I’m on 24H2 Windows 11 with a local account set up, ran windows debloat tool and have CoPilot/onedrive/other data mining features un-installed.
Edit: I have a plan to make the switch to Linux. For now I was just looking for any feedback on how to handle current Windows OS. I whole heartedly hate Microsoft as much as the next, I promise lol.
Install Ubuntu.
Just built a gaming pc for my wife. Installed Ubuntu. Everything just…worked? Even wireless drivers.
Install steam. Go through menus to enable Proton. Install Hogwarts Legacy. Works fine.
Most I had to do was edit a single text file to get her 8bitdo controller to work.
That was where I started before I went distro hopping on my test machine. Ubuntu had a really annoying issue where the fingerprint reader would randomly stop working waking up from sleep. Going into sleep sometimes just didn’t work, and battery life was also pretty awful.