Long story short here: I tried making Linux my main OS on my PC. I had it dual booted with Win 11 on a separate SSD. Win 11 was going to be solely for work purposes since it was crucial.

However I noticed that I had begun to migrate slowly back to Win 11 because I’m a gamer and Linux just doesn’t get along with my graphics card, so games are almost impossible to play well.

I’ve succumbed to the idea that my PC will just solely run on Win 11. (I do use Linux on a laptop tho). So I got some debloat tools to shut off most of Microsoft’s annoying spy shit and manually uninstalled the rest like Cortana. I also have pihole running on my raspi5 so my PC is connected to that, plus I use ProtonVPN. I use Firefox with plugins like ublock, privacy badger, etc.

I want to try to make Windows as private and away from Microsoft’s prying eyes as much as possible. Got any other recommendations?

  • nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zipOP
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    19 hours ago

    I have heard of this happening, it will probably be something that I’ll have to keep in mind actively while I use Windows for now. But yes, the ultimate goal is to make the huge switch to Linux when I can get my hands on a better graphics card. Linux hated my Nvidia :(

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 hours ago

      If you want, you can install Linux but put the boot loader on a USB so Windows can’t access it. That’s what I did when I was still trying to duel boot.