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I wish I had mustered up the courage to leave Windows earlier; my PCs are so quiet now (programming.dev)

submitted 6 days ago by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/linuxmint@programming.dev

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I feel like trying to persuade people to leave Windows purely from a privacy angle is being too specific or extreme for those who really don't care/gave up. I think a great, alternative way to win people over would be to simply point out how much more efficient it is and energy-saving for their own electric bills.

Just don't warn them about how much energy they may end up ironically expending as a result of tinkering with it and fixing issues and finding cool stuff like Burn My Windows, haha... 🤫

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[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, on older gear that software compatibility reporter Spyware thing can certainly chew up some CPU time.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, I don't understand what you're referring to...

[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's a process on Windows which runs periodically, and eats a bunch of CPU time.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

Hmm, I don't remember reading about this. Anyway, glad I'm off of Windows.