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Hey y'all, today I experienced another push for Linux from our friend Microsoft. 5 minutes ago, I wanted to use the timer app on Windows, so I could manage my work/break schedule, and this fucker showed up. Yes, that's a prompt to sign in with a Microsoft account to use the clock. If you close it, it pops up 30s later. Clicking “Don't sign in” or closing the process responsible for displaying it is useless, and guess what… IT PAUSES THE TIMER WHEN IT SHOWS UP.

I guess this is another thing added to the super long list of things which will eventually make me switch my main workstation to Linux once win10 is discontinued.

/endrant

Hope y'all are having a great day :3

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

why wait the death of win10 when you can switch now, get that painful first days learning things out of the way now that you have a fallback if absolutely necessary

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I cannot speak for the OP but most of the pepper claiming they are waiting will not switch. They may use an illegally patched or trimmed version of Windows 11. Many won’t even do that.

The biggest risk for Microsoft is that everybody stays on Windows 10 without updates. Or that massive customers will force them to push back the “enterprise” date over and over. To encourage migration, expect Microsoft to make Windows 10 just as bad as 11 before support expires.

[–] dabster291 2 points 2 months ago

most of the pepper

autocorrect moment?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

If Microsoft cared about the risk of folks staying on Windows 10, they wouldn't be making millions of computers into e-waste because they don't have the right TPM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is why I install Linux on all my Dr Peppers before I drink them. Otherwise they just forget to switch.