4mo ago

My experience with microsoft's ads for linux.

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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Why wait. Start switching now.
- This. Be proactive. Don't wait for microsoft
- I have moved my laptop over to kubuntu for a while now, but I have too many workflows that rely on windows ) :
  
  Better start soon then to get those workflows going quicker
  
  better to start figuring out your workflow on linux now than waiting for shit to hit the fan and do it in a hurry.
  
  Best to wait until the last second and switch cold turkey. What could possibly go wrong?
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  was in the same situation for a while, but I switched a few weeks ago and I've never since looked back
  
  then even more reason to start de-windowsifying your workflows now rather than doing it all at once later

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