Two. Andrew Tate also got beat down too. Lost in 6 via decision.
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Well, sheās Dutch.
indeed.
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Intermediate status:
- Fender Studio One is actually running quite well (so far without VST/plugins). Had to fiddle with Jack (???), but latencies are now better than on my Windows machine. Thatās something!
- Tonelib Jam could not be installed on Ubuntu (dependencies!). I have now installed Tonelib Jam under the Windows VM. But somehow it doesnāt recognize my Presonus Quantum ES4 DAI. An external HDD is also not recognized, so USB is probably not be looped through. How do I solve something like that?
I donāt want any foreigner āinvadingā our precious Dutch girls. We need her for our security 
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What are you usong for VM?
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KVM - itās supposed to have 95% native performanceā¦
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Running windows in a vm is still running windows, i thought the point was getting off of it?
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Yes, but I gotta be realistic: some software is not available for Ubuntu (Coreldraw, Paintshop Pro) or does not run at all (Tonelib Jam). Some stuff will likely be a challenge under Ubuntu (VST Plugins).
Any alternative approach needs to be thoroughly investigated.
I will use Ubuntu software where possible, and stick with Windows where necessary. For the time beingā¦
Again, this is a PoC, and I will take my time with the migration. Try different options, test and retest.
I can say that based on current results I would not migrate to LINUX. I spent too much time in Terminal and config files already. It s#cks. But gotta go onā¦
But maybe it will get better (Eh, LOL?).
I have tested about 10 different cross platform browsers now. None of them are perfect ā¦ I have to admit that Chrome is the best. And the first to go
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So, MacOS then? If you wanna get real spicy, you can hop on ReactOS 30 years old and still nowhere close to a fully functional windows OS replacement.
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Nope! No US stuff ā¦ anything that can be sanctioned cause of [censored] reasons is out of the question.
(But I really really really like the new MacBooks)
Maybe take a look at this too:
I have NOT used it myself, but may be a good option
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Thatās still MS Windows, right? Nope - we are completely getting rid of US (corporate driven) software & digital services, at least weāll tryā¦.
Well technically itās also an open source project, but itās practically Windows debloat plus optimization, so yes, if M$ ever decided to do something really drastic, I donāt know if/how they could handle itā¦
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Believe it or not thatās the second funniest pic from the event.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1pt293h/this_is_what_happen_when_alpha_male_screw_up_so/
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I installed Windows 11 using Rufus, disabling telemetry, creating a local user, so Iām not logged in to any Microsoft account. I notice that just by doing that, Windows runs a lot faster and smoothly.
I donāt think Microsoft could disable my Windows, and I donāt need an Microsoft account to sign in. The worse they could do is to stop the security updates. But in that case I could use an European antivirus.
Also, I think Big Tech would not be too willing to lose a lot of paying customers just because Someone decides so. I donāt mean it couldnāt happen, but it is not to likely to happen. But, who knows? Crazy things are happening. We are living in very odd and unpredictable times.
Iām moving away from Google and Iām using European alternatives to browsers and other software. But Iām okay with my installation of Windows. I have backups of everything anyway, so itās all good.
PS: I miss those good times when Word came for free with Windows. I miss even the paper clip assistant! Now I use LibreOffice because I donāt want to subscribe to Microsoftās apps. Those were the times! We could buy a software and didnāt have to pay subscription. I read that now even HP has printers that work if the user pays a subscription! Itās insaneā¦
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Exactly!
I use Bitdefender and Malwarebytes (currently), and they flag stuff daily.
Iām not an expert in hacking, but my friends tell me, thatās not sufficient, especially if we donāt get Windows updates.
So if MS decides for stopping updates, weāre still in trouble, albeit weāll have some time to solve this (it will be a Windows 10 situation).
This is why I am quite relaxed about using Windows currently, and do not worry about my LINUX tests failingā¦
Donāt agree. I cannot go any deeper, cause it will be flagged as āpoliticalā.
What I can say is that I discussed this topic with a āhigher upā ex-government person (from the previous administration here).
He said that switching off or reducing access to digital services by unfriendly states is very likely, as:
- Europe will not be such a pussy about tariff pressure in the near future. We have learned that rules and agreements donāt count anymore, though it took some time. Just listen closely to what EU politicians and decision makers are saying at the Munich Security Conference - itās quite revealing..,..
- If tariffs are not a way to put pressure on us, unfriendly states need to find other ways. This could be digital services ā¦ very likely: it is.
- As more and more digital services are breaking EU law, are being used to change politics here and/or breach our data, it is likely that there will be EU activities to tax digital services / products, impose more significant fines, and even severe restrictions of services (for example to protect minors). This will surely lead to a response.
- Itās a game of: who blinks first. And weāll see that the EU will not chicken out as much as before (but there will be a transition period, to put everything in place, so weāll have to bite our tongues for another few years).
This is why there are so many activities for digital impendence going on currently, but EU state entities are not too loud about it, to avoid negative responses and win time.
The good thing about all this is, that digital independence will lead to innovation, prosperity, and more good jobs in the EU. So I quite like this development.
Iām sure that this happens in Finland too ā¦ bring Nokia back!!!
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I would rather pay 100% tariffs or be forced to drive a sh#tty Cybertruck than ever see the paper clip assistant again
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Hear, hear! Lord, did I hate the intrusive little Clippy. The only thing I hated from Microsoft worse than Clippy was MSDOS v4, when they added WRITE caching, turned it on by default, and told NO ONE that it even existed. I had to revert all of my clients to DOS v3.3 until DOS v5 was released. Itās one thing to screw up a DBase III database, but quite another to hose real-time control system databases like I used.
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