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I feel the exact opposite. Changing things in Linux is usually just a checkbox in the settings. Whereas changing things in Mac or Windows can be an uphill battle, digging through registry keys, or installing third-party software just to change basic features.

For example, how do you rebind the "switch window" hotkey on a Mac from Cmd+Tab to Alt+Tab? There's no way to do it out of the box. You need to install some third party program called AltTab just to set hotkeys.

How do you disable tracking in Windows 10? Well here's a 50 step plan. And you better pray that none of these settings will be reset the next time there's a forced update.

https://nordvpn.com/blog/disable-windows-10-tracking/




Your Windows link is interestingly all examples of "just a checkbox in the settings", no registry editing, no group policy fiddling and definitely no obscure DOS/PowerShell commands to paste!

(Personally I go further with Win10 - disabling web crap in the start menu does need a registry change. I gather Win11 is worse still.)

OTOH a Linux change I wanted to make recently was to rename Gnome's "Files" and "Files" (!) apps to to "Nautilus" and "Nemo" so I could tell the f*king difference. Right-click & rename? Nope! We're in editing-little-files-land straight away.




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