Linux: No ads, it's free and easier than ever to install.
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Once you people have finally had enough, Linux and/or Libre Office will be right there. Waiting.
I did this over a year ago. Man, I love that my computing is boring again. No distractions. The machine does what I tell it to do. It's lovely! Boring is lovely.
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Also Microsoft: “Why aren’t people upgrading to Windows 11?”
“Nobody wants to Windows anymore!”
They are seriously making the case for Linux with everything they do
Windows 10 had already done a great job of that, but Windows 11 has really amped it up. I only have a single Windows machine in the house at this point for specific corporate stuff I need for work.
Now that GeForce Now can play most anti-cheat on cloud gaming I see no reason ever to have a Windows machine. Mint btw.
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Advertising has no place in an operating system. Full stop.
Advertising has no place period.
One of the single greatest tragedies of modern life is that we accepted ads invading our personal and public spaces. Going outside for a walk and having to see a large outdoor, literally an advert on the sky, should be a crime against humanity.
I moved somewhere where signs over a certain height (maybe 8 feet?) are illegal.
It's glorious
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I swear, Microsoft YEARNS to fail. Dunno who is running the show over there but they're doing a great job of being terrible for their brand.
they're losing so much money on AI/datacenters, they are just flailing at this point.
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Lmao. Genius, hope whoever suggested this got a raise. Can imagine the meeting where it has been decided. "Hey, have we thought about fullscreen ads for something we want to push on people?” "Genius idea, Maxwell! Go home to your wife and kids and tell them a big fat bonus is coming to their smart father!”
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Luckily at work we are allowed to install a dual boot, or even single boot with Linux. The one obligation is to run the corporate antivirus and vpn client (and yes we had malware detections of Linux binaries).
Dual booting for the last 6 months, now 100% on Linux (Mint). Can’t say I miss anything from windows, maybe ms office’s polished apps but I can’t care less. Nowadays everything runs in the browser, it has become « the OS ». And almost every browser is a chromium variant that’s it.
Laughs in Linux
I hope it last, web enshitification may bring us back to the 2000s where that one site requires internet explorer, this one won’t allow DRM content on non windows platforms…
It’s just around the corner.
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Help LibreOffice developers replace Microsoft 365: https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/
Or if you have skills + time: https://whatcanidoforlibreoffice.org/
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"Microsoft testing new ways to lose customers".
It's well known that piracy was what made Word (.DOC) and Excel (.XLS) the de facto standard.
If the kids at home can't use windows, they'll find something different. And when enough of them find if, when they become decision makers they'll stay away from Windows.
Imagine how different the landscape would be had MS cracked down on Piracy for their flagship programs.
iMacs in schools weren’t for nothing, and neither are the weirdly good deals on Apple products for students and teachers. At a time when people are learning about these programs and using the machines pretty aggressively the good product company comes along and gives them affordable-ish equipment with a nice stable OS.
Tim Cook Apple being kinda underwhelming and being way more expensive than Steve Jobs Apple is not helping their image but they still have decent deals and are able to ride said image for a very long time thanks largely to Jobs understanding what you’re talking about.
Back to Microsoft, they don’t seem to understand that the general consensus on them has mostly always been that Windows is cheap and not amazing but certain programs run on only it. Now they want to make it cost a tonne of money/have ads? Jobs’ Apple products where expensive but they were high quality. Microsoft just can’t pull the same shit with their dogshit legacy-coded 30 year old hack-job OS and consistently mediocre-to-bad products. And they have to do it while competing with Linux amongst the very people who were doing most of the loud fan-boying for their shit for so long!
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Thank goodness I have zero use for any of their products.
I swear, if Microoft pulls a few more of these no-good shenanigans, I might start pondering on considering the possibility of perhąps trying out Linux
Try out librewolf or softmaker (there is somewhere a free version) and other alternatives of programs that you need that at best are foss and at worst also run on linux.
That way you get a smoother learning curve
I already use LibreWolf. Not sure what softmaker is, though.
I am not allowed to leave Windows, though
Softmaker is libreoffice in word look, also proprietary but a better licence model.
Its the next best thing to libreoffice for people who still wanna use word.
Its sad that you dont have the option because options are awesome but you still can try to use as much libre and software from better companies as possible
Not because of switching to linux but to take care of your data and getting resilient against enshittification
LibreOffice is good, I use it and, for my use cases, it works.
Yeah, it sucks. Can't go into much detail, cause of an NDA. All I can say is, read the Terms and Conditions of Use. You never know in what situation you might get yourself into
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They sent me a survey. I told them they're driving me to Linux and libre office.
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They have this in Windows 10...to advertise Windows 11.
Of course they are. Coincidentally, newer devices being bought in 2025 are increasingly shipping with fully locked UEFI that prevents you from installing anything but Windows.
I thought that was illegal.
Do you happen to know any specific hardware that does so? I haven't heard of that and I'm genuinely curious.
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Do it! At this point Linux can do anything windows can do, I want them to fuck it up as much as possible, Fuck Microsoft !
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Laughs in libreoffice.
I have a windows game box, it nags me to backup my photos when I visualise 1 (one) image.
What a shit OS it has become lol.
Since I made the switch these kinds of news are hilarious! Yes, make Win 11 into hell! Your customers are your shareholders, users are too be exploited! How long can it last? Who cares, only the next quarter counts!
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