Greetings! Recently, i have ditched Windows for Linux. Why? Well, This all started with a Windows Update. I was working on a Discord bot, until my PC decided to restart without my consent. What was it? A Windows Update. I was like: “no big deal, ill just wait”. Well, it was over 100+ updates. After all the updates completed, i saw the Windows 11 setup screen. Keep in mind that I was on WIndows 10 before the updates. Now at that point i really got angry. Like, I hate Windows 11. So then i went and completed the setup, and got met with ALL THE BLOATWARE REINSTALLED. So ofcourse, since i did NOT wanna use Windows 11, i backed up my data, and switched to the Secure and Free operating System, Linux. I went with arch, since i have used Ubuntu before, and it’s terrible. And since i didn’t wanna use any fancy Desktop Enviroments, such as GNOME, KDE, HyprLand, XFCE. I went with dwm. It looks very mininal and customizable.

Now that brings me to the question, What apps should i get rid of?

I know i did the same post like a few weeks ago, but for the sake of Privacy, i know Some apps contain Telemetry, and some Don’t. But still.

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    1•3 months ago

    I do obviously know that avahi is bloat, but it’s a dependency of PulseAudio, preventing me from removing it

    • @[email protected]
      1•3 months ago

      I’m pretty sure my Arches with PipeWire audio don’t have it if that’s of any use to you.

      I have used PulseAudio and PipeWire for years and the last few years have preffered the latter when installing all the optional dependencies.

      Then again if it ain’t broke 🤷‍♂️