It’s absolutely insane how many things need turning off to gain some modicum of privacy with win10, I refuse to upgrade but imagine it’s worse in win11.
Totally understand the love for Linux. If my audio interface & DAW were compatible I would investigated switching way back. There are other interfaces which appear to be compatible, and other DAWs, but I am highly proficient in the one I’ve used for ~15 years and don’t want to invest time learning a new one; and my audio interface lets me use very, very high end emulations of hardware (UAD).
Seriously considering Linux for potential future live PA work though. Stability is appealing for live stuff!
System > Notifications & actions > uncheck/turn off anything you don’t want. (Meaning disable everything because screw them)
Personalization > Lock screen > turn off fun facts. (Th y are far from fun…nobody cares)
Personalization > Start > turn off ‘show suggestions occaisionally…’
Personalization > Taskbar > turn off news and interests if you’re not interested.
Privacy > General > switch off all 4 things.
Privacy > go through every single category in the left-hand column and turn off anything you don’t want. (Again, disable it all…)
It’s absolutely insane how many things need turning off to gain some modicum of privacy with win10, I refuse to upgrade but imagine it’s worse in win11.
Totally understand the love for Linux. If my audio interface & DAW were compatible I would investigated switching way back. There are other interfaces which appear to be compatible, and other DAWs, but I am highly proficient in the one I’ve used for ~15 years and don’t want to invest time learning a new one; and my audio interface lets me use very, very high end emulations of hardware (UAD).
Seriously considering Linux for potential future live PA work though. Stability is appealing for live stuff!
I’m in the same boat; audio production/composition, otherwise i’d be using Linix too.
I take it the Macs are burgers since you know Windows so well?
Wtf? At least you didn’t pay for windows right? Crack goes brrrrr
I didn’t. Not will I ever.