I left Windows to escape preinstalled bloat, and then I found it on Linux
I left Windows to escape preinstalled bloat, and then I found it on Linux
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Publish Date: 2026-05-25 18:00:00
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One of many reasons for escaping Windows (as I assume is for a majority of us as well) was to get rid of unnecessary pre-installed packages. This is especially true for laptops, which come with a lot of junk.
Even then, Windows just seems to never stop getting in your way. Be it forced updates, interrupting adverts or a general push to annoy the user in the most trivial way possible, there’s a lot that Microsoft could learn from the open-source community.
Using KDE as my desktop environment had so far been a breeze on CachyOS, or so I thought. Don’t get me wrong — I love KDE, but I also seemed to notice that it pulled in a ton of dependencies along the way. For me, this pet peeve was enough to grind my gears.
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