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

  • alsEnglish
    11·
    5 hours ago

    this is a post for /c/microsoft or /c/windows, not /c/linux 🤷‍♀️

    • SparkyOP
      29·
      5 hours ago

      I’d say it fits for both as I’m leaving windows for some Linux distro

      • PushButton@lemmy.world
        8·
        3 hours ago

        For my part, I couldn’t care less about your windows app frustrations and your “intention to leave Windows”.

        If I wanted to hear what’s happening on Windows, I would have subscribed to some Windows related channels. I didn’t.

        Your post has nothing to do with Linux.

        • platoose@feddit.ukEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          as the inverse to this, I like to be reminded how much Windows sucks so I don’t feel any desire to reinstall it

        • SparkyOP
          8·
          4 hours ago

          Im generally against hate, but I do think that Google, Microsoft and other numerous companies should go to hell for their shitty practices :3

      • alsEnglish
        7·
        5 hours ago

        “Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.” I guess you could argue that mentioning linux counts? Have you tried any distros yet? I’d recommend just downloading some onto a live USB and seeing what you like!

        • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
          6·
          5 hours ago

          “Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.”

          So Android definitely counts.

        • SparkyOP
          1·
          4 hours ago

          I used to dual boot pop os and windows, but stopped once I had too many issues trying to run non Linux native software trough wine. Once I’ll get my workflow Linux ready, I think I’ll use some distro with KDE

          • alsEnglish
            2·
            3 hours ago

            Yeah getting wine prefixes setup is a pain in the ass but normally once you find out the right settings for something it’s fairly stable (as long as the app you’re running doesn’t update without your consent or something). Often the WineHQ’s application database has some tips on what works for an app

    • gomp@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Agreed. I don’t come here to read about windows.

      Also, “microsoft’s ads for linux” in the title is a fraud clickbait.