Microsoft Got Bullied Into Removing Forced OneDrive Survey
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It worked. They got rid of the OneDrive survey that forces you to answer why you're closing the app.

Microsoft Can’t Stop Being Annoying About OneDrive | They make you take a survey every time you close OneDrive on your device.::They make you take a survey every time you close OneDrive on your device.

  • Saki@monero.townEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about GNU/Linux? 🙃

    When I got my senior mom a computer she had never used Windows. Instead of having her learn that I installed Debian with Xfce and Firefox. Now that’s all she knows, I laugh at people who tell me Linux is too hard when my mom without any tech knowledge uses it as her daily computer. If I had to switch her to Windows or a Chrome browser she’ll make a fuss about it.

    How about a live OS as a free trial? Not only free as in free beer, but free as in freedom, and always will be free. You own your OS, not vice versa.

    Become a Linux user today, while keeping your precious Windows 11 or whatever. I raise you Tails if you do this at all.

    • Get an unused USB stick, download Tails and make a bootable USB. Typically this will take less than an hour.
    • Restart and boot your computer into Tails.
    • Congratulations! You’re a Debian user now, even on Tor. Meaning your real IP is hidden. Privacy strikes back!
    • Start Tor Browser and enjoy Lemmy. Libre world is usually Tor-friendly (though lemmy.world may be behind CF).

    I’m not saying you should ditch Windows today, but you might want to do some experiments? There are other OSes too, if you think yours is (becoming more and more) annoying!

    [PS: lemmy.world is indeed behind Cloudflare (CF). You may not be able to use it directly via Tor. I’m okay because writing/reading this from a different, privacy-friendly instance. Though CF is MitM, some people believe it’s necessary. Be careful, though: everything you send, including your password, may be visible to this MitM as plaintext.]

    • AlecSadler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Any recommendations for replacement utilities for Power Toys and DisplayFusion? Most notably the monitor profile & snap zones short cuts without having to use a mouse, the high order characters, and the multi-clipboard?

      Thanks in advance!

      • WallEx@feddit.deEnglish
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        11 months ago

        A friend of mine is a programmer, he used i3 as a window manager and that has shortcuts for window snapping build in (and much much more), but is rather difficult to set up