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Got this popup ad on my work machine today. This is why I use Linux on my personal machines.
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this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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I really don't understand how you all get these popups and ads. I'm using Windows 11 on a key that has been upgraded since at least 7, and I get zero ads, zero notifications, zero pleas for me to install shovelware. It feels like you'll spend a day setting up whatever distro gives you the most cred just to get a word processor running, but going into a menu on windows to change some settings once is a bridge too fucking far. I'll just wait here patiently for the well constructed arguments and deluge of downvotes I'm sure are coming.
"Once". Yeah right.