I’ve been dual-booting Linux and Windows for a while, with Windows as the fall-back option in case I wanted to use Office for something. Now that they tried to trick me into paying a subscription for their AI slop machine, I’m finally, fully out. It was a pain to actually track down and back-up the stuff that was held for ransom in OneDrive, but now it is done.

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    3 days ago

    I feel like Windows tries with every change to push it’s users to Linux.

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      2 days ago

      They got me, installed Mint a couple of weeks ago

      I purged the Windows partition yesterday, fellt like pouring bleach on a stain…

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        I get how people need to use micro-shit for work but I don’t get how a any freedom enjoyer is willing to use spyware on their own hardware

        Just make the adjustment, deny the parasite engagement and profit.

        Paying micro-shit anything is funding your oppressor. This is a class war, act like it folks

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          Linux as your main OS with a Windows VM for work is a pretty decent arrangement. Windows works without activation so you don’t have to pay MS anything.

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      I feel like Windows tries with every change to push it’s users to Linux.

      Even their core applications move to being web based.

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        We’re already past that point, we’re now at “cram copilot into everything, even if it makes no sense.”