I still have 6 of them running--operating cameras or serving as data accumulators and message servers--terrific little headless devices. Talk about economical (but they won't give you a PC experience).