Microsoft pushing out full-screen ads to Windows 10 users

[Redaktion]

Windows 10 users have been served full-screen upgrade warnings for Windows 11 before, but now, Microsoft is using the same tactic for full-on ads. Users are being shown the newest in the Microsoft Surface lineup, and being urged to upgrade their PC to get "the ultimate Windows 11 experience".

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-pushing-out-full-screen-ads-to-Windows-10-users.922026.0.html

[A]

Perfect time to go Linux, no need to worry about full screen ads in your OS

[indy]

Windows 11 was a full screen ad for Linux. And they absolutely convinced me to switch.

[GeorgeS]

Just another reason to not let your Windows powered PC to communicate with any MS owned domain.

For jobs or tasks that don't require 'internet access' simply unplugging from 'the net' is quick and easy and for jobs & tasks that DO REQUIRE internet access, there are almost countless open source alternatives available.

[HomerName]

I'm just waiting for HarmonyOS next laptop. My expectation for anything else is 0: Macbooks will be sending my photos to the cloud and deleting them randomly under pretense of pedophilia, windows will screenshot me every few seconds under the pretense of its revind feature, Amazon will destroy Ubuntu and Microsoft will run everything else into the ground via The Linux Foundation.
Good luck trying to get my data out of communist china.

[Arnaud]

@HomerName

Could you explain this part of your comment "Amazon will destroy Ubuntu and Microsoft will run everything else into the ground via The Linux Foundation."
Have not heard anything about those problems.
What is the link between Amazon and Ubuntu, could not find it on web search...

[A]

I'm just waiting for HarmonyOS next laptop. My expectation for anything else is 0: Macbooks will be sending my photos to the cloud and deleting them randomly under pretense of pedophilia, windows will screenshot me every few seconds under the pretense of its revind feature, Amazon will destroy Ubuntu and Microsoft will run everything else into the ground via The Linux Foundation.
Good luck trying to get my data out of communist china.

What nonsense are you talking about? Getting data out of China is very easy as long as it isn't the data about their own government. As easy as getting failed QA goods that are often resold. The reason is because the people getting the data have no problem reselling it on the black market for personal gain.


Ubuntu has long been destroyed, hence why there are forks like Linux Mint which takes all the junk out of Ubuntu and adds more user friendliness.

You can't ever run Linux to the ground because it is open source and can be forked. Just like when Oracle tried to take control of MySQL and OpenOffice, it just got forked into MariaDB and LibreOffice. Or when IBM took over Red Hat and got rid of CentOS, it got replaced by Alma Linux, Rocky Linux and Liberty Linux.

There is absolutely 0 Linux Foundation can do, they only provide funding to the Linux kernel developers. That is about it, they have 0 control over Linux. Linus Torvalds even told steve jobs FU when he wanted to make MacOS based on Linux because jobs wanted to make it proprietary regardless of how much money he offered.

[indy]

Last time I tried Mint it didn't work. Was crashing and no network stack.

Kubuntu 24.10 working great!

[A]

Last time I tried Mint it didn't work. Was crashing and no network stack.

Kubuntu 24.10 working great!

That is likely because you tried back in the end of Mint 21 days, if you had new hardware you needed the Mint Edge iso. Network cards are tied down to firmware. If you ever had new hardware and did a fresh windows install, same thing happens until you get the drivers, same thing.

There is a new Mint release every 2 years, and when you are at end of the release cycle like 1.5 years in, and bought new hardware, opt in for the Edge ISO. Though I think going forward, Edge ISOs are going to be the new default.

If you like KDE though, check out Tuxedo OS. It is like Mint (takes out the ubuntu junk) but around KDE, of course with newer kernel

[indy]

Last time I tried Mint it didn't work. Was crashing and no network stack.

Kubuntu 24.10 working great!

That is likely because you tried back in the end of Mint 21 days, if you had new hardware you needed the Mint Edge iso. Network cards are tied down to firmware. If you ever had new hardware and did a fresh windows install, same thing happens until you get the drivers, same thing.

There is a new Mint release every 2 years, and when you are at end of the release cycle like 1.5 years in, and bought new hardware, opt in for the Edge ISO. Though I think going forward, Edge ISOs are going to be the new default.

If you like KDE though, check out Tuxedo OS. It is like Mint (takes out the ubuntu junk) but around KDE, of course with newer kernel

Thank you. Will give it a shot.

[Johan]

Microsoft is so damned tasteless.
They treat their customers like cattle. Time for a stampede.