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My experience with microsoft's ads for linux. (protosparky.uk)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 160 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why wait. Start switching now.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 months ago

This. Be proactive. Don't wait for microsoft

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I have moved my laptop over to kubuntu for a while now, but I have too many workflows that rely on windows ) :

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago

Better start soon then to get those workflows going quicker

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

better to start figuring out your workflow on linux now than waiting for shit to hit the fan and do it in a hurry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Best to wait until the last second and switch cold turkey. What could possibly go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What are they?

I ditched Windows roughly 15 years ago and I run a MS Silver partner shop.

I daily drive Kubuntu (was Arch but I need to tick boxes). I used to teach DTP, WP, spreadsheets etc and Libre Office is fine as a replacement for MSO. Email - Exchange and Evolution EWS. I create the most complicated docs in my firm and MSO works with them OK.

I 3D print stuff and use LibreCAD and OpenSCAD. All good. Also note that there are lots of other CAD apps on Linux for free/libre and of course we have

As far as I am aware, games is the only area that Linux might fail and that issue is shrinking rapidly.

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

8 years or so for me. I miss Ableton and Sibelius. I have Bitwig and Musescore but I still miss them. Musescore is getting better and better (I am planning on moving to lilypond anyway) but Bitwig is too alien for me. It is almost the same bu not really. If it was completely different, it might have been easier to get used to. Also I wish there was a viable open source alternative to Bitwig.

[–] Jumuta 5 points 2 months ago

was in the same situation for a while, but I switched a few weeks ago and I've never since looked back

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

then even more reason to start de-windowsifying your workflows now rather than doing it all at once later