3d ago

Is windows even an os anymore?

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Wait, people have one drive installed?
- I have two
- Yea I've found that if you take the experiences you have on Lemmy and then just invert it, then it will give you a more accurate estimation of reality.
  
  That explains why Kamala lost.
  This is gold, Jerry. GOLD
- Yea. I use it daily so I can share files between my PCs without any thought.
  
  If you (or anyone reading this) are ever looking to decloud, you can set up Syncthing in a OneDrive-like setup
  Create a Syncthing share between your computers at %userprofile%\Syncthing
  \ C:\Users\Joe\Syncthing
  \ and verify the share works between windows systems.
  Create the shared system folders in it: %userprofile%\Syncthinglibrary folder]
  \ C:\Users\Joe\Syncthing\Desktop C:\Users\Joe\Syncthing\Documents C:\Users\Joe\Syncthing\Pictures
  Open explorer, go to [My Computer/This PC], right-click on the appropriate system folder (Windows has libraries for: 3D Objects, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos), go to Properties (under 'more' for Win11), select Location, and either manually enter or use the move button to select the new location. On pressing apply, you can also use the prompt to move the folder contents between locations (yes on the first PC, but manual for others if you might clobber files)
  
  I considered setting up Syncthing since I have a server running 24/7 at home. My biggest concern would be around opening more ports and potentially exposing myself further. I guess I trust Microsoft with my data as do many other corporations. If Microsoft or AWS had a data leak of epic proportions then I honestly don't know what might happen to technology
  
  I relaxed a bit after I realized that - unless you're paying for HIPPA grade privacy (or similar), Google/Microsoft/Amazon index your data so hard, it may as well be leaked. So a failure to protect my data is at worst the same as hosting in the cloud.
  (Probably still better - if someone made a torrent of my personal data, it probably wouldn't be popular - if 300 downloaded it, it would still be less then the ~800+ advertisers Google will just freely give my information to, barring some kind of Streisand effect)
  
  You can use Samba, its built into windows to locally share a file to another conputer ovet LAN
  
  I could be wrong on this but afaik Samba can be a pretty big attack vector if set up incorrectly, make sure you take the time to harden it if you're dealing with personal sensitive files.
  
  on a related note, NEVER expose SMB to the internet. It is HORRIBLY insecure. you will get crypto'd in minutes.

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