Our family PC still has 8.1 (parents really don’t like change and Firefox got security updates until recently). I think I’ll upgrade it to 10 when I have time, the amount of debloat required to keep it sane is manageable as opposed to 11.
Mate! If your hardware is good enough, then download windows 11 from massgrave.dev and then use this unattended method, which lets you turn off all the crap including TPM and BitLocked and all ai and o365 teams bollocks.
I already use unattend scripts for the rest of my family’s Windows shit… I add irm https://christitus.com/win | iex at the end too so I can then install cool stuff
We’ve been using Classic Shell since Day 1 of course. I modded it to quit qBittorrent when Mom opens the Shutdown dialog (yes, she always opens that awful window) because that takes the longest to terminate. I’ll use it plus Explorer Patcher on 10, a semi-transparent taskbar without blur is so handy
I ran the LTSC version until it recently failed a regular update multiple times, every shutdown and restart would take over an hour, and I would never wish that curse upon anybody ever. It frequently BSOD’ed, usually involving nVidia audio or Windows Store applications (I didn’t have any windows Store Apps installed but they’re sometimes dependencies), and the only way I could tell you that was the source of the problem is I learned to read the clusterfuck that is the Event Viewer logs, but I haven’t had a single similar issue on Linux since I made the switch.
Our family PC still has 8.1 (parents really don’t like change and Firefox got security updates until recently). I think I’ll upgrade it to 10 when I have time, the amount of debloat required to keep it sane is manageable as opposed to 11.
Mate! If your hardware is good enough, then download windows 11 from massgrave.dev and then use this unattended method, which lets you turn off all the crap including TPM and BitLocked and all ai and o365 teams bollocks.
Source: me using windows for work
I already use unattend scripts for the rest of my family’s Windows shit… I add
irm https://christitus.com/win | iexat the end too so I can then install cool stuffAnd no, I’m not upgrading any Windows 10 stuff rn
Man 8.1 Metro was the worst UI pick Windows has had
We’ve been using Classic Shell since Day 1 of course. I modded it to quit qBittorrent when Mom opens the Shutdown dialog (yes, she always opens that awful window) because that takes the longest to terminate. I’ll use it plus Explorer Patcher on 10, a semi-transparent taskbar without blur is so handy
get the iot ltsc version, it’s the only sane option rn
I agree 100%
I ran the LTSC version until it recently failed a regular update multiple times, every shutdown and restart would take over an hour, and I would never wish that curse upon anybody ever. It frequently BSOD’ed, usually involving nVidia audio or Windows Store applications (I didn’t have any windows Store Apps installed but they’re sometimes dependencies), and the only way I could tell you that was the source of the problem is I learned to read the clusterfuck that is the Event Viewer logs, but I haven’t had a single similar issue on Linux since I made the switch.
A suggestion:
Dual boot!
Call the Linux partition “Mom’s speed machine” and the old Windows 8.1 partition “Dad’s slow shitheap”.
Make the Linux partition as easy and intuitive to use as possible. Let the Windows partition rot.
I’m sure dad will come around pretty soon when he sees mom’s sleek setup and he gets a pang of jealousy.
Good luck!
there are tons of ofms for linux. show him gnome commander or krusader to start with.
Drive letters? (Yes, they are stupid and don’t work with MTP but I won’t explin
/dev/to him)