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    [–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 69 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    I have one old laptop with Windows 10 sitting around, and only because it's the only way to update the Xbox Series controller I have that randomly bootloops and thus is essentially useless anyway.

    So this begs the question: how much of Windows can I delete and replace with foss stuff, while still having it technically be a Windows OS?

    Soon:

    "I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Windows, is in fact, GNU/Windows/NT, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Windows plus NT. Windows is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another nonfree component of a fully functioning free GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX... and whatever NT does."

    [–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    I think better questions to ask first might be things like "Can I pass the controller USB connection to windows in a VM?" which is probably yes, and "Can I just never update this controller?" which I would normally say is a yes, but it sounds like yours has issues.

    [–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 hours ago

    Yeah after some searches it sounded like updating the controller might fix the bootloop issue. Running the accessories app for the controller through Linux seemed like a no-go, so for me the path of least resistance was putting Windows on an old laptop I don't generally use anymore.

    Updating fixed the bootloop issue, until it didn't. The lesson I'm taking from all of this is to not buy Xbox controllers anymore. Currently the DualSense is my main, but I'm looking at the Gulikit ES Pro at some point.

    If I ever find a controller that has a companion app that natively runs on Linux, that's what I will prefer. But really, controllers needing to be updated is dumb to begin with.

    [–] Exec@pawb.social 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    You mean GNU\Windows\NT

    [–] ViscloReader@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago

    Backslashes in file paths makes me go πŸ”₯😑🀬😀😾πŸ’₯

    [–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    The absolutely most? ReactOS. It's not really suitable for daily use, but it is essentially a clean room reverse engineering project of Windows itself.

    [–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 points 18 hours ago

    Yeah I check in on React OS every few months. Maybe someday I'll give it a try, but it's still so much in alpha status.

    [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

    That is cool as heck! I've got some reading to do.

    [–] MinFapper@startrek.website 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)
    [–] agelord@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

    That's just running a full fat installation of Windows.

    [–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Sounds more like Winbloat. >_>