Some nice tips for deactivating Windows 11 settings you don't want / need:
Ars Technica · Dozens of things you can do to clean up a fresh install of Windows 11 24H2 and Edge
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Discontinuation of Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 and Coins
Starting March 5, 2025, there will no longer be access to the Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 and any apps downloaded from it will not be guaranteed to operate on Windows 11 devices. Amazon Appstore will continue to be available elsewhere, including on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices #Amazon #Windows11
#Microsoft will end support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) on March 5, 2025. WSA is essential for users to run #Android apps on Windows 11, and its discontinuation means the Amazon Appstore will no longer be supported on #Windows devices.
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Das Problem betrifft Installationen, die von einem Installationsmedium mit integrierten Oktober- oder November-Updates aus 2024 stammen. Diese können keine weiteren Sicherheitsupdates mehr installieren.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10275867?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
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Zunehmend Probleme mit #Windows11-Betriebssystem.--Umso gravierender, als der Support für #Windows bald eingestellt wird.
"Das Update zur Fehlerbehebung von Windows 11 macht alles noch schlimmer.
Jedes neue Update führt zu noch mehr Fehlern."
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Linux.PizzaMichael Ross Tech news (@MichaelRoss@social.linux.pizza)Windows 11's bug-fixing update is making things worse
Each new update ends up introducing even more bugs.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-11s-bug-fixing-update-is-making-things-worse/
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@PCMag Begs the question: why is #microsoft so keen (motivated?) to have us "upgrade" from #windows10 to #windows11 - it would be uncouth to think that it's out of this #bigtech's sense of #social responsibility! 
#privacy #integrity
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Me be trying, hoping, wishing, to persuade dad to let me finally convert his win10 pc to Linux [+ a permanently offline win10 VM for his proprietary pgms that ofc do not run in Linux, & for which he won't or can't let me convert him to FOSS equivalents], instead of doing the feared upgrade to win11, sometime in the coming months. 
I've not had time yet to read all these, but so many of the links here seem to portray win11 as total tripe & hideous horror... which IMO would be some achievement given i loathed win10 from the start, so if 11 is actually even worse than 10, then... OMZ 
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NICHT installieren 
So katastrophal ist #Microsoft #Windows11 #24H2
#Cloud
2025 might be the year of Linux on the desktop, thanks to Microsoft Windows 11. Give your older hardware a new life.
Ars Technica · As it buries Windows 10, Microsoft declares 2025 “year of the Windows 11 PC refresh”
DLF: Linux auf einem älteren Laptop installieren
Info: Danke an @hdvalentin für den Hinweis. 
Natürlich ist dabei anzumerken das Windows 11 nicht nur 'derartig anders konzipiert' ist als Windows 10, dass es mit vielen bestehenden Hardwarekonfigurationen nicht mehr lauffähig ist, sondern das das eine klare Designentscheidung seitens Microsoft war um alte Rechner nicht mehr unterstützen zu müssen, den auf vielen dieser Rechner könnte Windows 11 rein von der Leistung her problemlos laufen.
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... or it just has a severe bug.
Many people are complaining, see here on The Register:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/scanner_canon_windows_update/
Or see this thread on Microsoft's community forum (recent comments):
That is insane.
Workaround/Fix: Switch to #Linux, or at least use #SANE under #WSL (NOTE: Command line use required). Or wipe machine and install #Windows10.
The Register · A New Year's gift from Microsoft: Surprise, your scanners don't work
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Modern printers and especially multi-function devices are driverless (no device-model specific software or information needed), for both the printer and the scanner part. Printing works via IPP and scanning via eSCL or WSD.
On Linux this works very well and people appreciate it.
#Windows has switched over to Windows Protected Print now, in its #Windows11 24H2 release. No printer drivers supported any more, only driverless.
But it seems that scanning got forgotten ...
Privacy helper for #Windows
The free tool "O&O ShutUp10++" helps to disable many concerning Windows features with one click.
It now supports disabling "Copilot" and the disturbing "Recall" feature as well.
O&O Software GmbHO&O ShutUp10++ - O&O Software GmbHO&O ShutUp10++: Free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11 Download Version 1.9.1444, File size 2074KB. Released on: 02/12/2025 O&O ShutUp10++ means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 and Windows 11 you wish to use, … Continue reading →
My 13 year old laptop is definitely antique, but sadly it's not the steampunk one!!
It's a 2012 Dell Precision Workstation M4700 maxxed out to 32GB of RAM, 2.5TB storage in three drives, Intel i7, with an upgraded screen and an upgraded GPU ... now likely to become triple boot if I get serious about Linux given it won't run Win11 easily. Insanely maintainable, these things were really build to last.
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Seriously, I have a dual boot 2012 laptop - Windows 7 Ultimate (with 0patch) and 10 Professional.
Win7 with full aero was a thing of beauty 
They binned it because they wanted an OS that could run on tablets and mobiles, with low power consumption.
Tbf Win 10 Mobile (I still have an HP Elite X3 phone with the last Enterprise build of it) was an OS of beauty
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You may want to hold off on installing Windows 11 for a bit.
A weird Windows 11 bug won’t let some people install any security updates
#Windows11#Bug #Security #Updates #OperatingSystem #Microsoft #Tech
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