this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
179 points (93.7% liked)

Technology

34988 readers
157 users here now

This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.


Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.


Rules:

1: All Lemmy rules apply

2: Do not post low effort posts

3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff

4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.

5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)

6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist

7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The best way to shutdown your windows computer is to install Linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's exactly what I've gone and done.

Needless to say I've not been woken up @2-4am when the PC powers itself up and sends the fans to infinity/turning all the lights on.

Fuck windows to the moon, now I just gotta figure out why steam only launches stuff 50% of the time.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nice FOSS activism (no /s) but I prefer the freedom of being able to use a full range of software and do full range of tasks as and how I need. I treat OSes like tools, not like religion cults, adopted Linux as primary with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, now on Debian Stable and have W10 on SSD. I daily Debian like a champ but sometimes boot into Windows for the occasional need and game, to keep things functional and workflow free of friction.

I even have a very nice Linux/Windows guide for perspective https://lemmy.ml/post/511377

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too. And by having Linux in my primary boot, I mostly guarantee windows can't wake itself up after I shut it down. :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had the same idea while I was setting up my dual-boot.