Will you install Windows 10?

[GreyGeek]

And a sure sign of their desperation as their marketshare continues to plummet.

[jpenguin]

I still hardly ever boot widoze

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[Qqmike]

The other day, a friend let his grandson, age 10, a smart boy, use his PC, and the g-son "accidentally" caused Windows 10 to be installed (replacing Win 7 or 8 with the upgrade). He obviously got the standard upgrade and did not control the opt-out options. Now, my friend says the PC is almost unusable with many and various ads popping up right in his face. Of course, it is possible to turn off a long list of these "privacy" settings; but I'm seeing similar uninvited advertising behavior on our Windows 8.1, and have heard it gets worse in Win X.

[GreyGeek]

The other day, a friend let his grandson, age 10, a smart boy, use his PC, and the g-son "accidentally" caused Windows 10 to be installed (replacing Win 7 or 8 with the upgrade). He obviously got the standard upgrade and did not control the opt-out options. Now, my friend says the PC is almost unusable with many and various ads popping up right in his face. Of course, it is possible to turn off a long list of these "privacy" settings; but I'm seeing similar uninvited advertising behavior on our Windows 8.1, and have heard it gets worse in Win X.

The G-son is not responsible for the "upgrade". As the link pointed out MS changed its own rules and specifically re-wrote the "X" button to be a second "OK" button, thus DECEIVING the consumer into upgrading to Win10 even though by clicking the "X" button the consumer was deliberately taking action which they thought would decline the update. In otherwords, Microsoft is doing what it have done so often in the past: lie, cheat and steal.

[dequire]

I thought this was a trick question...like, huh...WTF?

Anyway, no, a resounding no, I only use Linux, and will continue to do so.

+1! Same here...Windows-free since 2010 and Linux user since 2008! No reason to ever go back.

[ianp5a]

I have just seen Windows 10 for the first time. And saw they improved the file manager so you can navigate in the tree again like in Dolphin. But Dolphin is still way better. First impression, it's similar to Windows 7.
I'll stay on Linux thank you. But Kubuntu upgrades have made KDE horrible and glitchy. So I'm trying the live distros.

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[dibl]

You guys are so negative! Windows 10 running on a Qemu/KVM virtual machine, under your Linux OS, is a GREAT little utility for running those hard-to-duplicate Windows applications that you might need. I wouldn't consider my Debian system complete without it!

[DrGeoffrey]

You guys are so negative! Windows 10 running on a Qemu/KVM virtual machine, under your Linux OS, is a GREAT little utility for running those hard-to-duplicate Windows applications that you might need. I wouldn't consider my Debian system complete without it!

Yeahbut, most of those anti-malware programs are not necessary under Linux.

[GreyGeek]

If your Win7/8 installation got hit by Win10 here is a link to a program which blocks the "upgrade" notice and cleans out any Win10 files serrupticiously downloaded.
http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/201...emove.html?m=1

[life0riley]

Hmm... What about unchecking recommended updates and only accepting important updates?

[MoonRise]

You guys are so negative! Windows 10 running on a Qemu/KVM virtual machine, under your Linux OS, is a GREAT little utility for running those hard-to-duplicate Windows applications that you might need. I wouldn't consider my Debian system complete without it!

+1

[ianp5a]

I'm happy that I haven't needed any Windows programs for years so don't have the hassle. Windows CDs, costs and viruses are fading from my memory.

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[Goeroeboeroe]

Hmm... What about unchecking recommended updates and only accepting important updates?

They made it an important update, some time ago.
I used every trick described here (and more), like GWX, but Microsoft apparently changes every time something. GWX etc. stop protecting against the upgrade after some time.
I have three test-installations with Windows 7/8 and getting really sick of it, because I have to check every *)(*)(*& update by hand to check if it doesn't try to install W 10. The information in the update itself doesn't describe the update, that's just some general blabla. I have to go to the exact page belonging to the exact kb to read the real description.
I really don't understand why they do it this way.

[GreyGeek]

GWX is in an update war with Microsoft. They update, MS updates, they update ... Rinse and repeat. Both on automatic.
The question is: can GWX afford the server load?

[Goeroeboeroe]

GWX on automatic updates? Maybe I do something wrong, but not on my systems. I have to manually check for updates.
But even if it updates automatically, I don't dare to take the risk. There can be some time between Microsoft pushing an upgrade, and a new version of GWX. When I started using GWX I assumed one time running it was enough. It was, till Microsoft started pushing even harder.
It makes me angry (well, a bit, I can still sleep...), but I guess checking each important update is less work then rolling back an upgrade.