The best solution for privacy is to not use windows, seems like a good guide but even with all these modifications I would throw the computer in the dumpster and set it on fire before using it in any privacy sensitive or mission critical applications.
Linux runs fine these days, and with NTSync in the kernel and the work done on WINE and proton there really isn't a need to use an operating system that abuses you and sells your data for profit.
I unfortunately bought a subscription before dickhead made his statement. Looks like I'm with them for a year >.<
This is an economic war and it has been going on for some time, they have no need to fund armies. They've already subverted our way of life.
The oligarchs have united to fight against us, we need the working class to unite and fight back before it's too late
Pretty surprised at how well it works on laptops now, almost everything worked out of the box for me with the exception of some RGB lights but that's just a matter of probing the EC
Had less problems post-install than Win10, couldn't even install Win11 (I'm not making a microsoft account)
It's been a year now and I'm never going to install windows on my machines again, thank god
My common solution to boot issues that lock me out is,
Get a USB Live distro (always good to have a backup lying around)
Boot into live distro
Chroot into the broken distro (Arch wiki has an article on this)
Fix any bugs that I can find and/or reinstall the bootloader
Test, repeat until the problem has been found and fixed
Hope it helps any newcomers!
Oh, works on my machine. Oh well.